My main goal here is to do something different. This is a shot of a "sculpture" that I made from various computer parts. I made the piece specifically for this challenge.
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Place: 108 out of 375 Avg (all users): 5.8698 Avg (commenters): 7.2381 Avg (participants): 5.8134 Avg (non-participants): 6.0000 Views since voting: 1706 Views during voting: 309 Votes: 192 Comments: 28 Favorites: 3 (view)
I could swear I fav'd this during voting! I like this for the orginality. great colors and focus. Love the smoke in the BG too. IMHO this shouldve placed alot higher than it did.
coming back for comments. one of my favorites-- creativity gets you a 10 with this one even though i'm not completely sold with the composition... just my reeeeally humble opinion, but i think you could crop nearly an inch off the top. :)
I like the colors and post-apocolyptic feeling here. The light is perfect. The subject may be slightly more abstract than I would have chosen but definnitely still works as a flower. I actually had a very similar idea but useing the head of a real flower .. I didn't end up doing it but I think you've pulled it off well. A nice creative take here.
Very creative in subject! Nice photo and background seems appropriate. Perhaps more of the "flower" rather than the circuit board and support at the bottom ...? 7.
I have no idea what this is but it looks pretty cool. I love the dark smoky backdrop and the "industrial feel". A nice break from the same old flower shot. Nice color too. 7 so far.