Smooth Water in the Desert
by griz210

Comment:
Your trees look very strange. Is that a sharpening glow? The right half of the photo is beautiful though.

The Pear
by birdyblue

Comment:
This has a great painting feel to it. Love the colors. Good choice in composition. I don't think the stem could be pointed in a better direction. It's just a pleasant photo overall.

Amanda
by Madukes

Comment:
That blue eye is truely perplexing. Normally you can understand why someone did something, but I just don't get it. You say it was to accent the black around the eyes, but why one eye?

Through the Blaze
by Zoomdak

Comment:
I agree with the posters below. This shot could sell given the right venue. I can honestly say I've never seen a photo quite like it. It's an excellent representation of the heat firefighters endure. Those waves are intense!

On a technical standpoint I think the photo could use a little cropping. As it is right now the left shingles in the frame compete for my attention. I'd take a 640 crop from the lower right. That takes some off the top and some off the left. You lose that lick of fire coming in from the top which I really like, but I think it improves the photo as a whole.

Hindsight: Actually the more I flip between my trial edit and yours I don't know which I like better! It's a great photo either way.

=)

DSC_3510.jpg
by Nikolai1024

Comment:
I really like this shot beyond it being a "people shot." I guess it's just a beautiful thing to see all those great photographers lined up in such an amazing location. I think with a little color and lighting manipulation this could be a definate wow at least to fellow photographers.

Bee at school
by rossglenda

Comment:
Sorry to see you scored so low. You were in my top 15. I thought your photo was different than the typical bug shot. This has a lot of character. The exposure was a little off and your DOF might have been a little too tight for my tastes, but I liked it a lot.

Golden Insects
by Firenzesca

Comment:
I'm fighting with myself here. One one hand I hate those bugs. On the other my logical mind is saying "look at the photo.. not the bugs." My irrational mind wants to just give it a 5 and move on. My logical mind says that the photo has a special something and to give it a 6.

I like the lighting and the feel of a desert at sunset. The focus and DOF are nice. ...but man I hate those things! 6.. moving on!

The only butterfly in Edmonton
by weegi70

Comment:
The lighting on this shot is really drab. It makes your butterfly look old and dirty. Theres only one subject in the whole shot that is entirely in the shot. Everything else is cut in some way or another. I think because of the lighting, nothing is really standing out as a focal point. If you had set up a light to the left side maybe you'd get some depth and that center flower would pop out some. As it is right now there's not enough shadow for any of the flowers to stand out on their own. They kinda just look like a blob of red. That extra lighting would help bring out the sparkles in the wings of the butterfly too.

Fleeting Beauty
by faery

Comment:
Beautiful butterfly and DOF. I think you're a little underexposed though.

Monarch Butterfly
by KarisMo

Comment:
You clipped his pretty wings!