just moved in
by saintaugust

Comment:
frame is a bit thick - would have made it only half as wide

Making Room for Another
by aimee_skittles

Comment:
grainniness does not help this image

room with a view
by beaflies

Comment:
very creative - great shot. Somemay feel the sun is too bright, but I like when the photo depicts accurately what the eye sees. The eye would see the sun as it appears here. Beautiful colors along the horizon

The Room that -- IS -- the View
by SandyP

Comment:
the white flowers are over exposed - but otherwise i really like this image.

Breathing Room
by justin_hewlett

Comment:
a bit too much blue haze over the top of the mountains in the back. Otherwise a nice scenic photo

Absence of Crumpets
by CorySmith

Comment:
** Greetings from the Critique Club **

Excellent still life photo.
As for fitting in with the challenge theme - I think even you know you were really stretching it here.
As for the photo itself - very good use of lighting. The red background contrasts well against your subject. The colors in this image are all appealing. I especially like the way you cropped this.

- Linda

Lone Elephant Bull
by docpjv

Comment:
** Greetings from the Critique Club **

A stunning creature the elephant is! My suggestions would be to take this at more of an angle, tone down the highlights, and not sharpen so much. As for fitting into the challenge theme - it does fit, but does not speak it right out loud without the title.

- Linda

Shining on in the light of death
by lyta

Comment:
** Greetings from the Critique Club **

Composition, colors, and lighting are all well done here. There is only one very distractin element and that would be the green leaf in the bottom left corner. Might have pulled that out of thew way before taking the shot.

- Linda

Escaping The Ordinary
by annah

Comment:
** Greetings from the Critique Club **

I'm sorry I did not get to vote on this photo as it really is a great shot. I love that it is in B&W - really pulls the viewer into their relaxing moment. The contrast of the water against the shore and rocks is perfect.
There are only two things I would have changed to improve this image - one is to crop out the top 1/3 of the sky. The sky is almost distracting as there is so much of it. The second would be to make the frame thinner - not a lot, but a bit thinner.

Keep up the great shooting

- Linda

Open Water
by JeremyFleury

Comment:
** Greetings from the Critique Club **

What a sweet shot of a beautiful young child free from the restrictions of mom and dad. This truly is independence - learning to be on your own in just one more way. The composition is very good - would not change a thing as far as that.
The color of the child's skin is not quite right due to the blue water casting upon it. It's hard to change this under basic editing - not sure if playing around with the hue a tad might have helped or not.
Being that this is a child of a friend and you'll most likely be making a print for her, I would suggest doing some selective color correction outside of the challenge just for her. I think you have done a wonderful job as far as basic editing will allow.

Keep up the good shots

- Linda