Natural Beauty
by librodo

Comment:
It's a beautiful picture, but it's overworked to the degree that it no longer feels candid, even though I'm sure it was. As long as you're working it so hard, why not whiten the teeth a tad? Lovely image, but for me it doesn't work directly to the challenge.

Serenity
by Mark of SRQ

Comment:
A striking image. Sky artefacts downgrade this in my eyes.

"Hey, Handsome...where ya going?"
by Marjo

Comment:
One of the best of the "animal candids", by far. There's a real sense of interaction, of "emotion" if you will. Lovely tonalities.

After the rain
by dr rick

Comment:
Striking composition and colors, not all that "candid" feeling though. Looks like sharpness filters were overapplied.

Sad News
by whatdewuc

Comment:
A pity you didn't have critical focus on this. Use of sharpening filter is too obvious and not especially effective anyway in this case. A very evocative moment.

Slow Business
by Jovi

Comment:
Nice! I'd rate it higher if it were crisper. A solid image, a strong score.

Business
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Very strong environmental candid. Would benefit from a more muted, softer tonal range and more sparing use of the sharpening filters, I think. There's lots going on, lots of stories to read. Good work!

Hey, look!
by arpita

Comment:
This is like a "Bingo!" picture. Selective desaturation works here because it's natural-feeling.

Old lady
by sahko

Comment:
Wonderful compositiona nd expression, marred somewhat by less-than-critical visual acuity and a tad too much contrast.

Will it fit?
by vasilkovaya

Comment:
Very nice. I'd think about brushing out the random highlights between the two figures on right. These are just tiny distractions. More critically, the very bright highlights on her hair are pulling the eye the wrong way; we really want our focus drawn to the hand holding the piece. I'd tone those way down, to visually contain the drama of the action.