Not a Breeze
by jgm5015

Comment:
Feels slightly off balance to me. It's the overall composition that feels off. The focal point appears to be the browning, curled leaf and the lighter area of the image near the top center. The focal point is high and centered.

Negative space is good, but seems to take more room than needed. The horizontal line formed by the leaves works well but nearly bisects the image into two parts.

I really want to see the top of that brown leaf! :) I almost feel like you could have backed off a little and maybe taken a bit off the right.

The colors, tone, texture, and DOF are all very nice here. The border is semi-transparent and is a minor distraction for the detail oriented. :P

Lightning 1
by TCGuru

Comment:
This is nice also, but you can't really get a feel for the image because of the distraction caused by that border. Not that you haven't heard that already. :D

Lightning 2
by TCGuru

Comment:
Should have saved this for the April Free-Study! :) Very nice!

Tribute to Old Country-Style Fitness
by LaMas

Comment:
PULL! :D Nice shot (pun intended). I like the PP you did on this. Good luck in the challenge.

Big Air, Strong Legs
by option

Comment:
Holy Crap! That person is way the heck up there. Great POV for this shot. Good luck in the challenge.

How Kite Surfers Do Pullups
by Bernard_Marx

Comment:
Very nice action shot. Good shutter speed and aperture use to stop the action and blur out the bg some. Could be a tad strong on saturation and sharpening. Good luck.

Walk 18
by msdoubletrouble

Comment:
This is well composed and meets the challenge theme quite well. The side lighting is giving you some trouble it seems. The contrast is high enough, but there appears to be a little flare that is fogging the image up some. At first glance I'd say boost the contrast (hold down the brightness), which would help - but then you're going to blow out the highlights I think. Try boosting the black some instead and pull down the highlights? All JMO of course. :D Good luck in the challenge.

WEIGHTING for you
by fredahenry

Comment:
Great use of lighting on this.

Running in the park
by escondrillas

Comment:
Appears to be a little heavy on the noise reduction. You've lost a good amount of detail. Cute pic BTW. Good luck.

flat fix
by sevilduvarci

Comment:
What a wonderful juxtaposition! :D Good luck in the challenge.