Black-capped Chickadee
by Alain

Comment:
I gave this an 8. Good capture, the off-centering worked well in my opinion. Wasn't sure if it needed a slight nudge rotation or not. Even sharper, albeit difficult, would have made this even better in my opinion.

Cold & Hostile
by Ian-Andrew

Comment:
I gave this an 8, really liked it. The main 'criticism' I had was that I would liked to have seen the barb even 'sharper', focal wise and 'feel' wise.

Shelter from a friend
by bobdaveant

Comment:
Gave this an 8. Liked the capture, angle/perspective and composition. Just a fraction sharper on the sparrow(?) would have made it even better in my opinion.

Anas platyrhynchos - Mallard
by KHolt

Comment:
Gave this an 8. Worked well. Even sharper would have made it even better, but difficult.

Cutting Edge
by hideout

Comment:
I gave this an 8. Really liked the subject, placement, texture and colors. The cropping upper right adjusted and more detail, especially in the 'blades' was the main 'criticism' I had.

Left Behind
by messerschmitt

Comment:
I gave this an 8. And added it to my Favorites as you can see. Very nice scene - looks like a painting. A more finely tuned crop was my main 'criticism'. I'm sure this 'wall sized' would make a very good print.

Steady Does It
by talmy

Comment:
I gave this a 6. I thought the concept was good, colors also good. Main 'detractors' in this for me were; choice of base/background (minor) and the seemingly 'adult' hand (again minor) - if it were a small/child's hand, would have likely given it a little extra in my opinion. If the frame were a little wider and subject even more off-centered, likely would have helped too - again 'in my opinion'. Again, not good you received no comments during Challenge.

Returning from the hunt
by jbsmithana

Comment:
I gave this a 6. Nice capture. I recall thinking that 'if only' to see more of the nest would have made for a great shot, plus it seemed like a natural setting, which is always a good thing. The main reasons I didn't score this higher were the toning (loss of color/detail), the composition (but obviously an opportune capture - just seemed 'out' to me, if the placement within frame were the opposite of what it is here, likely have made this better, but a moot point in opportunity shots) and the slightly dominant branches at the fore with minor gamma(?) issues in the blacks. Not good that you didn't receive a single comment during the Challenge.

Raw
by Gunnsi

Comment:
Again, I am not an expert in photography nor in advanced post-processing, especially involving RAW image conversion etc. If you are wanting to learn how to get more out of your images perhaps someone with more experience and knowledge will offer some help and advice. I did a 5 min edit on your shot bringing up the lightness and saturation, which brought out the grain more - I then applied a 'basic version' of Neat Image to it (rather than selectively softening/processing/etc) mainly for efficiency - I had to apply it 3 times, and still some vignetting/etc can be seen around some edges. edit:removed example

Message edited by author 2006-02-06 14:34:32.

Grounded 2
by Kathyc

Comment:
7 - Interesting photograph. Criticism; that bird nesting upper left, is a very good element here and if it were incorporated more 'somehow' would have been better in my opinion. The grain(?)/toning/b&w works well in this shot, however just a fraction too dark, resulting in loss of detail/elements/character, again - in my opinion.