Cormorant Fisherman
by salmiakki

Comment:
Absolutely gorgeous and well deserving of the blue. Huge congrats!

Purple Carrot, Dirty Cop
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
love the can of Short Cuts! must be Art ;-)

Let's Cook!
by DCrest01

Comment:
nice still life

Did I say coral coded?
by herfotoman

Comment:
very funky, cool colours!

The Cuckoo's Calling
by Bear_Music

Comment:
good concept but wish the bowl wasn't also red, it competes with the egg.

Moral Support
by RKT

Comment:
Wonderful candid capture. Well done on the ribbon!

Three to One
by Melethia

Comment:
Haha, an HM in your own challenge! Good work Deb! :-)

Moody Blues
by Luciemac

Comment:
Congrats on a blue for this shot! Very nicely done.

Crab Cakes
by Phocal

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club! I would defintitely say this more than meets the challenge, as wildlife give you very little leeway to get good pics of them. It's minimalistic and as *found* as can get.

Having read your photog's comments, Ronnie, I am even more impressed by this shot - I've also been out at ridiculous hours shooting waterfowl during the wee hours of the morning. Wonderful capture and considering you had to shoot at f8 to optimize this lens, and you got this at only 1/500, helluva good job! Keep that lens handy in the future :-) The low backlight is beautiful, tons of detail on the bird and I never knew til now that there was indeed a crab in the shot. Again incredible detail. And knowing how hard it is to get a shot of wildlife, let alone cooperative wildlife...double kudos to you.

Nitpicks? Hard to find any except maybe clone out that dot of white in the surf and pop the low highlight in the eye, which would probably make it look a tad artificial....nah, just continue doing what you're doing. Looking forward to more entries from you!

Susan

s h r i v e l e d
by Ja-9

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Hmm these challenges are tough to critique...not easy but I try. Personally I life leaves and the stages they go through, all the textures and curls, and think you have shown that very well here. I like the b/w as it helps reduce the leaf from probably uninteresting colours, at this stage, to more of a study in form and shape.

However, I feel that this shot translates more as a leaf macro which borders on cluttery, whereas most of those in the top ten show lots of negative space and a definite sense of the randomness in which the subject is found. I think just a portion of what appears to be one huge leaf would have been adequate.

Hope this has been helpful! Susan