Maisie, you have a good imagination which will serve you well in your photography. When you have more skills, which come with lots of practice, you may well be among the winners. Please keep trying.
I don't mean to be rude, but I thought oranges are explicitly stated in the rules for this challenge as an exclusion. Having said that, the luminosity of the oranges is quite interesting. The triangular arrangement is very harmonious. The folds of the background add some visual interest. There are however, white specks near the edge on the left, although small, somehow, are distracting. Still, it's a good effort for the challenge.
Oranges? I thought we were supposed to take a shot with orange in it... not oranges :s My 2 cents: Due to lack of lighting, the colors of this shot look too dull IMO. Not the best choice of background either. White would've looked better. Also, the ambient light (sort of violet) on the oranges doesn't go too well. A little too much of NeatImage used too i think. Hope this helped. Good luck
I like the use of soft focus. However: those are ORANGES, the background is distracting with the folds, the reflections on them are unattractive, as are the oranges themselves. Try saturating it more to bring out the colors. Score: 3
Yeah they are ugly. The composition is so-so; 'filling the frame' is one way to make it more interesting maybe. You have colour cast in the shot which can be taken out using Levels in Photoshop(or other editting software). Softer/diffuse/indirect light would have caused less glare on your subject. Oh yeah, one other thing.....your subject was specifically mentioned in challenge outline has one of the items not to shoot. Sorry. 1
You've lit this perfectly. They're a little too close to the background though therefore not blurring the background enough. They might have had more impact with a white background.
I'm sure I am not the first to say... "See how creative you can be in composing an interesting shot where orange is the primary color without photographing the fruit called an "orange" (or any of its similar varieties, like tangerines.)"
Decent attempt at a still life, but the lighting is a little harsh and too much Neat Image was applied. Overall focus is too soft for my taste but that might have been your intention. The positioning of your main subject can be debated because it doesn't meet the ROT and most still life images seem to be centered, but it seems OK to me. Photography rules are only guidlines and each image is unique.
I'll bet the "fails to meet the challenge" crowd is killing you on this one. :) Pay no attention to that.
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