Not Us!!!
by Steveinnz

Comment:
A very cute capture! I love how both pups are looking straight at us. An advantage of having the subject of you photo make eye contact with the viewer is that it draws the viewer in and compels us to look longer. You have done that with this photo. Love the expression of "Not me" that seems to be communicated in the cock of the dog's head on the right! The other dog on the left has his ears perked up which communicates a perplexed look of innocence such as "Wha! Who? Me?" I only have one critique, a small one at that, they both look so cute that one wants to get closer to them. As such, a closer crop (say a third off the bottom and a close shave near the dog on the right's ear) would bring the viewer up even closer to these young pups.

Thinking...
by bamboy755

Comment:
What really and trully makes this shot interesting and compelling is all the elements in this composition. The man sits outside the building with locked door. His stance and body language with his one hand on this forehead and the other resting on his knee comes off as either he is lost in thought or has been waiting a long time. The fact that the door is a dark black color AND there is a lock on the door invokes the idea of being shut out or locked out. A closer look (I wonder how many will stop to see it?) at the sign off to the side of the door states "The World Peace Center". With that little addition to the composition it trully sets a powerful visual of a world waiting for peace or a world waiting for the door to peace to be unlocked and open. Kudos to you for spotting this. Great eye! My only critique is since the words on the ceramic sign are essential to the message you are trying to convey they could be more legible. A simple way to do it in PS is to select either the individual words or use a square to select the white tile with everything in it. Then play with levels or a brightness & contrast.

Gaypride Elf
by ingib

Comment:
A great and certainly a very colorful portrait of this man. Love the bold and vibrant hues painted on this individual - the colors 'pop' visually off the page. Details are wonderfully nice and sharp. The only critique I have is on the composition - namely the distracting presence of the background people and costumed wing from someone else's garb. Either a tighter crop shaved closer to his face or a shot taken from a slightly different angle would/could remove most if not all those distracting background elements. That would keep the attention focused squarely on this man. Given the title and the colorful garb of this man this certainly is a great journalistic shot capturing the event. And yes, given that it is an event it is hard to get a shot without too much distracting background elements. For the most part you have accomplished that but I do think you could crop a little more to get rid of that pink wing on the left. Lastly, I not sure that the photo needs the thin green border as that there are enough lovely and vibrant hues of green in the overall composition itself. Adding another green element to it maybe a tad much in my honest opinion.

Desolation
by angela_packard

Comment:
With the 'textures' present this photo really takes on the appearance of a painting. The colors on the ground, the textures seen in the darkening sky and the single building really sets a mood for an isoloted place. A lone stop far off the beaten path of the more well-traveled roads by the looks of things and the deserted road off on the left hand side. Again this photo projects a feel of a painting representing a slice of rustic Americana.

Freestyle
by Brin

Comment:
My, what a lovely smile you have! And a loud whinning laugh to go with it! Maybe this pony is not uttering a sound at all at the time of this capture but with your shot I actually *hear* a horse laugh. Wonderful capture of a candid moment of this animal. Love the rich tones on it's coat. My only critique is that I wish that the eyes were open. Not so easy to accomplish because a moment is all one sometimes gets so I am not dinging you for it but mearly expressing that it is a shame that the eyes could not be open at the moment of capture.

The Collector
by freakin_hilarious

Comment:
Colors are vibrant, but the yellow-orange hue on the honeybee appears a tad too vibrant. It almost glows on my screen. The lavender hues appear fine it is just that there seems to be too much saturation which is very evident from the stripes on the honeybee. Composition is average and could be better if you brought the viewer in for a closer look - A closer crop to the bee and the flowers it is near would improve this composition. The bee would be your main focus with a few flowers being the supporting cast.

Ascent
by graphicfunk

Comment:
What really makes this shot beautiful is the stork and the golden hues of the sky. Absolutely love the outsretched wings of this stork/crane taking flight. It takes flight into a golden sky. The golden hues are both warm & soothing. The color of the sky makes me think of a early morning when there is a hushed quiet that is only broken by the flapping of wings. I am looking at this image and I do see one simple way to posibly improve on it should you like the suggestion. Are you familiar with some of those Japanese paintings done on corkboard. Some are very beautiful and elegant. Most of those I have seen feature birds such as peacocks, storks or cranes. Because they are painted on cork the composition of such art is mostly tall, rectangular panels. I think you can easily mimic that Japanese styled artwork by cropping 1/3 of the picture from the left. That way the ascent of the stork/crane dominates the scene even more.

Synchronous Flying
by CEJ

Comment:
Great capture! What really makes this photo interesting is that you caught the wings of these two birds in sync. From a side profile the downward flap of the wings shows us all the lovely detail and shades of color in their wing feathers. There is an awful lot of negative space dominating this shot and I am left wondering why. I think the composition would benefit from a tight crop or zoon on just these two birds. They are your main focus so a tighter crop would keep the viewers attention set solely on them.

Morning Meditation
by ellamay

Comment:
A very Zen-like photo almost haiku in composition and simple beauty. I do like the idea but I feel that some elements of the composition need improvement to move it out of the average category and into the wonderfully elegant category. This capture has much potential. First, a closer crop, say a square crop on just the reeds and some of the water. As such you have too much negative space both above and below the reeds that do nothing for the composition as a whole. A tighter frame would keep the focus on the main subjects -the reeds. Next, the dual color tones seen here is not complementary to the zen-like mood or composition. The water has a blue hue on one side while the other side is a brownish shade. I wonder if you could have moved to change angle to get just a solid blue shade for the composition. This would have enhanced the zen-like feel for the blue symbolically represents harmony and just one dominent color gives it that simple elegance that dominates much of zen photography.

Watching From The Shadows
by idnic

Comment:
Love the sharpness of detail and textures in this photo of this predator. The clarity is such that you can see and 'feel' the individual hairs on his/her fur coat - that is the texture I speak of. You can 'feel' it's softness should one dare to touch it. By viewing the photo of this creature, it is the safest way for us to 'touch' it:-) Love how there is a slight patch of light that falls just on the eyes and seems to illuminate & call greater attention to them. Those staring eyes are hypnotic as well as the beauty of this animal. Love the colors too - very bold and vibrant neither washed out or in heavy shadow. A wonderful capture.