Protrusion
by Cutter

Comment:
Nice angle/perspective on this hibiscus. Colors are good, although perhaps a fraction dark. If the very tips of those fuzzy stigmas were nice and sharp and the DOF able to be retained to still see the filaments on the stamens, make this even better in my opinion. The top right brighter area detracts, but fairly minor. Maybe also a 640x640, or even just tighter at the top & more horizontal, not sure, and depends what you had to work with, obviously.

beauty-after-dark.
by MacDonald

Comment:
Thank you for including that. I am trying to learn more about long exposure settings etc.

Abby
by Marjo

Comment:
Interesting watching your studio/portrait 'learning shots' - I am learning just by looking. Not sure how much help you're getting with these, and whilst I can't offer any knowledge or experience with them, I'd like to suggest something - just ignore it if it's no good: depending how many lights you have, perhaps trying three placed strategically (with or without "brollies" etc etc), maybe one in the background 'up', one (using this shot as an example) up on the left pointing down (which it seems you've done?), and one on the right almost level height. I guess it depends if you are going for traditional studio portraits or something a little different. As for this shot, I think the eye capture is good, but like to see more detail in the black fur, especially around the body (as is on the face/head) and also sharper and 'using' the lightplay on the whiskers/fur outline. Hope all this makes sense and is helpful. The background fabric and colors fit well in my opinion.

The-elegant-wipeout
by MacDonald

Comment:
Good capture. Like how you've cropped it, especially leaving the top of the wave in for size and scale. Again like the foam capture bottom left and that shadow is also a good catch and an unusual element to this, in my opinion.

Grayson's Beauty
by MacDonald

Comment:
This looks like a longer exposure than 'beauty-after-dark', but could just be the water/wave lengths/captures. Nice shot. The fore rock/edge of cliff is a little distracting, but fairly minor and likely difficult to 'avoid'.

beauty-after-dark.
by MacDonald

Comment:
This is nice, as is 'Grayson's Beauty'. Interested to see the exposure times if you could include them.. I like the way the water is 'circling' that 'rock' off-shore. Colors are nice. The horizon seems straight, yet looks just slightly off visually - if that makes sense - but might just be the perspective/angle the shot was taken at or the 'mist' masking it, or could just be me. Overall maybe a little dark, needing the colors 'tweaked' just a fraction to bring out more variance, if possible.

Whoooo me?
by shes_trouble

Comment:

Originally posted by shes_trouble: ..... I had been out earlier in the day taking b&w's of the kids playing in the snow and truly did not have the time to do much more than a quick metering, then made sure I got atleast 1 photo of him before he flew off. So, it's originally taken in b&w - no fixing that ;P.....

Not sure on the E500, and may well be too late now (wiped memory card) - but, doesn't the camera take 3 versions of the same shot? - just wondering if one might be a color.. not sure.

Feeling.......
by missinseattle

Comment:
I gave this a 5. I thought the concept was 'ok' but .. the 'blue', sad, etc.. is not my taste/style, so I am likely not the best to provide feedback. Having said that, this Challenge of course opened up the perfect opportunity for such shots and therefore was 'acceptable', if that makes sense, and I think you captured that 'sense' fairly well. Quality wise it looks like it could be sharper, but it might be resizing issues, not sure. Perhaps a variation in perspective/angle, a different reflective surface used, more attention paid to 'composition'/subject placement and a more finely tuned crop, may have made this better in my opinion. Perhaps also 'using' the glass transparency more into your shot may have added another element as well. Sure isn't "rotten" in my opinion.

someone really is watching.....
by AzCKelly

Comment:
I gave this a 7. Thought the night sky capture was fairly good. The silhouetting branches added a good element. If overall more clarity, more of a 'quality' type feel (less 'grain'/noise) - difficult - and perhaps a more finely tuned crop, likely have made this even better in my opinion.

DreamWeb.jpg
by Ristyz

Comment:
'6' or '7', maybe - hypothetically. Again the deliberate processing, but just a fraction too much for my 'taste', but your call and your taste so doesn't matter. Difficult with this coloring and scene, but just more detail, less seemingly 'overexposure', also likely have helped this in my opinion.