Miss Malaya
by tjbel05

Comment:
Nice portrait, great focus and light. Love the OOF background, compliments the red dress nicely.

Backbone
by Gabriel

Comment:
I don't know what to make of this, I've come back to it about 4 times now and I really have to make a decision, it's an interesting abstract, a study in geometry almost, but I can't decide if it appeals to me or not!

I'm going to give it a 8, because I think it's a well executed, interesting "something" that got me thinking and coming back to it, so it definitely has more going for it than a lot of shots!

Mademoiselle M
by Qart

Comment:
I'm not entirely sure what to make of this. The dress is just screaming out at me making the model completely secondary in this shot!

Everything else about it I like, the lighting, the chair, the dark background, but I just can't get past the dress!

hanging gardens of kudzu
by klkitchens

Comment:
My first thought when I saw this shot was "too close, too busy, can't see everything properly", but as I looked at it for longer I began to appreciate the details and came to quite like the framing.

I like the contrasts of the colours and the way you can see different layers of the greenery even though at first glance they all just seem to blend together.

This shot takes a while to take in properly for me, but it's really nice. I'm still undecided about the cropping along the top though, I find it gives it a slightly claustrophobic feel, possibly because of the proximity of the closest plant on the left hand side.

the line of beauty
by posthumous

Comment:
I'm afraid this actually looks like a dead duck to me, so I don't really see the beauty!

The B&W conversion has also given it a slightly sinister look, which for me is in theme with the dead duck and completely out of theme with your title.

West Coast Dreamin
by Dennisheckman

Comment:
This is really nice, it's an unusual "Sunset At The Beach" shot, and I like it a lot. I particularly like the wild appeal of it, with the waves looking quite rough and the ragged trees and ground.

I'm undecided on whether the sun is too dominant. It does seem to fit in nicely with the shot, but it's covering so much of the sky that I can't help but feel it should be smaller, though at the same time, I like it!

Quiet Time
by Scholten

Comment:
Nice scene, almost dreamlike in quality. I like the colours in here, I'm guessing the overall hue of the shot was down to editing, and if that's the case you've done a good job.

Left Behind
by 3DsArcher

Comment:
Nice action shot, well caught! It's just a shame you didn't have a bit more on the right hand side to get all of the second bike in the frame.

Navajo Spirit Rising
by Ja-9

Comment:
Really great interesting shot. It has a sort of abstract nature and what's really interesting is that you could flip this shot in any direction and you still wouldn't be able to tell!

Rainbow squid
by Motek

Comment:
This is great, it's almost abstract in nature, though that may be because I'm not the most familiar with marine life :)

Wonderful colours and details and it all looks great on black.