I see ;)

:)

With your explanation, I sort of see what you're trying to do here, but I don't think it comes across that well. I think there would be other ways to communicate that idea better. As for this photo, what if you took the same advice you gave the dog photo--go for a square crop, getting rid of most of the left side and putting more emphasis on the flower on the right side.

To be honest, it does not come across easily even in the culture where the said way of fortune telling is customary :).

I also think getting rid of the left side would be a good idea, thanks Jim, I'll try it!

Motif: Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément...

It's such a simple subject, but you made something magical. Really nice! The road you can see between the two trees gives the scene depth. I don't know for sure I like the fact the left down corner is this bright while the right down corner is really dark. Maybe I would have cropped the image a little bit on the left, just a tiny 5% or something.

The bright/right thing dark disturbed me too but when I started cropping on the left the two trees in the center gained undue prominence in the right making the composition unbalanced. Well, I have to admit I cropped a lot :) and ultimately decided to leave it as composed on the viewfinder. I'm very glad you liked, thanks for your support and critique.

I don't know what you were thinking, soreks, to post such a fantastically coloured image in a theme like "green" ... next thing you'll expect all of us to fit with the posted theme! :-) ... I agree wholeheartedly with Tamara that this takes a simple scene and makes it special. I am not so troubled by the darkness on the right, it suggests more of those shady trees being all around.

this really is great. i love the road in the back

La flor de la izquierda tiene los pétalos algo alborotados y cuesta apreciar el "duo" pues tenemos una tercera detrás. El juego de luces y sombras está bien, puede potenciar lo que queremos transmitir.
Saludos.

Lovely photo and very pretty composition and light - well done.

Jon

Ana: I swear I did not notice the third flower :); thanks for pointing out and useful critique.

Jon: thanks a lot :)

The colours and the composition work very well here with this subject. If I could want for anything it would be a touch more light evenly on the main flower, but that is probably nit-picking (true is, I would be very happy to get a shot like this as is). Good capture, soreks.

I like this one better. More conforming, I agree...

Tamara: This is just a snapshot, I must confess. I thought it has some depth and it seems so, but the composition breaks apart due to unconnected pieces.

Clyde: Well, the eye path was supposed to be statue-women-shadows-trees-folks, so it worked to an extent, but as I can see now the eye is led fruitlessly. BTW, those folks (students, I think, the University is just across the road) just chatted and drunk some beer. :)

Thanks a lot for the useful critiques, Tamara and Clyde.

This is a very interesting shot. It is almost like there are two frames that have been ps'd together because the lighting and feel is so very different on the statue compared with the other elements. I think that the shot of the woman walking out of shot, head down, away from the group in the woods is interesting enough on its own ... but that would kinda defeat the purpose of the shot.

I find this image to have a lot of very engaging elements that are interesting on their own. Somehow though, in totality its not coming together like you said. I like the technicalities here - contrast, tone etc but dont quite get a sense for what the story is. As an unproductive commenter, I cant quite pinpoint what would fix it either so I know I am not being very helpful.

I think technically the picture needs a little more "pop"/contrast with the black and white. (I wonder how it looked in colour?) But compositionally, I have to agree with others that the elements in the picture seem disconnected/don't quite come together. Like Ayash, I am not sure what the story is/what the photo is trying to say. (But also like Ayash, I am not sure what to constructively say about it either.)

Interesting scene!

boyd, Clyde: Sorry, guys, this all looks exactly "as built": look at the lower and the right edges of the windows: the former is horizontal and the latter is vertical. So this hardly is a good fit for Windows but is a perfect sample of urban art, sort of :).

Huh???

As built, come to Kyiv to see it :)

Does feel tilting to the right a bit. I think your heading is fine and suits the subject otherwise.

Yep, I've always felt that it takes at least some artistry to draw such lines in concrete :).