52 Week Nature Challenge Week 1
by Diamonds

Comment:
This is a lovely shot - you don't happen to know what bush that is (the name of it, either latin or coloquial would be nice)? Sorry, this is probably not the purpose of your picture :-), but I love plants and this looks beautiful and worth "hunting" for.

Dear Mom...
by vawendy

Comment:
Awhh .... I like the concept and the composition of your photograph, as well as the monochromatic execution. I feel that perhaps there is a bit too much light (especially on the pillow area) and just darkening it a tad may have been better.

"Tractor beam is disabled! Now, let's take out those guards and fly the hell out of here!"
by Paul

Comment:
When I first looked at this picture I thought "Oh WOW" ... then the longer I looked the more I found the reflection of the 2 guards annoying. I like the reflection of the spacecraft, but not the figurines. I suppose you can't have one without the other - it may have even looked really odd, but as it is, these "double figures" I find spoil an otherwise superb photograph

descending after a good day of climbing
by drtherien

Comment:
Great picture, great idea. I like the way you used your DOF for the rock and the background. Also like the division of rock/bg (1/3). Great use of colour. Personally I would have perhaps placed the toy more towards the upper 1/3 line, because you still have the shadow anyway that "reaches" down. The way you used the light to show "late afternoon" was very creative - attention to detail :-). I do think though the toy is not 100% in focus. I am a bit anal about that because I battle getting it right in my own photographs ;-).

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.
by hahn23

Comment:
I love this photograph. I don't know enough to suggest "how" :-), but it would have been nice if you could have made the bears stand out a bit more. Especially the little one on the right. The rock above him with the water running over it makes him "blend in".

Toys Are Us Too
by casdsr

Comment:
I am new to photography and have no idea how you produced this image. I would still like to say that I think it is stunning.

RACE!!!
by lukep96

Comment:
I like the idea for this photograph. I think the blur came out really well. However, even though I understand that toys are often (usually?) used indoors, I would have liked a different setting (background) for this image. I understand that the clean wall shows off the blur really well, but I would think other bg would have done this photograph more justice.

They learned not to interrupt Dolly’s beauty sleep
by markwiley

Comment:
Gosh - hope you don't tell too many bed time stories! ;-). This image is definitely telling a story! I love the setting with the dark floor and the dark background and I really like the lighting on the doll. Also your choice of doll. Although the big doll is your main focus, I am wondering if you shouldn't have brought the little figures to the front a bit more to increase their size a little. The little house is only just recogniseable as a house. Again, perhaps a bit bigger or slightly angled (depending what it was made of) may have just brought it out a bit more. You also just got the fire and exposure right. Perhaps just a tiny bit too much? Still IMO, overall definitely a very good photograph

In search of the lost Blue Ribbon (what a dangerous task!)
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:
I like your sense of humor :-) and I like the way you presented the story. For me the top 2 and bottom 2 images don't seem to belong together because of the different background. The 3rd image with the green dinosaur still links to image 2 with the green background. But I feel you should have used a coloured bg for image 4 to tie things together better. I also think, since the blue ribbon was the point of the whole story, your lighting should have been on the ribbon. It seems to highlight an area to the left for no apparent reason. To remain with the 4th image, bacuse of your change of perspective, the toys actually look smaller than in the other photos, which to me again makes the 4th picture just not part of the others. I tried to zoom in on my monitor, perhaps that was the problem, but to me it looked like the toys are not 100% in focus. I think for this type of photograph they should be crisper. Your lighting in image 3 is very dramatic, I like. I also like the simple, crisp framing of the 4 images. that worked really well.

June 6,1944
by CaptUnderpants

Comment:
WOW! looked like you had fun on the beach :-). Very creative "set" and very good use of frame. IMO the figurines should have been a different colour to stand out more. I know they are *supposed* to blend into the sand, but this is about photography and not about realism :-). I like the composition of your image though with the "action" parts on the centre-diagonal and realively quiet areas in front and behind. Also think your exposure and lighting are good.