snacktime!!!
by wickedpete

Comment:
sweet! a little too much softening and what's that pink thing in the corner? had been better from a slightly higher angle to have the background completely filled

Don't Even think about it!
by Nobody

Comment:
nice idea, nice dog, good work (even if the background is a little greyish)

Sweet Kernel
by SherwinJames

Comment:
that's too funny! must get an OOBIE, if not a ribbon. technically flawless, too.

Natural Camouflage . .
by Jedusi

Comment:
Just stumbled upon this... very good detail, color and DOF. Feathers above his eyes are a tad dark, besides that the tones are very good. A square format would work better here, as he looks straight forward and there is no interaction of the bird with his environment, the additional space at left does nothing for the picture.

Moo-o Tone
by Jedusi

Comment:
Seeing the competition, it would have been a good idea to enter this, Steve. The title alone had gathered you some points :)

The blue tone is very well chosen, there's a lot of beautiful detail in the fur and lashes, lighting is not perfect but good enough. Border fits well, just bold enough to give the impression of looking through a window, the white line helps to separate the border from the background in top left. Subject is appealing, especially like how the calf (?) looks to the left and not forward, as if it was shy.

Composition could be enhanced; You used the rule-of-thirds, which doesn't work perfectly when the aspect ratio is square - I prefer centered or diagonal (bottom left to top right) compositions then. Try flipping the image and positioning the oval dark area on the diagonal.

Background at top left could be a little darker, while the dark area below his eye could show some more drawing. Dirt at bottom center is slightly distracting, might have been overlooked if it was not so close to the edge. A little catchlight in his eye would have been a nice addition.

Would have been a 7 from me (and you know I don't tend to be generous).

Tango in Black and White
by LevT

Comment:
excellent lighting, focus, composition, tones. Will hit the frontpage for sure.

Kandyan
by aznym

Comment:
good focus and tones, but the foreground objects are very distracting. had simply cropped them off

Teary eyes
by HighNooner

Comment:
good portrait, lashes are oversharpened. not duotone unfortunately

November Winds
by pammie

Comment:
too dark IMO

Bitter Love
by sher

Comment:
lighting is a bit flat. like the contrasting textures and the toning