Before Dawn
by dsherwin

Comment:
5 - Looks like good potential. Criticism; horizon seems crooked. A little more detail in the fore rocks and reflections if possible, would have also made this better in my opinion.

Winter Buffalo
by handeguy

Comment:
3 - Looks like good potential. Criticism; needs to be bigger (640 width in this case). Difficult to discern the clarity and sharpness focal wise, but looks like it may need to be sharper. Compositionally, I think if this were more off-centered, or even a vertical framing perhaps, make this better in my opinion.

Night Eyes
by scalvert

Comment:
6 - Your call obviously on the b&w/toning, works well, especially with the feather patterns. Criticism; difficult due to the processing and grain involved, just like to see the eyes a bit sharper/dominant.

Crunch Time
by owen

Comment:
7 - Wow, good close up and perspective. The bird looks huge. Criticism; difficult with the 'opportunity shot', but just a bit more detail in the feathers, perhaps just a 'fraction' more zoom out, just seems a bit too close focus wise, but hard to discern and if the 'blown' parts were 'fixed', make this even better in my opinion. Maybe also a selective desaturation to 'enhance' the illusion of the bird, somehow, not sure.

Blinds
by senoj

Comment:
2 - For a shot like this to work, it has to have something interesting behind it, be it a pattern, shape or object, etc in my opinion. Also, either perfect symmetry or 'offset' of the blinds would have helped this. The lighting coming through also dominates this in my opinion.

Sunrise in Winter
by blue296

Comment:
2 - Difficult to discern the potential in this. Criticism; needs to be bigger (640 width in this case), looks also like pixelation issues. There are PS tutorials for resizing under the DPC Help menu otherwise experiment with your software to try to perfect this.

'trust'
by suemack

Comment:
7 - Nice capture. The grain and toning work well here in my opinion. Criticism; difficult, maybe a fraction more space (if you had it, obviously) under the tail, the shirt folds detract, but fairly minor, maybe a slight softening/blurring of the background to help the 'trusting one' pop a little more, not sure.

Below the Clouds
by nathank

Comment:
6 - Nice capture, silhouette(s) composition and choice of vertical framing. Criticism; apart from the crooked horizon, perhaps a fraction wider, especially for 'here', may have given this just a little more in my opinion, but not sure as, works well as is.

Our Father
by Man_Called_Horse

Comment:
7 - This shot opens itself up to a variety of interpretations on what this is about/story it tells, in my opinion. Good and unusual capture. The gold, especially the candleholders in the background, add a good element. Criticism; not much, perhaps emphasizing that 'gold' (including the cross) 'somehow', a little sharper as well, not sure about the reflection on the temple/head, because that could add to 'stories' too. Perhaps a more refined cropping and as just mentioned, trying to gain a fraction more 'depth' and 'drama' overall in this shot, may have made this even better in my opinion.

Eye on You
by bryanbrazil

Comment:
6 - Nice vibrant colors. Good capture. Criticism; apologies in advance if wrong, but looks like either neat-imaged or other pp, causing a plastic type appearance and resulting in loss of detail, especially in the feathers etc. Difficult to discern if it is focal issues or not.