[cosmicrain]

i dont believe in magic but...i made this for fun...

[olbo]

Those candles look very good. I like the colors and the SSS you've
created there. ;o))

One thingy, the candles look like instances, because of the same
borders. Would be nice if you could tweak them a lil bit.


take care
psor

[tom]

Very nice again, Cosmicrain!

[cosmicrain]

thanks for the commends!!!

[iandavis]

very nice!

You may wish to mess with the fStop... I can't see an area of focus, either the camera is moving (motion blur) or you have the focal point set too far or too close..

Other then that, I think it's a great image, nice composition, color and texture.

:]

[Emerey]

Very nice image.
Why the David's star? I think you should use the five points one

[iandavis]

no, I think emerey has a very good point, one which I didn't even catch.

The star of David is almost never associated with the occult, where the five pointed star is actually (if I remember correctly) a symbol of many things.
First found in the city Ur around 3500BC where it was used as an imperial seal. The egyptians used it, the greeks, and many other ancient culture; usually having some association with power or the underworld.
In the middle ages the pentagram or 'endless knot' was used by knights as protection agains demons, marked on or near doors or windows as protection against spirits.
Most people liken to the midieval meaning, or to that of the inquisition where it became (for christians) a mark of both the devil and evil for the first time in history.

The double triangle, or King David's star is strictly associated with Him and for what all his people, culture and history represents. Some also view the 6 pointed star as a perfect representation of the internal strife in the jewish nation, two triangles pointing against eachother, yet forming the greater whole.

No, this image has the wrong symbology to communicate the message that I believe the artist is trying to get accross. And a pewter/silver medalion placed in front of candles... being a king david's star, just looks like an error.

... nice catch

Qareeb... "this kind of thinking" is what art is all about. Discouraging it is, in my opinion, pretty counterproductive to the business of making art. If the artist is trying to create a serious "witches hollow" image, then it fails miserably due to the star being of the wrong symbology. However, something I just thought of, perhaps he is trying to represent a holy place, a place of thought or mediation... with the 6 pointed star ... that would work...

so, overall, very nice image.

[smooth]

well, i think you gotta play a bit more with dof in this case
nice shot of candles, specially the pentagram