Winter.
by coryxmorton

Comment:
Hi Cory,
I really like the image I can grasp the sence of cold, calm & peacefulness. The fact that you went wide here is real nice using the banks as strong lines bringing us thro the image was a nice touch a little to the left or right here may have been better but it works here. As you have seen in the comments below the power lines are a slight distraction. The one other thing here is the two trees, the brown leafs just kept drawing my eye. I don't think there was enough color thro-out the image to justify a color image, B&W would have been a better choice. Overall this is a great image. Keep up the good work.

Herkimer Diamonds on Ice
by Quasimojo

Comment:
Hi Qu,
I like the creativity of the image, the flow of colors are awesome the blues, green, yellows & reds are really nice !. The composition is well done as is the framing. What I think hurt you here are the dead spots, there are three - bottom third right hand corner. Just to the left of that where it goes up & left leaving the image. The other spot right side half way up the image. I looked at your other image ice3 & yes it is much cleaner and more compact I think it would have scored better. What is more of a concearn to me is the comment. The populist, I wouldn't worry about trying to satisfy everyone or one group this will only lead to three things. Frustration, second guessing yourself & your images, & taking away your creativity all of which are bad news. I have looked at your work it is wondrful. Just stick with your ideals & creativity the scores will come.

ICE cold
by Cboydrun

Comment:
Hi C,
I don't know what your hands tho of this but I love the creativity here. The use of the coke can and all is great. The composition & framing are also great. I do see some color casting here sutle pinks and blueish green not sure if you picked up something outside the tank (background) it looks like it to me.It also looks like there is some water on the outside of the tank condensation maybe and it blured the bottom left of the can. I would have scored it higher on the creativity alone.

Swim
by freakin_hilarious

Comment:
Hi Freak,
I Like the compostion of the image and the back ground color fits nicely here. However the image seems out of focus. The belly is blownout & I really don\'t get the feeling of \"stopped motion\". The glass is a bit dirty which is a bit of a distraction also. Having a 220 gal reef tank & taken a number of images try this in the future. Leaving the pump system on use your flash above the tank app 24 to 30 inches from the top of water & position yourself 30 to 36 inchs from the tank. The water along with it\'s movement seems to defuse the flash just right. Also the use of a black light works wonders really brings out the color variatons of the fish and it\'s surroundings.

Ignites with Friction (1/2000)
by marcusvdt

Comment:
Hi Marc,
Wonderful capture, I really like the placement of the match here. The smoke is also placed well & it's color I think complement the image. The overall composition here is very well done. Love the timing catching the ignition with just a hint of flame it's really well done. The image is nice and crisp the colors are great not overpowering. I like the detail here catching the sulf coming off the match,excellent. Overall this is a really nice image and I would have scored it at 8. Great image !!!

Cyclop
by Techo

Comment:
Hi Techo,
Nice effort, The time an effort it takes captureing these images is remarkable. For those that complain about them try doing it first and find out what a major pain in the ass they really are :). As for this image I like the compostion, the placement is nice and I like the feel of motion you get at the bottom of the image and the stop motion on your main subject, nicely done. However I do think there is to much dead space here and the lighting is to strong causeing a bit of over exposure and a lose of some detail on the bottom third of the image. Maybe bounceing the light would have helped tone down the brightness a bit. Your main subject here could have used a little sharpening also. The use of the border here really didn't help much either.

Early Christmas Cactus
by Greetmir

Comment:
Hi Gree,
Interesting image, What I think happened here was the right side of the image accounted for your 2,3,4 scores and the left side got you the higher 5,6,7 scores. What caused this i believe are two things, First your bokeh took control over the entire image & secondly the bokeh had the effect of creating two separate images. The right side of the image seems slightly out of focus and a bit blown-out causing a lose of detail in the flower and water dropletts. On the left side however you have a nice clean, sharp image nice detail in the pedals & water dropletts. The leaf just in front of the flower is nice and soft and it\'s placement compliments the image. I would have either cropped or repositioned and used just the upper left side of the image only. This would have given you a nice line coming down the right side of the image and making that second leaf your bokeh. I took the liberty of trying it and turned out to be a really nice image that I would have scored a 7 or maybe 8.

Step Up
by izadoodle

Comment:
Hi Iz,
Nice image. I like the compostion & the use of the full frame. The texture is outstanding & the details are fantastic. The tonality thro-out is also very well done. I think a we bit of sharpening possibly could have been used here. The wood chip on the foot is a bit of a distraction just keeps getting my eye & what sees to be some kind of artifact there left side up by the ankle also caught my eye, both area bit picky yes, but with such fine photography the finer details are extremely important....Love the image....Great work.

Refreshing
by gwe21

Comment:
Hi,
Neat image, I like the way you cropped here brings full attention to the water nicely done. Love the detail you captured here crisp & sharp. I also like the way you famed it all in here top to bottom, left to right. Your duotones here are a nice soft blend, I like it. The only thing here that is really bothersome is that light. It is a major distraction, moving it left or right showing just the finges of it would have helped greatly. Overall like I said this is a really neat image nice work.

Pink Rose on Black...
by 777STAN

Comment:
Hello,
Tho I like the crop the image overall is to centeralized for me.Sometimes it works sometimes not here it did not. Moveing it to the left hand corner & down a bit would have been better here. The blowout on the front & right pedal is a bit distracting, the use of a polerizer would have been a huge help to you here cutting down the glear or eleminating it completely.The color of the rose (pink) seems very flat no pop to it at all. Not sure if it is the blur tool or what but some sections of the image have real nice detail while others do not. From an overall prospective it appears to me that way to much editing was done here on a subject that really does'nt need it. I do realize that this was an advanced editing challange but we must not forget the photography here. I think you just tried to do to much with to little here.