Dinner (before it got eaten)
by kasaba

Comment:
yummy! What is it?

Before The Victory
by Mona

Comment:
wish there were some of the runner's competition around to give it a greater sense of an impending victory

Birdie
by GolferDDS

Comment:
haha! Love the heron photobombing the shot :-)

Parrot Portrait
by MaryO

Comment:
So glad to see this on the front page, I was one of your 8s. Congrats!

L1060867
by premalpatel

Comment:
a file number doesn't make for a good title, why neglect to give it one?

Soft bristle
by IreneM

Comment:
Irene?

Parrot Portrait
by MaryO

Comment:
love the African gray - such smart birds. great use of the bird's markings for strong comp. 8

The Flower of Mine Eye
by knightyo

Comment:

Originally posted by knightyo: Susan, That was incredibly good information. Thank you! I knew I was being naughty by centering the flower, but couldn't help myself. I also have to admit that I used a camera preset for this shot. That was fairly lazy of me, I'm afraid. I do wish I could turn back the clock and re-take that photo.. Still have the flowers in my garden, so might do just that! :) Alan

It's not too late to re-shoot. Go give it a try, and place the resulting image side-by-side with this one (or send it to me). There is always time to learn :-)

The Flower of Mine Eye
by knightyo

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club! What an odd looking flower, but clearly it appealed to the voters in all the right ways. Congrats on the HM :-) Composition is a little safe for my liking, being dead centre, but it's an interesting enough flower to look at that I can overlook it. Not a huge fan of foreground bokeh, with many of the petals from the bottom up and around the right side being out of focus. May have been a good idea to increase your depth of field. BTW may I ask why such a fast shutter speed and super-high ISO? 1/500 is suitable for something that can actually get up and move around quickly, and ISO 3200 is usually better put to use in areas where the light is very, very low. This was clearly a daytime shot, surely you could have got away with a much lower ISO (400 max) and a shutter speed of maybe 1/100 if you're shooting handheld. If there was no wind at all and you used a tripod, you could possibly get an even longer exposure.

Anyway hope this critique has been useful, feel free to PM me with any questions.

Susan

The story of Voting
by GeorgesBogaert

Comment:
Hehe lots of fun stuff to look at here, I guessed it was yours Georges. Congrats on the HM!