Mating Dance (Eastern Towhee Breeding Male Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
by neenee1999

Comment:
7 - Nice difficult capture. Criticism; obviously opportune, but sharper/more definition make this even better in my opinion. 'If only' the 'foot' not cropped, but this is likely what you had to work with. Good composition and nice colors.

Fly By
by kloutit

Comment:
8 - Very nice capture. Good stop motion. Criticism; difficult, the lily pads more OOF or sharper (difficult), and maybe a fraction more space above the duck (dependent of course) - and I want to say sharper, even 'more' stop motion, but very difficult, plus I am sure that this size doesn't show the detail larger does. Coloring, on the duck especially, very good. Perhaps a variation in cropping. Not sure on the frame. Up to 8 from 7.

Whoooo me?
by shes_trouble

Comment:
9 - Very nice. Toning works well. Good composition. Criticism; mainly just wish the owl 'popped' more, but difficult, especially with the toning/contrast. Perhaps a more finely tuned crop on the right, not sure, works well as is. Up to 9 from 8.

Black-capped Chickadee
by janruss

Comment:
9 - Very nice capture. Nice 'simple' composition. Criticism; not much... maybe a crop variation, especially at the top, otherwise, depending what you had to work with, more height/bigger, may have given this even more, not sure. Up to 9 from 8.

heron landing
by coolhar

Comment:
8 - Nice capture and composition. Criticism; difficult, perhaps some slight gamma issues in the darker areas in the background. Depending what you had to work with, 'using'/incorporating the good water element more may have given this a little extra, not sure.

Red-Shouldered Hawk
by Gracious

Comment:
8 - Nice clarity, detail and strong coloring. Criticism; difficult given you've likely cropped it like this for a reason - and does work like this anyway in my opinion, but perhaps a little tighter at the bottom and looser at the top/more space (depending what you had to work with of course), may have made this even better in my opinion.

Hmmph...
by halcyon

Comment:
8 - Good capture, nice colors, good composition. Criticism; a little more detail, although I realize you may have intentionally gone for this 'softness'.

Nervous Poser
by Postgate1

Comment:
8 - Very good and clean. Criticism; not much, more definition mainly, but difficult. Tweaking of the colors, focus looks slightly sharper at the fore perhaps, not sure.

Invitation to Art
by imagine74

Comment:
This shot perhaps more finely tuned crop-wise, possibly also with a slight nudge rotation for added symmetry would be better in my opinion. The concept of the sculptures/pillars creating a pseudo frame is good, but again needs to be 'used' more - whether it be via a different depth of field, making them out of focus, or just more 'abstract', not sure. The yellow and red 'band'/whatever 'stuck' in the iron/metal detracts slightly but again, perhaps could be 'used' as an element in this, not sure. Just looks like something discarded/stuck there, as is.

School Study
by Cutter

Comment:
Good and unusual capture/view. Toning works well. Perhaps an even tighter crop at the top to accentuate the line/school of fish - but I realize you've gone for a central composition. No expert on fish, but they look like they all have a 'false eye', so whether they are the same species but males/females, or different, not sure.