Knock and it shall be opened
by bob350

Comment:
If you had framed or cropped this a bit more cautiously, and corrected the distortion I would have totally given this an 8...

DSC00530
by Kelli

Comment:
Poor Cicada! (Awesome wasps) :)

At Light Speed
by Kelli

Comment:
I wish there wasn't something in front of it's eye... .. . But there is.. Still good, but not as good as it could have been. Very nice otherwise.

Fresh
by caba

Comment:
Nice avalanche flow path..

SUMMER SOLSTICE MASQUERADE
by kvickrey

Comment:
Charming. Even the tilt that I would normally dislike. The only thing that could have made this sparkle would have been a selective enhancement of her eyes, a bit of brightness increase, with a bit of sharpen, then a bit of saturation increase and this could have just really jumped out off the screen at you.

Looking for this?
by amsterdamman

Comment:
Huh... Not much to say here. A reasonably well done shot of absolutely nothing. Did you really get no pics of the guys sliding to a base, or a long stretch for a catch, or a beautiful swing? Sorry, but this just seems so very static, there's not a story here, just a ball or a strike. 5 for being a solid technical shot with the soul of a photo-zombie. :)

Strut
by cloudsme

Comment:
Not quite what it wants to be - the color and general beauty of the bird is almost great, but not quite. The crop is a bit off (too high or too low, you choose), and the image just doesn't quite "pop", partially because the bird is standing in front of a light colored background, which is unevenly lit (dark would have been much better!)... The eye could have been dodged a bit too I think, that would have added a bit of impact (maybe even a bit of saturation too, give it some nice yellow in the bottom part).. The other thing about the image is that it seems just a little soft - especially towards the edges, not quite blurry enough to be bokeh, just not sharp... You could have accented that with a bit of selective blurring.. *shrug* nothing personal at all of course, just making a few suggestions that may have helped the image. ( Melethia made me do it...)

Heading home
by snaffles

Comment:
Nice BIF... I don't see a band either, so I'm guessing this is a wild specimen? Well done in either case, quite excellent if this is a wild bird.

Collar....too....tight...uuggghh
by daisydavid

Comment:
funny.. And kinda just kinda strange... So, the question that's burning in my mind is -6 who's the person standing behind you in the blue shirt?

Never again
by LevT

Comment:
A very nice street portrait.. I'm always torn by the cropping on these, it seems that the in vogue thing is to really fill the frame.. I guess it does work, but there's something about not seeing the top of her hat and her not having just a bit more space in front of her face, that just... Dunno, just kinda makes me wonder if I'd like it more with a looser crop... Still - great image, I'm hoping you've posted a story with this one.