Icon x2
by wingyisleeds

Comment:
Two world famous icons indeed.

I wonder whether if you are going to point out that there are two focal points to your picture (and I don't mean the young lady in this instance) they should either both be B&W or both colour ?

Salesman
by roby21112

Comment:
A good shot showing this stallholder (?) with all his colourful wares out for sale. Nice DoF to seperate him from the background.

Thirsty
by MissAunica

Comment:
ROFL - he looks completely mad rather than thirsty.

I like the idea, and it's a fun shot. To me this would have been an even better shot if you could have got rid of the drain cover, and extended the crop slightly so that his ear wasn't clipped ?

It might also be fun to take the shot crouching down to align yourself more with the dog ?

Camera Shy
by jdmacswain

Comment:
Good title, good freeze frame.

I wonder whether you could have made the feather detail stand out a little more by adjusting the lighting/contrast in postprocessing ?

White Sands
by twmax

Comment:
Very nice shot. Great texture in the sand and nice shadow leading off in to the top corner.

Wish we had a beach like that round our way ;- )

Here's Lookin' at You, Kid
by muckpond

Comment:
In many states it is apparently illegal to put your child under a microscope slide . . lol

I like the matching eyes and t-shirt, but the background wall, door and bookcase add clutter. perhaps if you could have moved him so it was only him and the flooring ? That would have made this even better.

beach bike
by Pooba

Comment:
Hmmm I can't make up my mind on this one - I go between seeing it as a pleasant shot, nice background easy on the eye, good technicals, but nothing extra . . and thinking that this could be a poster on someones wall, because of most of the above . . easy on the eye, good technicals, nice backdrop . . :- )

Whichever way I look at it it's a nice shot.

Well done.

Rural Shack
by DelRioPhoto

Comment:
There are lots of visual treats in this shot.

I really like the B&W conversion, ground, the shack, the tree, and most of the sky. The only problem for me is the sky directly above the shack.

The sunbeams appear to be drawn on, above a burnt out cloud ?

To be honest these are relatively minor points and it is still a very pleasing picture - the real issue is that the whiteness of the burnt out cloud lifts the eye up and away from where the focal point should be - the shack.

Tone down the cloud, lose the sunbeams and this would be even better

Bird of Prey
by of-snow

Comment:
Gorgeous bird.

It could perhaps have taken a little more saturation as these normally have very rich colours up close, but it's a crisp clear shot, and nicely composed.

While you're waiting for the challenge to finish you can look up the website of the Zoo or Hawk centre and find out exactly what particular Bird of Prey it is :- )

Come in to my parlor...said the spider to the spider...
by ephln

Comment:
Good shot, and I like the way there is a highlighted section of the web that leads the eye into the spider.

The only thing I find slightly confusing is the apparent large OOF spider top right. It appear to be a giant version of the one you have captured ?