Butterfly 5 RS.jpg
by ephln

Comment:
Wow, you've got quite a collection :)

He really seems to be in his natural environment around those colours. Very interesting patterns.

Butterfly 13 RS.jpg
by ephln

Comment:
Eek, strange hairy thing! Do butterflies really look like that? Very good unusual shot, I love that you can see the shadow of the wing on the left. Again, I'd consider doing some noise reduction.

Butterfly 17 RS.jpg
by ephln

Comment:
Nice bokeh, but those foreground leaves are a bit messy. Still quite pretty though.

Butterfly 21 RS.jpg
by ephln

Comment:
Great shot :) The composition is spot on (the wings form such a lovely diagonal), and there's something very cool about crazy monochrome-patterned wings in the middle of a coloured background.

I'd be tempted to dodge and burn the wings at a low opacity to make them look more dramatic.

Butterfly 19 CR RS.jpg
by ephln

Comment:
Gorgeous shot. However, the first thing a viewer sees is that blue/white blob of light above the butterfly's head. Maybe darkening it with a soft light layer would shift the focus of the picture to where you want it.

There's a lot of noise in the background, but I'd say in this case the noise actually looks quite nice.

Tiny Dancer
by ephln

Comment:
That's gorgeous! I love the bright colours. You've done a really good job of the editing - it really shifted the focus from distracting background elements to the subject itself. And like all best editing, you can't tell it's been done in the final version.

I only noticed the ballerina once I saw the title :)

Giraffe
by ephln

Comment:
Aww, giraffes are so cute!
Very cool picture, I think the composition is great, and I really like the high contrast between the subject and the background.

The only improvement I can suggest is to try and use a low opacity cloning stamp to fix up some of those blown highlights on the giraffe's face.

Lorikeet
by ephln

Comment:
My god, the colours! Nice bokeh too :)
Actually, damn impressive bokeh with that camera, I really had trouble getting my P&S to do stuff like that.

On the other hand, I'd maybe go for a slightly different composition, maybe cropping off some of the right side or something. In terms of editing, I'd maybe run it through Neat Image again, there seems to be quite a bit of noise in the background. And you can make the bird stand out more by darkening the background with a black brush in a low opacity soft light layer.

a face that she keeps in a jar by the door
by posthumous

Comment:
lol You're nuts. Entirely insane. This shot proves it - how else would you come up with it? :)

Starbucks, Kuwait
by Melethia

Comment:
lol Fantastic. It's comforting to know that wherever you are in the world, there will be a Starbucks just a camel ride away :D