Flight of the Bumblebee (sorry, Rimsky-Korsokov)
by DiamondPete

Comment:
The composition is good, especially with the bee coming in from the upper-left. The bee is sharp and focused, but the dark background seems to be competing too much and is taking a lot of the glamour away from it. The flowers are blurred somewhat, which is a little on the distracting side as my eyes keep wanting to look down in the lower-right corner.

Human Butterfly
by sagestudio

Comment:
Good idea for the challenge. The colors are very vivid and don't compete with each other at all, in fact they work well against that crisp blue sky out the back.

On a Wing and a Prayer
by ellamay

Comment:
The dark background highlights your pigeon well. How did you get the background to be so dark and the pigeon so well lit?

Birds Nest Tavern
by Shiiizzzam

Comment:
This reminds me of the film "The Birds". The motion blur on the wings intensifies this image in my opinion.

Early Morning
by EddyG

Comment:
Nice capture of a gull in full flight. I like the way the sun is gleaming off the front wings and the gull is looking directly towards the sun.

Fishing
by kosmikkreeper

Comment:
Good capture, I like the sepia tone you chose.

Flocking around the bridge
by kyrielle

Comment:
Good capture although there is something about the composition that is bothering me. I think the crane out the back is distracting somewhat. There isn't too much you could have done about it though I guess, a tighter crop would have cut out too many birds.

Omen
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
Wow spooky! This kind of reminds me of "Hitchcock's" The Birds. The graininess works well here, and that's coming from someone who is not a big fan of grain.

Hanging In The Air
by Mona

Comment:
Good idea, nice perspective. I would have put the extra space in front of the parachutist instead of behind. I always learnt that there should be space in the direction of movement in a photo, kind of breathing space if you like - 8.

Flight over water
by PaulMdx

Comment:
The texture of the water in the background is good. The perspective of the gull flying is also interesting, it looks like it is just coming in to land right? - 8.