One Drop Joins Many
by Fiver

Comment:
Greetings fromt the Critique Club
Hi James, we meet at last, for the first time.

Composition
I like how no crucial elements have been left out of this shot. Too often someone crops the leaves of a flower or someone's fingertips off, but you have included both the entry point for our eyes and the exit point - great references.

Color
Well-saturated and even a tad over-saturated. I like the greens and reds, however. I see your 1/8 shutter and wonder what if you'd used a longer shutter and slightly more open aperature? Either way, great color.

Focus
Your focus and DoF are obviously quite good. The water gives off a slight haze, but the leaves around the edges are sharp.

Lighting
If you'd shot this same shot on a sunny day, the relation to "weather" would have been tenuous, as you were afraid of. With the obviously cloudy and wet day, this water could have come from the Vancouver skies.

Subject matter
You were worried about the link, but people seem to have made it. Your lack of low scores overall shows me at least that people didn't mark you down for your subject matter. I liked it, and it is pleasant to look at.

Overall
Overall, congrats on your first six.

Floaters
by frisca

Comment:
I like the way they seem to be playing with each other. I wish they were more clearly defined, but I guess that's the 'nature of the nature.'

Underwater Tropical Hideaway
by loz1

Comment:
The submission is a bit small and the focus is a tiny bit off, but I like the 'hiding' he's doing. It's a good shot. keep plugging.

Pick On Someone Your Own Size!
by whitetiger

Comment:
excellent use of the triptych to stitch this panorama together and show much more than you normally could of this fine specimen! 10.

In The Event Of My Demise
by arnit

Comment:
Familiar models. Good shots. Nice effect.

Ebb and Flow
by KarenB

Comment:
Excellent work - all of the shots have a slight blue cast, but I like the composition and the subject matter. How did you ever get above the bird!? 9

Success
by rj324

Comment:
Excellent colors and sillhouette. What happened in the middle image? The colors are all gone. :) I like the changing perspective and the story it tells.

Thoroughbred Park
by RLS

Comment:
Can't wait to read the details on this one. I love the center shot. I don't think the rest of the triptych does much for it. 10.

Strike Three
by inspzil

Comment:
This is what a triptych should look like. Excellent focus, perfect subject, wonderful angle and camera setup. Superb. 10.

Alligator Alley
by ploogiea

Comment:
Wow - what a really great shot. I almost wish I couldn't see ground or water - that it was ALL these gators! Superb.