Day 1 P&S
by MelonMusketeer

Comment:
Great detail. I don't know how you managed that under the circumstances you described above. The color is great too. I have a little problem with the crop. I'd like to see more of the primary blossom, but I wouldn't want to lose those beautiful buds in the upper left. I don't know if you shot it this way, or cropped it later. If you cropped it from a larger image, you might try a square aspect ratio. Sometimes rotating the cropping box will allow you to get everything you want in the image.

The Brahmas #1 P&S
by robinssong

Comment:
I love the symmetry and the pose of the cattle. They have wonderful faces and ears. I like the light on the cattle, but overall, the image seems dark. It might be nice to put a little yellow soft light in the highlights of the distant trees.

Border Patrol
by pixelpig

Comment:
Lovely shot. Marvelous colors, focus, and light.

The Meaning of Up
by levyj413

Comment:
It takes a minute to figure out this is water, but it is a very interesting composition and lovely reflection.

deluged
by skewsme

Comment:
Beautiful. You're really on a roll these days.

Face Music
by posthumous

Comment:
Beautiful abstract. I love the colors, light, and ripples. And the threads throughout really make it, IMO, giving it definition.

Liquid Mirror
by raish

Comment:
Nice detail in the duck. I would like to see a little more light on its face. Perhaps a little dodging (soft light brush in white) would take care of that. But the point of the shot is the water, and I love the water. I wonder if you desaturated it. The rings and distorted reflections are what I like best.

Day 1
by tpbremer

Comment:
I like the composition with the diagonal lines, and the DOF is very nice. I also like the b&w conversion and the grain. The detail is amazingly clear, right down to the little strands of dust. I really don't have any suggestions for improving this.

rose.jpg
by sulamk

Comment:
I love the crop and the colors. The shallow DOF bothers me a little -- hard to find the focal point. The smooth dark background, really makes the rose stand out, and I like it's seemingly disorganized petals.

Day 1: Nettle-eye View
by bobonacus

Comment:
I'm not a great fan of foreground blur(bokeh). This has more than half the image OOF, but it has a nice DOF. I would prefer to see less of the nettle and more of the woods, or have the focus reversed -- sharp nettle and soft woods. Of course that is just my particular taste. Nice color, and overall it makes me feel like a hobbit, or small woodland animal because of the low perspective. And one thing I noticed about the composition: the vertical lines of the trees and the nettle stem cut the image in half and seem to block my ability to enter and explore the image. I'd like to see this same scene from a slightly different position -- moving the camera a little to the right. I think that would allow the nettle to frame the left side of the image, and the trees would be offset to the right third. (or try the opposite, moving a little to the left.)