Snowy Egret
by notbiscuit

Comment:
I like the lines in the water - the marvellous deformation of them from the ripples; a pity, perhaps, that they couldn't be more in focus, to make this less of a simple portrait of the bird.

sunrise
by clangley50

Comment:
I'm unsure about this composition - though certainly the actual detail and focus isn't going to work for many voters. I think the composition, mainly the background, could have been still cleaner - the black triangle removed for instance - to make more of the impact of the silhouette.

Bon Nuit
by blue296

Comment:
Can't get interested in this at all - the light of that direct flash reflects so strongly and harshly from the fur, and this isn't a moment that's at all outstanding.

Ole Blue Eyes
by Photologist

Comment:
And ole orange frame, too. I really thing that taking a key colour into the frame makes for a very weird composition - weakening the colour in the actual image, making for a bizarre extra element that the shot surely doesn't need. Good detail and processing and light in the actual image though, but there isn't any real fascination to it - just a technically assured shot, without doing anything more.

Untitled
by fotomann_forever

Comment:
Flash is very heavy here - those nasty shadows from the hand and the nose could effectively be softened and produce a smoother image overall. It seems an odd pose to have chosen - either as a pose or as a chosen moment by you.

Sierra Sunrise
by sailracer_98

Comment:
If there were more blue, rather than purple, perhaps the reds and ambers would have more punch. Still just a pretty sky shot to me, however.

Shopping for Sabbath
by LevT

Comment:
Good candid portrait, although outside of the light I don't find it very absorbing. It seems a very disengaged image - we're not close enough, not involved enough (in fact, the activity perhaps is just too ordinary) to be completely drawn in - and also there's nothing, compositionally, to add punch or fascination. Still has its strong points - detail, colour, light etc.

Ice Flow
by aberration

Comment:
Good light, although there are elements that make it seem over-processed - where the trees suddenly seem to lose contrast to image right, for instance. Could just be a natural weirdness of light, but it still looks wrong. Composition is fine.

Preserving The Past
by BrianR

Comment:
Difficult shot to assess - the strange light is quite interesting, but there's something strange going on in the sky, and cutting the bottom left corner of cthe building is an odd thing to do. Filling just one corner with foreground foliage is also a touch random - it can work, but generally requires more of a full frame around the image to not look like a mistake. In the end though, it's just a full front of a building, with, for me, not enough interest to make an impact: the strange colouring just seems like an attempt to win something back from an OK but not spectacular shot.

Fall
by Nanate

Comment:
I think you could have worked up the composition of this more effectively - the feather is just lying across the frame with no apparent consideration of the overall impact. Given the line/lines shape of the feather, I think you might have used that to make a strong element in frame - say, for example, a strong diagonal, and finding other elements to balance it and fill in the corners. This is a difficult kind of thing to learn though, as the 'standard rules' only apply in such obvious ways.