The Great Blue Heron
by SouthCoastOr3gon

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A good shot is a good shot, even if it's "just a bird". This shot scored well and rightfully so. The level of detail on the bird is stunning and you got this shot at a great time of day when the light was very flattering.

Quite nice, well done.

The Children of Biak Island
by ilphoto

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Lighting on the child and the fence he is leaning on are great. Tilt of the fence and blownout background, not so great.

Perhaps cropped so the child and the right portion of the fence fill the scene (placing the face on a thirds intersection most likely), would be an even more dramatic composition.

Very nice shot, well done!

Prefigurement of Loss
by posthumous

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I really have no background or credentials for commenting on graphical art. I think you did a good job with the painting, and this looks like a lot of pieces of art in this genre that I have seen before, so I have to assume that it is a good example of what it is.

Nuthatch
by stargazer05766

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Wonderful detail, good lighting, good focus. I think swimming in a sea of green doesn't allow this fellow to show off asmuch as he could with a tighter crop.

Very well shot.

Tiger Paws
by TommyMoe21

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This is so unnatural looking as to be jarring. Still, I do like the symmetry and I think a tighter crop would really show off this effect well. It is probably a love/hate sort of thing, so may as well crop it to give the mirror tiger all of the real estate. Beyond the reflecting - great lighting, perfect exposure and dead-on sharpness. Really good shot.

Yak on the Prowl
by Node

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This is a very dark image. Shooting shiny planes can be difficult as exposing for the highlights will underexpose most of the rest of the shot as it has here. Also the evidence of some cloning on the right side of the frame stands out.

Shot earlier or later in the day when the lighting was better would probably make a shot like this work even better.

Coming In
by Coley

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Good eye for the natural framing around the boater, and the silhouettes work very well against themuted orange tones. I think a tighter crop, even at the expense of the sky, might make this image look even better.

Nice stuff!

A Sport of Grace and Finesse
by Atropos

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I'mnot really qualified to critique graphical art, and to me this very much looks like graphical art. Were you going for a painted glass sort of look? I'm guessing yes in which case you nailed it.

Window to the Soul
by acoppola

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Nice portrait of an interesting face. One suggestion wouldbe a much tighter crop. This would make the most of those great facial details as well as lessen the need for burning out the background. A little background might even add to the image overall.

Nice work!

Glancing out to Sea
by jblaylockrayner

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Heh, why in the world you are requesting a critique I wonder. You have an eye for a scene, are creative and certainly a master of the technicals. This image is no exception to any of that, and the score it received reflects this as well.

My personal opinion - You did a really nice job dodging up some details in the foreground. For the sake of tonal balance, an equal amount of effort on some of the highlights in the clouds might work as well and keep the upper right portion of the shot from washing out a bit.

Great work (as usual) !