Used the built-in ND filter. Minor adjustments to saturation and brightness, cloned a small spot on the table and adjusted the shape of one of the flames.
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Nice idea, and execution. Might have had a lot more impact if you would have actually let those candles melt down to the smaller sizes. With wax dripping down the sides, and built up on the bottom. But you went for the cleaner look.
Excellent. Inititally I did not like that the lighter is in the picture, then I rethought and see what you are trying to illustrate with it and changed my mind. Excellent shot.
neat idea. The diagonals give good strenght to this coposition. The lower thre lit candles have a different shadow pattern to the others, which I know is how it is but ifinfd it a little distraction.
This looks like it took a lot of work! I love the perfection in the angle of the lights, great job! are you an architect? :) The lighting is not overblown, which is very nice, but it is a bit dark in the lower left of the frame of this photo. I like the photo a lot, but I think I'd like to see the background more gold/yellow or green even. Good job!