US Troops on a mission
by jblaylockrayner

Comment:
Excellent image, possibly just a tad dark on the shadows.

Lovebird
by Nuzzer

Comment:
Beautiful detail in the feathers, thought its just gone off before the eye on the right. Possibly needs just one stop more to get that extra little depth of field.

Nicely cropped and good background for the bright bird.

The Moor
by dippydaz

Comment:
This is crying out for a big foreground boulder or a sheep or a fence or something.

Nice colours, nice post processing, possibly cut off a part of the sky just above the white fluffy cloud

Regen
by Ubersteiny

Comment:
I would have liked to see more space to the left of the head, just to give the image more balance

Solitary Sandhill
by jemison

Comment:
The title indicates you want me to look at the bird, the image tells me you want me to look at the sky.

Sky is beautiful, bird is a counterpoint to the sky, well positioned and sharp.

Beeches forest in autumn
by rhipster

Comment:
Beautiful, love the soft focus effect and the colours.

Maui Moon
by carlosm

Comment:
I was always told tha when shooting the moon use a telephoto lens. This allows the moon to become large enough in the frame to be useful.

This image doesn't give me any real detail in the moon and the big black silhouette really doesn't contribute much either.

Stranded
by dx_power

Comment:
I can see why you have presented the image in landscape orientation, but it feels like I'm falling off a ladder. I think it would have worked better in portrait orientation.

Shame to see such beautiful creatures in this state.

midnight chior
by Grandad

Comment:
Three things hit me immediately - the blue sign, the road sign and the lens flare. I'm sure you know these are problems so I won't dwell on them.

The church is nicely framed by the trees, nicely lit and sharp.

You going my way?
by peroty

Comment:
Do you know what really draws my eye - the writing on the mirror.

Overall the image is a little uninspiring, so lets examine it and work out what the various problems are.

The mirror is where you want the viewer to look I guess, so why have such a big area of wall in the frame? zoom in and get rid of unwanted space. Especially that ugly dark shadow.

Now the refelction. The hand is really not sharp, but thats your main subject. There is a stray hand just half in the mirror, you need to ensure that small problems are dealt with at the time of shooting.

The writing on the mirror ... theres not much you can do about that except use a different mirror or clone it out in PS. However, it IS distracting. The other option you could have gone for would be to make the writing THE central theme by making thats sharp and contrasty whilst the other elements recede.

As it is there are lots of learning points to work on here.