Forgotten Tree
by Conrady

Comment:
The texture of the stump is interesting. I like how I can see the specific marks from the chainsaw, and the burned top. Having said that, I'm not too clear on why you cut the stump up as you did. I would prefer otherwise, myself. The black on the foreground is more rich, but I don't think that's a reason to cut off the less rich black in the background.

Black Pearl
by Neil

Comment:
Neat pool you've captured here. Your choice of shutter length is great, capturing the flowing nature of the water but not over-exposing things. I'd like the "pearl" to not be cut off on the left, and in the top left, I wish that there wasn't that bit of sky showing through the trees. I still really like the BW conversion on this though. Great capture.

After the Rain
by dtallakson

Comment:
Good detail in the center, but either a more concerted effort to isolate the center from the rest of the photo as a focal point or a deeper DoF would have benefited things. Nice job capturing the drops, and the refracted image in the raindrop has some very cool color variation.

Big Girl Now
by gsal

Comment:
Nice portrait. BW conversion is excellent, and I like the candid nature of the shot.

Special moments (Emma & Grandpa)
by Motek

Comment:
You did decently to improve the scene, considering how high contrast your tones are here. I think you overdid the processing on the clouds a little bit, and you've got some very distinct haloing around your subjects. Beautiful country though.

Camouflage
by ChikaZAWa

Comment:
I really like the textures and huge variety of colors in your shot. The small anole (I'm guessing) is just the icing on the cake. Also, your vignette works perfectly for your subject matter by focusing the viewer on the lizard.. The little plant sprouting out by the tail is sorta cool too, adds some interest to the scene.

Flight of the Egret
by briandsd

Comment:
The egret's neck in this is really snake like. I like how you've managed to keep the head/eye of the bird in sharp focus, and decent focus for the feet. The blurred wings add a nice sense of speed, but I wish the areas on the bird's wing and back weren't blown and that the background were a bit more blurred. Having taken photos of birds, especially flying ones, I know your photo is still pretty damn good though, nitpicking aside.

Nativity at Night
by malski

Comment:
I have a hard time understanding why you chose to keep things out of focus. With such perfect leading lines, a low perspective shot with a short DoF, set close to the PoV, would have been much more effective for this scene. Those blue lines are perfect to use.

The Hardware Store
by Paul

Comment:
Cool idea you've employed here. The selective desat is nice, but I'm left wishing that it was a different color. As is, it is somewhat distracting because it is so bright. I think angling it different so that the background was darker might have been more effective.

Life on the Serengeti
by Venom

Comment:
I like your shot. I think the crop at the top of the central zebra works well. However, I can only surmise that there was some reason to cut off the left zebra and leave the other chunk of a zebra to the right (the right zebra is what actually distracts me, the left one is alright). For the record, you might get voted down for your thick border, but I don't personally find it excessive.