Taking Flight
by jbsmithana

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Getting an eagle in flight is a goal of wildlife photographers - getting one with it's claws extended and a clear view of the eye makes it even sweeter - great job.

squirrel
by JulieG

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Now that's a well fed squirrel! I really like the sdof, your eyes are brought right to the squirrels head and your crisp focus makes it just pop - love the catch light in the eyes, gives it such personality.. looks like it should be an illustration in a children's book - an excellent photo, suits the challenge perfectly - bumping the score right up!

Evening Snack
by Bear_Music

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I like the painterly effect of your photo.. and think that gulls are under appreciated as they are truly beautiful birds and so graceful in flight.. I like the grain in this shot and the soft muted tone.. it looks like you bumped the colors up a fair bit and that worked well with the blue and the yellow..but not as well with the red - the red in the bird's feet, it's beak and whatever it is holding in it's mouth look a bit off, maybe taking the red down a bit in your pp would have been a better choice, keeping true to the painterly effects the rest of your photo has.

It's lunch time!
by halopes

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What makes this an outstanding photo is the b/g color matches the color in the bird and has a very Autumn feeling to it. Nice catch light in the birds eye.. might have bumped it a bit more and dodged the color in it's eye, but that is a personal choice.. I like the reflection on the birds beak - nicely photographed.

Suburban Wedding
by posthumous

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I gave you a 9, after reading your comments ....... shit, I am sorry ...... :(

Suburb-girl of Bangalore, India
by Zerosiz

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This photo shows me a part of the world I would never have seen ... your treatment of it using selective desat was perfect.. I enjoy the textures.. the shapes .. thank you.

Suburban Wedding
by posthumous

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I truly enjoyed studying this photo.. it sets itself apart from all the others in this challenge.. unique and so well done.. I love the suggested shapes of the body parts... the expression of the girl's expression.. I hope you do well in this challenge - one of my top picks but then I love abstracts. I would love to hang this on my wall.

Suburbia's got its own problems!
by DrAchoo

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composition is well done.. the joke is great given that the setting is an upscale mall.. your ppl is good .. a nice take on this challenge.

American Gothic Redux
by timfythetoo

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Good title, good update of the painting - well photographed - the stoic expressions really set this shot off.. should score very well.

Keeping Them In - Or Keeping Them Out? ...The Picket Fence
by dsterner

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A nice take on the challenge.. I like the angle you shot this from.. I always enjoy lines in photos.. While I like the starkness of the pure whites and blacks, I think some grays would add more texture in the blacked out areas and give more detail in the hardware on the fence.. giving this photo a broader tonal range. However, that is a personal decision and up to you as the photographer.