It always happens when it rains
by sns

Comment:
Great capture! You've caught the raindrops well! Now that's weather!!!

Falling Snowflakes
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
Nice contrast of summer and spring, good one. The saturation levels could have been tweaked a little to bring out hte color more.

Effect of solar radiation on crystals of frozen H2O
by cykhansen

Comment:
Interesting photo, you have a good eye.

into the great abyss
by schurg

Comment:
Misty weather, wow. When I saw the thumbnail I thought this was an underwater shot. I like the way the left side of the image dissolves into fog, great effect, well done.

Evening Rain
by drdab99

Comment:
Almost a postcard pic, congratulations! The water drops look amazing, so large. The background is also awesome, all in all and excellent pic.

Acid Rain Shower
by Enzo

Comment:
Sure looks like acid rain huh? Good one, I love the detail and focus in this shot. The DOF brings out several layers back and the far background is still blurred. Nice effect.

"Lighting Does Strike Twice"
by Denise Catania

Comment:
Wow is this for real??? You got very lucky here managing to photograph lightning if it is. Excellent, and parallel bolts included. Top shot, and great natural framing. My hat off to you.

Dala Horse
by Mona

Comment:
Critique Club:

Hi Mona. First up congratulations on such an original idea which you pulled off well. I didn't know what a Dala horse was so I just learned a little about these horses and Lindsborg on the internet, quite interesting.

I love this orange color which dominates here, especially highlighted on a black background. The detail in the horses is amazing and the composition also bang on.

The lighting coming in from the left seems to be a little too harsh which can be noticed on the horse's hind legs and neck where it is blown out some. A diffuser on your lighting may have avoided this unwanted effect. My only other niggles are the white horse in the background, I would have removed it from the image completely, and the cloth at the bottom doesn't really fit to the pic.

Otherwise a very good submission which should have ranked higher than it did. Well done Mona.

Gary

Smooth Landing
by tcherring

Comment:
Critique Club:

Hi Tara. At first I thought this was a picture of a butterfly in the background behind your son until I had a closer look. Then I noticed it was suspended with a string as you described. However, I thought the shadow of the string on his nose was part of the shadow of the butterfly's wing.

This was a clever and original idea, and the colors you have depicted contrast nicely with each other. You can never go wrong using yellow against blue. The composition is good, except as you say a little too tightly cropped at the top. But I guess you had to do this to hide the string right?

The whole image has a soft feeling to it. The outlines of your son's face and the butterfly have a kind of smudged effect to them, which is a little disturbing to the eye. But other than that a good pic Tara!

Gary

Weather Vane
by Paige

Comment:
That sky looks awesome! Good shot. This would have looked great without the base of the horse statue showing, only the silohuette of the horse. But I see that isn't possible.