Carefree childhood
by Zigomar

Comment:
This definitely says poverty. The child is so small in this. I'd like to either see her much closer to the camera or be closer or else zoom or crop in tighter so we can see her better.

Duck: It's what's for dinner!
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
Hi Steve,

I didn't vote this challenge or even see this until just now. I don't know if you need a critique from someone whose current challenge picture is barely scoring higher than this did, but since you wanted more I'll give you my one cent worth.

As expected here is the critique about the tight crop. It's hard to tell what the two stuffed animals are. The duck especially just looks like a yellow puff with eyes and nose stuck on it, which barely gets you the meets challenge vote. I like the teeth and Rex's eye. It is nice and sharp, thanks to f20, and the foreground coloring is good. Other than that there's not much of interest to hold my attention. The background is just there to be a background but doesn't contribute to it. I guess you have a large house plant by your kitchen table. Maybe a drop of "blood" coming off the tooth would give it punch.

Lunch Time
by hellfish1066

Comment:
I thought this would do better. I'm wondering if people didn't realize it was taken from inside a dinosaur skull. I gave you a 7. I was about to say something similar to Mick, I'd like to see someone in front with a terrified look. It would have also helped hide the unattractive floor.

Spotlight on healthy eating
by Lonni

Comment:
Ah, sure enough it is a mango. We have lots of them here and I cut them like that sometimes to help cut the skin off easier and you can't very easily turn a cantaloupe inside out. You did well with the lighting. I wish you had gotten more comments. FWIW I gave you a 7.

Wood Duck
by ErikV

Comment:
Beautiful picture with excellent sharpness, colors, background. I expect to see this among the top pictures.

Firebird
by hihosilver

Comment:
Beautiful shot and well processed

Spots of Wonder
by ErinKirsten

Comment:
OK I'm officially giving up on commenting on "natural environment". Nice shot.

Call Of The Wild
by rinac

Comment:
When peacocks go bad. Scary looking beautiful bird.

Dunk
by banmorn

Comment:
Beautiful coloring and excellent sharpness

I Put the "Wild" in Wildlife
by scarbrd

Comment:
Nice shot, but not a natural environment. No vote