Echuca Blacksmith
by Vonneypix

Comment:
I like the action in this shot. It's a very good portrait in a working environment.

Watching and Waiting
by Dominic146

Comment:
First, this is a very good shot of the bird and the background combo. I like the way the texture in the rock matches the lines of the birds body.
I think that this bird may be an insect eater, and the reason is because of it's big eyes, which make me think that it flies in twilight or at night.
It's a beautiful bird, and looks somewhat like an American bird, the kestrel.

Chinese Goldminers' Graveyard - For Those Who Never Went Home.
by jomari

Comment:
The centered composition adds to the oriental look of this shot. I like your processing to bring out the lettering on the stones.

Roadside Bouquet Gets The Sun's Last Kiss.
by jomari

Comment:
I feel that this didn't score well because it is sort of "busy" looking. There seems to be an ambiguous point where the images need to be very simple, with one central subject and focus point, or the other way, a very broad landscape sort of thing in order to have the "it" factor. The ones in between, no matter how beautiful, seem to just not get the big votes.
Personally, I can see what you were after here, and I do like the shot for it's natural shapes and colors. Wild flowers of any type are one of the things that I enjoy seeing anytime. It looks like a shot that I would shoot for myself.

Edited Deer
by scooter97

Comment:
Nice fix it job! Those snowflakes look huge,,,,, and cold.

Gator!
by fldave

Comment:
I could tell that this one was a young one by the smoothness of it's nose. There are a lot of these around this area too.

Camouflaged-lizard.jpg
by jomari

Comment:
You get some very interesting shots with your P&S. I keep one on my belt at all times for things like this, where the moment will be gone if I don't have a camera handy. This looks a lot like Chomp and Booger, the iguanas that I used to have for pets.

Wood
by lunachicken

Comment:
I like the B&W for this woodpecker "hanging around" shot. Most of the woodpeckers here are the red-bellied variety, and a few bigger pileated ones are around occasionally. I like the way you included enough of the branch to give it a sense of scale of the bird. You didn't post shooting info with the photo, so I am not sure what to make of the noise in the sky in this shot. I am wondering if it was shot at high iso to get better shutter speed, or if it is cropped from a larger image to get the composition. I am a bit of a fan of noise, especially in B&W images, as it reminds me of the 35mm century.

butterfly-003.jpg
by jomari

Comment:
I agree that it's a skipper of some variety. It's amazing the number of different butterflies that there are when you begin photographing and identifying them.
You managed very good composition, esp where the one antenna is lined up with the stem beyond it. That makes it very easy to see the details there. This is a right nice shot for a P&S camera.

Transitions
by Ivory

Comment:
Wonderful! Congrats on the ribbon in the biggest of the challenges Sue.