First Portrait
by SandyP

Comment:
Beautiful image, congratulations!

I Don't Live Near A Beach... AKA
by Lydia

Comment:
I love the shot and the effort to create a beach but not sure after all the effort to create a cool beach that leaving the bottle was helpful, I personally like every part of the image other than the bottle. The focus and exposure on the frog are dead on and your mini beach, water and sky look almost natural. Nicely done, I will give it a 7 but think I would have gone 1 or 2 points higher without the bottle.

Discovery
by vawendy

Comment:
Great interaction, very nice

Urban Beach Flora & Fauna
by FtWorthphotog

Comment:
Nice shot but kind of missing the challenge topic, just give me at least a glimpse of the beach or something I can at least call a beach..... Maybe this is high tide?...lol

Pelican Itch
by GeneralE

Comment:
Not a fan of the processing on this, the heavenly glow just does not add anything positive to the shot IMHO...

Retired
by Cuttooth

Comment:
I really like this with one nit pik, I find the sliver of sky to be a real distraction and would have cropped it down just slightly. Other than that I love the composition and the tire adds a lot to the story of the image and the motion blur of the water is perfectly handled. Nice shot good luck in the challenge. 7

Osprey nest, dejected fledgling
by skewsme

Comment:
I really like the look on the face and the title really fits but the crop just feels awkward and a tighter crop would to me have really helped, to me the real interest in the photo is the Osprey but I felt like I was not drawn to it first, the pine cones on the right add nothing to the shot so for me they should have been cropped out. Still an awesome shot, love the expression.

Silent windmils
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment:
I love the sky and the silhouettes but hate the tilted horizon, really think this would have been much better with a little leveling, still overall a very nice shot.

Caramello
by Budya

Comment:
Wow, I'll take 2

Donuts!
by Kelli

Comment:
Another happy customer, models really should have clean hands....lol