Inflation
by dahved

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Nice colors, good composition. Unfortunately, it does have a good deal of foreground blur and that does often distract from an image.

It is a little difficult to find the 'story' in this image, even though we know it's the bubble, because the bubble is hard to find.

I would love to see this image with a good sharp area all the way through the bubble. A sharp blue arrow going right to a luminescent bubble would be pretty darn nice.

The background blur is fun and I think it adds to the composition.

Lacking Direction
by Shadowi6

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

You've done a beautifully moody image here. It fits the Challenge perfectly, tells a good story, and is nicely photographed, especially under the Basic Rules.

You've placed quite well in a large field of entries. Anything over 6 is pretty good pickings.

One of the problems with a "dark" image is that some of our voters do not have perfectly calibrated monitors and I think this may well have worked against this fine image. If they could not see the subtle detail - which most certainly is there - they are going to vote low numbers.

While that's the nature of the beast, it does not detract from the excellence of your work.

Brokeh
by Rino63

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Wow, if I had voted on this Challenge, you would have had at least one more high score. So that shows my bias in this critique. I like it; nice work.

However, and with the caveat that I realize you have done a way-down closeup on this, it looks on my monitor as if it was over-sharp. Whether this is the action of your macro set-up or post processing, it could give that impression to an average viewer.

And, yes, it could use just a touch less light on that green leaf. The leaf appears a little 'hot'.

Still, in my book, nice shot.

The Alpha Ram
by hahn23

Comment:
Beautifully done. Congratulations.

Yawn
by smurfguy

Comment:
It's easy to see this adorable little girl is going to be well photographed.

Gaze
by smurfguy

Comment:
Awwww, what a sweetie!

On the Hunt
by esdarby

Comment:
Just lovely. Great capture.

Dragonfly Study
by zaflabout

Comment:
I'm a sucker for these nature studies, especially when they are well done. This one is beautifully done. 10

Sideways Action
by GIS_boy

Comment:
great action shot. you were in the right space and the right time...

Steeplechase
by andrea22_als

Comment:
If this was just a touch sharper, it would be a real winner. Nice shooting.