Thorns of the Barrel Cactus
by AzCKelly

Comment by Judi:
Good abstract work.

Prickly Pear Bloom
by AzCKelly

Comment by saracat:
Pretty flower. The crop feels a little odd to me, but I can't quite put my finger on why...

Prickly Pear Bloom
by AzCKelly

Comment by klynn:
Of the many, many, many flowers in this challange this is one of the more interesting ones, so good job for that. However it looks like you might have used the erase tool to do your colorations, which is fine but the upper edges of the flower aren't as precise as they could be. I can see some of the green of the cactus. Also, I personally don't understand the dots of color on the "stem". Could be quite nice with some re-editing.

Prickly Pear Bloom
by AzCKelly

Comment by pamelasue:
not very sharp

Prickly Pear Bloom
by AzCKelly

Comment by bubeltrubel:
a little bit out of focus, IMO

The San Xavier Reconstruction
by AzCKelly

Comment by adeldegan:
The light is flat and boring. Sorry, I am not trying to be mean just honest.

Coming out of the Nest
by AzCKelly

Comment by ursula:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Strong points: Beautiful images of this woodpecker. Each of them individual would be a good shot by itself. Beautiful colours. Good detail and sharpness.

Possible weaknesses: The presentation. The images lined up without any borders/divisions make for a good series, but make the whole thing look a bit bland. The storyline is weak.

Technicals: Great colours, great detail and sharpness. Amazing you got this sharp at F5.6! Love the bokeh at the left in the top right image. The processing seems adequate for each individual image, although they might benefit from a tad more definition (shadow/highlights or curves or so).

Overall: A beautiful series of images, I almost think they would be better by themselves than arranged in a series.

I hope this helps. If I can be of further help, please let me know.

~Ursula

The San Xavier Reconstruction
by AzCKelly

Comment by Haneck:
I think this needs a little more light and a little more contrast, but it's pretty cool!

Coming out of the Nest
by AzCKelly

Comment by bmartuch:
This is a nice shot but I think there should be a border around each picture. The contrast between them is to stark without it. JMO.

Coming out of the Nest
by AzCKelly

Comment by jsc9306:
very nice photos. But i think frames around each picture would have separated the pictures and made them stand out more.