Foot Bridge
by Olyuzi

Comment:
The muted tones are lovely - very well done. There seems to be an absence of sharpness, somewhere, or perhaps rather of detail. I'm not convinced by the composition, i think: my eye drifts away from the bridge, but not particularly toward anything.

A Monarch Butterfly
by train

Comment:
great detail, good pop in the colours, intersting composition with those diagonal lines. A hint, perhaps of over-sharpening? The edges of things seem a touch blocky, like the real smoothness of the detail is lost - though it could be the bright light, or even a camera thing (not a Fuji 7000 shot is it? They're supposed to do that.) I like it though - like the camouflage/obvious thing to it.

Artificial Beauty
by Chiqui

Comment:
Enjoy the scattering of water, and the capturing of that effect - you've really made them sparkle, a la Man Ray. The lighting on the flower itself could have been a bit more careful though - some areas of it appear quite flat, and there is a sense of softness of focus (as opposed to soft focus), that doesn't help for me.

Bloom, In Green
by ScottK

Comment:
Interesting shapes and textures. I think a tighter crop might have added to the impact of the near-abstract quality here - those small areas of just visible background seem to 'place' the subject too much, and the image to me doesn't seem to need that context. I wonder if shooting directly into the centre of the plant might have given a more pleasing composition - a centre for the eye to be drawn to, perhaps? That might also have entailed waiting for a different light, too ...

KFC
by Beerme425

Comment:
great close-up, and a real senses of character in the thing too. Colour is excellent, croppingworks well as it draws the eye toward the head and the eye. It may only be the reflectted light, but there's a sense of over-sharpening around the red areas, and perhaps a little detail lost - hand-held shooting, or a moving target and a not-quite-fast-enough shutter?

Through the square window...
by robsmith

Comment:
Adore the tonal parallels between the window frame and the camel.

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fashion and tradition
by jjbeguin

Comment:
This should be entered in the Agfa portrait competition, my friend. Not only has the detail and depth that they like, but also that edge of weirdness. Great stuff.

The Soul Speaks
by librodo

Comment:
Good solid portrait, interesting and touching face. Like the sense of his emerging from hiding, and the edge of concern in his look. Not convinced by the neg space right of frame - think I would have cropped it more, as I don't see what it adds, and the brightness draws my eye there a little and there isn't anything there that seems to help the story.

Crescent Springs
by Zoomdak

Comment:
Done well to capture this light and still to blur the water - ND, or exceptionally low ISO? Good capture of a quite wide dynamic range too. Neatly composed too, so all round a competent image. Doesn't excite me much beyond on that technicl front however.

Texas Bluebonnet
by Gordon

Comment:
Wonderful detail, colour, focus. I like the balance too, of the foreground horizontal and the vertical subject. Highly competent, though a bit dull perhaps - lacking anything extraordinary. Woould make a successful stock shot I'd think - even room for some text :-)