Portrait of "A"
by alanbataar

Comment:
Love the smile and the look in her eyes. Great capture!

Field of Dreams
by elsapo

Comment:
Nice colors! And perfect focus on the butterfly.

Liquid Gold
by jmritz

Comment:
Careful with the USM on water... it makes the water look hard and unnatural. What I usually do is apply USM to the entire image, then use the history brush to paint back the water.

Spring Greens
by sbeaumont

Comment:
Ah oh, better watch out for the border police. (I know, I'm late in voting, you've probably already received a ton of remarks) Well... I, for one, happen to like your border. Hopefully I'm not the only one. The actual picture looks nice. I kinda would like a little more contrast around the purple flowers, just to make them more distinct. Good luck in the challenge!

Learning
by JohannesFrank

Comment:
I always prefer animals that look like they are coming towards you rather than fleeing away... So while I like the angle here, I wish they were swimming towards you so we could see the front rather than the back. Now for the tricky part... I'd also prefer to see the eyes a little sharper, but be careful not to sharpen the water (makes it look hard and unnaturall). Good luck in the challenge!

Near the End
by caba

Comment:
I like the sharpness of the silhouettes on the right in contrast to the softness of the sunset.

Nature's Beauty
by Marjo

Comment:
Nice stop action photo! Just enough of a blur on the tip of the wings to show they are in motion, and everything else is frozen solid. And with such shallow DOF, the focus had to be perfect. Nice shot!

Innocent Friendship
by neophyte

Comment:
Watch the focus... it needs to be tack sharp on the eyes.

Father Sky
by ElGordo

Comment:
Whoa... looks like a nuclear bomb just went off! Amazing sunlight there...

On The Beach
by Nobody

Comment:
I think the actual beach (the sand) could be cropped and still make a beautiful image... Probably want to sharpen a little less on the sea, it doesn't quite look natural.