Balloon Bikie
by naomik

Comment:
I find myself feeling as confined as he does. It a cool setting and nice treatment, but something just doesn't work in the composition for me. I think it's those branches in the upper right corner. Perhaps pulling in from the right to lose those foreground branches (4:5 crop)? This also puts the biker off center and gives him somewhere to "go" in the shot besides forward. I'm not a strict rule of thirds guy, but I think this shot would have really benefited from having him closer/on a right 3rd line. Still a 7.

Uninflated
by hajeka

Comment:
Great colors and light.

Slow Day
by ParrottPix

Comment:
Composition and perspective just don't work for me. Lots of great stuff in there that would have worked with a little more thought put into the shot.

Before the Storm
by lunachicken

Comment:
Lovely, but it's too much negative space at the top for me.

Release
by markwiley

Comment:
Love the balloon. Something weird and distracting going on with the light and color on the arms, particularly the one in the rear. A different treatment or a different crop might have been better - just enough to show the other hand but remove the weird lighting/color. Tighter crop would have highlighted the balloon a little more as well. 7 that could have been higher.

Art Form
by sfalice

Comment:
Not a huge fan of the final light treatment. It's nice, and I suspect you're not far off, but there's something that doesn't quite feel right with the mix of shadows and light. Perhaps just pulling in the whites in a levels adjustment. And maybe a bit of room at the bottom? Still, I like it - just don't love it.

Struggle
by scalvert

Comment:
Been there. Nice capture.

Pop to Win
by GeorgesBogaert

Comment:
It's hard to tell with the taped on lines, but this feels like it was shot from the right side looking left and in a crop like this is just feels funny. Horizontal perspective correction (about 6%) in post would have fixed that rather easily.

Balloon Bonnet
by kiwinick

Comment:
Crop is a little tight on the sides and her face needs to be brought out of the shadows a bit.

parrot balloon & bouquet
by tvsometime

Comment:
I think you could have done more to bring out the details in the balloon during B&W conversion, and in the flowers. Did you simply desaturate? Hue differential is almost complete lost.