Lonely
by JaimeVinas

Comment:
Wonderfull shot of a much photographed animal.

beautifull eyes.

Golden Tree of Kyoto
by heavyj

Comment:
There are a number of nice features in this photo.

Attractive model, nice outfit (including bag and shoes), nice backdrop, great colours in the foliage. Yet the parts don't quite come together for me as they should. Hmmm.

I wonder whether it might have been better as a landscape ? with the model more to the right of the picture ? As it is she is in the centre of the picture, but her body is actually facing out to the left. I think for me, this makes the picture look a little unbalanced. but the attention to detail is very good.

Picture Of The Bird Whose Name I Dont Know
by pipsqueak

Comment:
Delightful shot of a very handsome bird.

To me titles are a really important part of a picture, and their role can be informative and educational (explaining what something is or how it works) or they can be of a more emotional nature reaching out to draw the viewer in to a scene or story. Encouraging them to empathise with the situation, filling in the blanks in the picture so it's no longer just a bird on a tree but a whole situation that you now feel you know about and care about. With a picture like this you could go for either type of title and I guess the easiest one is to simply tell the viewer what they are looking at.

If the shot was taken at a Zoo or wildlife park you can go on their website and they very often have a list of all the birds and animals on display, (and by the beam it's sitting on I'm guessing this was captive), if it was taken in the wild ook it up on the internet.

You have a lovely shot of a bird here with nice clarity colour, composition and framing . . but it really needs a decent title to finish it off as it deserves :- )

Drive By Tree
by jaysonmc

Comment:
This is a really good shot and for me providing a real tension between what is essentially a timeless B&W landscape shot - great tree, clouds and hills . but it has this huge highway carved across the landscape trying to force this vision upto date.

The highway pushes movement, speed, noise and purpose against the still and calm of the weathered leafless tree and rolling landscape.

Very good.

Green Lynx on the Prowl
by sparrowsdeath

Comment:
Wowser Batman !!

Stunning sharpness and detail, on a truly extraordinary looking spider.

tough guy
by jamesfrater

Comment:
What a sweetie - well he is at the moment anyway :- )

I would have been tempted to rotate this to keep both his ears in shot, and try to get a little more detail out of thos ewonderful eyes of his.

But that aside he looks lovely.

Serenity
by ludde

Comment:
Nice shot - would've been good in the silhoutte challenge :- )

I like the fact that there is just enough detail in the foreground to keep it integral to the picture - but not enough to distract.

Harvest Time
by Bealll95

Comment:
There is something delightful about a vine laden with full ripe grapes. It makes me think happy thoughts of the wine it's going to be :- )

I like the composition going on here with the angle of the branch forming a diagonal across the frame, and the use of DoF.

The only issue for me is not the quality of the shot - but the quality of the subject. Some of the grapes look past their best, and so do some of the leaves. If you could have taken some full fresh ripe fruits it would have just finished this nicely.

In Thought ...
by pamelasue

Comment:
Such incredible beasts.

A nice crop which really helps accentuate the sheer size and bulk of these animals. I think the B&W helps bring out the skin texture.

The only thing that I would really have liked to see is a bit more definition (or maybe a catch light) in the elephants eye.

A Perfect Day
by Hipychik

Comment:
Sweet shot of a family relaxing.

I must admit I can spend hours at a duck pond myself feeding the wildlife :- )

There's a couple of little details here that could help improve the shot, one is to widen the crop slightly to include the ladies shoulder, and the other is to rotate the picture slightly, it looks to me like the lines all lean down to the left. otherwise very relaxing.