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by floydrowe

Comment:
7 - Nice and simple. Criticism; difficult, but even more 'pop' (fairly good as is) make this even better in my opinion. Nice background and composition and the centering works well. Perhaps 640 height too for added impact for 'here', who knows.

Starfish
by gingerninja

Comment:
5 - Looks like good potential with the colors and natural sunlight. Criticism; sharper, the 'arm' not cropped/chopped and a little more space perhaps on the left/bottom make this even better in my opinion. Good 'find' in a seemingly natural environment. Yes they are 'animals', if interested some more info: Answers.com on Starfish (Sea Stars) Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Echinodermata, Class: Asteroidea and from Enchanted Learning - Sea Stars "Sea stars (also known as starfish) are spiny, hard-skinned animals that live on the rocky sea floor. These invertebrates are NOT fish; they are echinoderms.
Diet: Sea stars are carnivores (meat-eaters). They eat clams, oysters, coral, fish, and other animals. They push their stomach out through their mouth (located on the underside of the sea star) and digest the prey. Anatomy: Most sea stars have five arms (or a multiple of five) that radiate from a central disk. Sea stars do not have a brain; they have a simple ring of nerve cells that moves information around the body. Eyespots (primitive light sensors) are at the tip of each arm. If a sea star's arm is cut off, it will regenerate (regrow). Classification: Kingdom Animalia (animals), Phylum Echinodermata (echinoderms), Class Asteroidea (sea stars), about 2,000 species. "

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by mthrgse49

Comment:
3 - Looks like there is good potential in this scene. Criticism; 640 (in this case width), sharper, a variation in composition, the colors/lightness tweaked (this seems very dark) all have likely madre this better in my opinion. Looks a little 'snapshottish', even though it is/was obviously an 'opportune' capture - but it is difficult to see/discern the main 'subject' (not just because there's only half of 'it' above water either).

Parrot
by nereum

Comment:
5 - Fairly good seemingly natural capture. Criticism; seems slightly blurry, rather than focal issues, so sharper make this even better in my opinion. 640 would have helped too, even if it meant more context because the quality of this crop wasn't good enough.

The Big Horns
by bruski

Comment:
7 - Nice capture in seemingly natural 'environs'. Criticism; sharper, tweaking perhaps of colors, not sure, to try to gain more 'pop' and drama. Apologies in advance if wrong, but perhaps a very slight nudge rotation up on the left to get (especially) the 'horns' (don't know the correct term) more 'level' (even if just for shot 'effect') may have made this even better in my opinion.

just another bird.
by BrennanOB

Comment:
7 - Nice capture and 'silhouette'/outline/shape. Criticism; difficult obviously but 'sharper', more 'pop', more definition/stop motion in the wings, make this even better in my opinion. Maybe a crop variation, not sure.

Emperor Goose
by Marc923

Comment:
6 - Nice 'environs' capture. Criticism; looks a little grainy and/or some sharpening issues. Sharper, focal wise, with more definition in the feathers/body (ideally head as well) make this even better in my opinion. Looks like there may be some quality 'loss' in this too from resizing possibly, but difficult to discern.

Australian Black Swan
by anthonyczaja

Comment:
7 - Nice. Criticism; 640 height would be better. Perhaps a little more context too, depending of course what is there/you had to work with. Perhaps a slight nudge rotation up on the right for a little more balance, not sure. Also not sure on the vertical framing, nor the frame itself.

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by studio1graphics

Comment:
7 - Very nice. Criticism; the reflection included is another shot again so won't 'go there'. The pose and eyes are very good in this, like your title too. Really only the 'blown'/overexposed parts on the head/crown, some of the beak/bill and the eye. Perhaps a little sharper, but difficult. Like the composition and 640 x 640.

Winter Visitation
by Balko

Comment:
7 - Nice cardinal shot. Reds look well controlled. Criticism; very difficult with the dark branch and I'm sure any tweaking of contrast/saturation/etc was not easy, but 'if only' there was more definition in the feet and body/feathers around that 'area', make this even better in my opinion.