Prominent Thorns
by smellyfish1002

Comment:
I LOVE this perspective on landscape. IMHO this is one of the most creative photos in the challenge. It's really beautiful. It fit in the landscape, but it's excellent photography as well. The horizon looks maybe a tad bit slanted, but this is still a really cool photo. Nice job, and good luck! -9-

View from Seat 6A, 33,000 ft.
by albright1

Comment:
Critique Club

Wow this shot is awesome! It was one of my few 10's for the challenge.

Composition - Great, good use of the rule of thirds... very nice, I love how the first third is pure blue, then you have a few clouds in the second third and then you have the action. Awesome job here!

Exposure - Amazing especially for shooting through a plane window! The whites of the snow are well exposed which can be tough sometimes... good job.

Color - wow that is one blue sky! Did you use a polarizing filter by any chance, or play with that in PS or is that how it really looked. Awesome color to this. I love all the different blues here.

Focus - wonderful... great job for focusing through the plane window.. really excellent work

Background - no complaints

Fit For challenge - hey you were in the midst of travelling, thats pretty obvious! Great fit.

Wowability - Really beautiful photo that catches your eye.

Final Comments - you did an awesome job with this photo! I think it should have placed higher, even your use of border turned out very nicely. I really have nothing to complain about hence the 10. Great job! and keep up the beautiful work! :-)

Where Men Fear To Tread
by mcmurma

Comment:
Hahahaha... now this is a very funny one. Thanks for the laugh! Overall not a bad picture, especially good job with the lighting, which can be extremely tough in an indoor situation like this. Nice job with that. It definitely gets the point across as well.

untitled
by FranziskaLang

Comment:
Excellent use of the challenge. Definitely a stranger literally in strange land :-) Not an extremely appealing photo visually, but cute all the same. Good choice of using a plain background, and I like the fact that it's blue. Also not bad lighting. -7-

A Dogs Life
by togtog

Comment:
At first I didn't get it, I thought you were making a comment on the guy. Now I do :-) it's a dog's point of view, which is interesting. However the photo itself is not extremely attractive to me. The contrast is the firs thing that gets me, as everything looks pretty much the same grey. Also this angle is not particularly flattering. I would have suggested cropping more off the left side, maybe to the other side of the far doorway?

Me, Myself and I
by byetko

Comment:
I think the border you added detracts from the photo. The lighting seems much too harsh on the right side of your face. Would have liked to have seen the whole ear, and your head, maybe ending with more white background might have been neat. Good job on having a solid background. I'm not sure if I care for the contrast on this photo or not. Your hair helps. Love the way you have even the tips of the hair in the picture.

michael
by SatelliteSpeck

Comment:
Excellent use of black and white here. Very interesting cropping, I think it works pretty well. Excellent detail and lighting, except that you lose just a bit due to shadows on the ear. Otherwise a very nice overall portrait. Nice job.

97 years old and I STILL didn't get what I wanted!
by Gekker

Comment:
WOW... 97! Not bad. It bothers me that I can't really discern very sharp details. I'm not sure what causes this, maybe focus? but there is no real depth to any of her wrinkles or anything. This would be a cute candid, however for a portrait I might have liked to see more of the eyes, I would have suggested shooting from a different angle. The background on here is also distracting, especially in the upper right hand corner. I would suggested working with this subject again, as she'd be great in photos if you got her just right! Good luck.

Wildlife Portait- Chirping Tufted Titmouse
by kandyj

Comment:
Very grainy I'm guessing due to tight cropping. I don't care for the blowing out behind the little guy, or the dof, the front blurry stick is distracting. Also I don't think this was the best subject for black and white. This photo prolly would have been better in color. Good framing of the subject though.

Quadrants and Buds
by joanns

Comment:
9... would have been a ten if it wasn't for the hot spot on the glass. Really cool looking photo! I love it! Also great use of border on this picture! Good luck!