The Last Days of Autumn
by staticoy

Comment:
The idea of this shot is actually quite moving.

I would say I'm not sold on the post processing, but I actually think shooting this at a different time of the day would help drastically. There's some pretty harsh light on her fare skin.

I might have cloned out the bush creeping in from the left next to the tree. Otherwise I really like the composition.

Pocket Change Improvisations
by bassbone

Comment:
Look at you, Mister Fancy Pants with a blue ribbon now!

This was very believable as a street sidewalk. You look very calm for a timer photo, heh. An excellent black and white, my friend.

Congratulations!

Purity of Youth
by CKYidiot

Comment:
1)Your original isn't balanced. By putting the fountain as the center focal point, the photo seems less cluttered. To me making the fountain the focal point, actually focuses the viewer on the children more. Cropping also chopped out the tree that was coming in from the left. I did crop out a small bit of empty blue sky, but I left most of it, because it shows the height of the fountain. As a bonus with the tighter crop, I noticed the bicyclist behind the fountain. Ooo, depth!

2) Your original really was over sharpened. I tried correcting this by blurring the youngest one's face a tad and dodging/burning it at the pixel level. (Meaning, I zoomed WAY in, heh) The best way to fix this is to not over sharpen. It's easy to get carried away trying to sharpen water drops from fountains, but don't forget to look at what it's doing to the image as a whole. You lost nearly all detail in the faces of the children, and they were your subject, not the fountain. I also ran the image through Neat Image in attempts to soften it.

3) I cloned out the wire that other people were talking about. It really was distracting, heh.

4) I Dodged and Burned the bricks a little.

My Edit

And the rockets' red glare...
by CKYidiot

Comment:
I have to admit, this photo was the first to jump off the screen. Like everyone else I said "ooo pretty pink." (I hate pink, mind you)

1) I cropped out the blacker bit of sky in your top left corner. To me this image is about the pink water. Sure, the firework is pretty, but we've all seen fireworks, and they themselves don't have a "wow" factor. With that in mind, it doesn't hurt to chop a little bit of it out.

2) I used the Sharpen Tool on your foreground boat.

3) I Dodged Highlights and Burned Shadows. I find that this helps sharpen images without actually using any of the sharpening tools. It also helps with fog/haze. I used it to bring out your city a bit. I also used it on the main boat to clear it up.

4) If I could I would move your foremost boat, but I can't, heh. Composition wise, it needs to be at least 1/2 inch to the left.

My Edit

Pod
by glad2badad

Comment:
I love the flower/pod texture, color, and lighting. I would have liked to see that accentuated more. The gradient background is also very nice. It adds a touch of class that may not have been achievable with a solid black.

The composition, however, feels a bit ackward. I understand that you were likely going for a minimalism look, but something just doesn't seem to flow. Maybe if the subject were along the left side of the frame? When I look at the subject I see calm, soothing, and pretty. The composition feels "interupted," because the subject is coming in from the right and almost feels like it's forcing its way into the middle. (I hope that makes sense!)

Overall, great subject. I'd love to see some different angles and tighter crops.

Backyard fireworks
by mfulcher

Comment:
The different colors on the face is really interesting.

Pomegranates
by JLC

Comment:
I don't understand the connection between, pomegranates, string, and candles.

Magic Takeout
by cannable

Comment:
Without the title, I would have had no idea what this was.

I know it wouldn't make practical sense, but maybe some holes in the take-out box with the light shining through would have helped identify it.

Beauty of light .
by mb2006

Comment:
The irony is that, I think this is underexposed.

''Thinking''
by Crafty

Comment:
I think you're slightly underexposed on this.