Macro work is so difficult. The concept here is great, although the focus fades off a little left to right. Is this cropped or is this the actual shot? If you cropped it, try backing the crop out just a bit. The extra white from the shells will highlight your find even more, and perhaps help the focus issue become less noticeable. A+ for effort, love the composition and colors!

Rich

I agree with Rich about the focus, but good job just the same, and nice find! You found this shell on the beach? It's beautiful. Keep it up.

Eli

ummm.. Rich already have said it for me...but I like shells and this is lovely:))

I also find the rust & deep blue colors pleasing also. It's already been mentioned about the focus being soft, so I would like to add when composing an image to try different angles on your subject. Then go from there. It's a great concept & I happen to be a seashell collector. Beautiful capture Beth.

Welcome to Caedes Beth and Rich pretty much said it all. I do like the concept and the angle. Good second post.

Tick

Thanks so much you guys for helping me. I studied the picture before I posted it but I'm stilll trying to develope that photographer "eye" for things.

I did edit and crop the picture, so I'll have to try again on the cropping.

Thanks again!

Beth

Beth...I love this shell, and especially your use of white shells around it for framing. If you like the subject as you cropped it, you could try going into a post-photo utility (Photofiltre is free, but not as powerful as something like PhotoShop), sharpening it just a tad, and then adding a white outside frame.