Horned Lark
by vtruan

Comment:
Pretty bird. I like the softness of the belly and the excellent contrasts the bird provides. I also like the barbed wire, gives an added bit of interest. The background is a bit boring but what can ya do about nature really? Luckily the brilliant white of the bird helps it stand out from the background. 5

Banana Boat Woody
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
This has a cuteness for creativity but the overall presentation isn't too impressive to me. The banana looks kind of dirty and old, fruit seems to wither too quickly! The lighting is good and the composition in general is good, but I think it would've been more dramatic or had more flare if there was a "scene" for the image. Maybe the picture of a raging river as a background instead of the blank blackness? I don't know. Seems oddly out of place to me. 4

Dandilion Princess
by smilebig4me1x

Comment:
Lovely portrait. The lighting for the most part is wonderful (there's that hotspot on the left shoulder that draws my eye) and the focus is good too. Nice color pop with the dandilion. The one thing I don't like about this is the background. The grass and green/browns just isn't doing it for me. I think its because the earthy tones are making her brown hair blend too much into the background. Still a nice portrait overall. 5

Dasy the Doll at the Hot Spring
by Structor

Comment:
Kill me but I think this is cute. I love the colors, that blue is out of this world. The contrast between the sky and the rust and green of the ground is great. Plus little Dasy the doll in her adorable rain slicker, I can totally see this as one of those kids' news things they do on tv shows. The steam gives the photo an extra interesting element (though it does obscure some nice features as well) and it helps to show off how wonderfully crisp the image is overall. Very nice. 7.

Sunrise Dublin NH
by lahern

Comment:
This is a nice simple sunrise with some lovely colors. The tree silhouette is more of a drawback for me since its taking my attention away from the sunrise but it does give the image another element. I'm not sure what is missing from the photo for me though, after the initial "oh that's pretty" there is nothing here that is keeping me engaged. 4

See spot run
by DustDevil

Comment:
Quite a cute title. Lovely lighting, nice focus. The contrast between the ladybug and the flower works perfectly. The somewhat softer portion of the flower on the right side is a tad distracting, but cropping it out would lose the nice balance the image has. Well done. 6

Bizzzy Bee
by climbin2thetop

Comment:
A fun image! I like the dynamic of the image, the lighting and composition is good. The focus seems a bit weird, or maybe its been overly sharpened or something.. some haloing of artifacts around the yellow flower. Nice photo 5.

A stitch in time
by Kaizer

Comment:
Excellent image choice. I like the composition, the color for the most part is very vibrant. The lighting is a bit harsh on the left and I wish there was some sort of fill on the right to bring out the yellow in the thread over there (its gone to an orangey color). It may help give more definition and added texture. The focus is good but not pin sharp, which I think brings some of the POP out of the image. Overall a nice photo. 5.

wheres my cocktail?
by jun180

Comment:
Beautiful colors, nice silhouette. I don't like the balance of the image though. I'm not sure if a shift of position so just that branch on the right was being silhouetted and the rest of the palm was either forming a dark left-hand border or not in the image at all would be possible or better. While the focus is good there does seem to be something missing from the image, the POP isn't there. I'm not sure if that's a focus issue or something else though. 5

Duplicity
by Patrol

Comment:
Great color contrasts, interesting perspective. The lighting is pretty harsh, but its hard to tame sunlight (maybe some kind of diffuser prop if it was big enough?). The focus seems fairly soft here, which because of the macro-esque nature of the image is a drawback. I do like the composition. 5.