Almost Full
by cloudsme

Comment:
I like the tones in the sky a lot and find the picture to be pleasing overall. The composition works very well for me but I don’t think the scene is strong enough to really hold my attention for very long.

Rising Moon
by LadeeM

Comment:
I think the use of color and brightness was effective in making your subject really stand out despite its being very small in the frame. For me the picture would be better if it wasn’t quite such a common scene. I like the shapes of the branches coming up from the bottom of the picture but don’t think the branches at the top add much to the picture (to me they take away from the picture). This picture might have more impact if you really boost the saturation to make the blue really intense and the yellow/orange of the moon really stand out more.

Countdown
by SycoPhant

Comment:
For me the main thing about this picture that keeps it from being really great is the choice of subject. Maybe it would have been better had you taken it from so close that it was no longer recognizable. I think a couple of things could have been done to make this particular shot better though. First off, I have found that for photos of items like this, it is best to really clean everything off so that there is no dust or anything visible. Also, I think that the paper that the remote is sitting on doesn’t add anything to the picture. Maybe a white sheet would have been more effective.

Drone fly
by gaurawa

Comment:
The eye detail in this picture is very nice as well as the color. I think a tad more DOF would help this shot out as it would be nice to see the whole fly at least somewhat in focus.

Tom

Daisy in a droplet
by gaurawa

Comment:
I think this image is very interesting. I had to look at the title before I figured out what exactly it was I was looking at. Maybe a bit more DOF would make it more recognizable but I think it is pretty cool the way it is.

Tom

Conservation Area Brochures / Bird Seed Packaging
by BeingClever

Comment:
I think I would like this image more if the chickadee filled the frame more and if the exposure was just a tad darker. I think you could crop quite a bit off the top and to the rear of the bird and the picture wouldn’t suffer. This way the viewer could see a lot more detail in the feathers and the picture would be more interesting (for me anyway). However, the large empty space in the photo could be used to enter text which could make it more valuable as a stock photo. I do like that you have the bird slightly off center.

White-Tailed Deer
by Judith Polakoff

Comment:
This is a very nice image and I really like the tones but I think the clipping of the feet and rear/tail takes away from it. I think this is because I can see part of the tail so it really makes the rest of it feel like it is missing more than it would if I couldn’t see any of the tail at all. The same goes for the legs. I think if this were my photo that I would do a much tighter crop and just have the head and shoulders or something along those lines.

Dendrobium Orchid
by admart01

Comment:
This is a very pretty image and I think the white background works here. I really like the color and that the background brightness doesn’t seem to overpower the subject. The only think that I would like to see different (and this is not a big deal) is the bud on the top right corner bothers me. I think the picture would have been better if it were just a stalk trailing out of the picture like the one above it.

Soaring High
by Zap228

Comment:
I like the position of the gull and the way you captured the action in this shot but if this were my image there are a couple of things I would change. First, I think I would give the bird a little more room in front and below for it to fly into. I also am not totally thrilled about the background. I am guessing that you were trying for a white background but the picture just appears (to me) to be just too overexposed and a bit too much detail has been lost. I think this image would be really great if it were in front of a plain background that wasn’t so bright.

around we go
by DArcy10

Comment:
This picture was one of my favorites of the group. I like the composition and how all of the birds are in different positions. Very nice capture.