Glimmer of Hope
by AlexSaberi

Comment:
Excellent light and excellent moment to hit the shutter. I'd rather that the focus were on the eyes instead of the nose but that's just nitpicking. What I have a real issue with is the framing. That's to say that even though I appreciate the sense of intimacy provided by such tight framing on the face, personally I'd like to see a more "environmental" approach so as to place the person and the photo's message/story in a [wider] context. I assume, judging by the clothing -particularly the headgear-, that he's an Afghan man, and I really think that showing more of his environment, or at least showing a bit more of him, would have strengthen even further what is already quite a powerful photograph in its own right.

Stormy Earth
by LevT

Comment:
While the photograph as it is seems to be technically competent, even if not terribly interesting, I wonder if it wouldn't have been better had you focused just on the ground, where there apparently are awesome textures, shapes and forms right under your feet for you to explore and capture in great detail.

Flying the Flag
by Wobble

Comment:
You pretty much nailed the panning part, and exposure seems ok even if a little bit underexposed. However composition/crop is too tight and, combined with the straight-on angle, effectively kills the sense of motion one expects to find in this type of photographs despite the presence of back-/foreground blur.

Grin
by dahkota

Comment:
One of the best animal portraits I've ever seen. But I'm afraid it takes a well-calibrated monitor for the viewer to appreciate the fine detail and textures in this photograph (I viewed it on both calibrated and uncalibrated monitors). I hope it doesn't get voted down because of this; that would be a shame!

Flight
by jemison

Comment:
What was I thinking giving this beautiful work only an 8? Bumping to 10!

Demolition
by Retinus

Comment:
Very interesting juxtaposition of the man and the machine, which echo each other and have such a strong symbolic tie between them. This has pretty much all the elements of great street/candid photography. Congratulations for seeing the moment and acting fast to capture it. It's a pity that there are a few technical problems, such as overexposure. Nevertheless, I believe the photographer's vision alone deserves a good score.

The story of a hundred years
by Ennil

Comment:
There's really not much to say of this photograph. I'll just sit back and let it do all the talking. Outstanding work!

Surface tension
by gaurawa

Comment:
Having seen this idea first in Visions of Science photography competition, I tried to replicate it and failed miserably. But you've done it quite well, except for the somewhat blown highlights on the clip, which by the way could be sharper.

"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds you forever in its net of wonder."
by DrAchoo

Comment:
There's obviously a truly beautiful photograph to be made at this location. However, this one is not it, I'm afraid. I think that the tree is an intruder obstructing the grander view behind it. The completely black blob at the bottom-left corner weakens the composition too. As for the exposure, and this is only a matter of personal taste, I would have tried to darken the sky a little bit while still retaining some more detail on the foreground rocks by using a soft egded gradual neutral density filter, or certain exposure blending techniques (I believe it's legal in advanced editing to get multiple frames with different exposure adjustments from a single RAW negative and blend them in editing software).

Colorful
by dr rick

Comment:
Focus is perfect, and the subject is nicely isolated from the background. However, half of the bird is in the dark, therefore barely visible. Moreover, the tail should not be cut out in my opinion, i.e the camera should have been moved to the right so as to frame the bird entirely.