Tux
by MaryO

Comment:
Oh my gosh!! That is the cutest thing ever! Poor baby being left without his brother!! I know how he feels, mine's brother recently got lost and he meowed all over the house for a week!! I'd take them if I could.

Holiday bokeh with shoehorn
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
Very funny :-P

Sunrise Warming
by GregoryB

Comment:
That is simply stunning. I love how the wings are backlit. These guys are really really tiny. Nice going getting him to sit still :)

Side Portrait of ButterFly
by altruist

Comment:
Your butterfly is beautiful and I believe she would have been enhanced greatly if you had a bit deeper DOF here. While her wings are in very good focus, her whole body is not and I think that is hurting this image a bit. Also, giving this a bit more headroom might have been a better choice. It would have given us a better area of bokeh and placed her better within the frame. As it is now, it looks like you tried to center her but failed. Your leading line takes me right into the photograph and then right back out. Maybe a crop to take it out totally. I am a big sucker for butterflies though :) Good luck in the challenge.

watching the gliricidia bloom
by arati_halbe

Comment:
Your bokeh is nice but your foreground choice really does very little for this image. Perhaps one of those lovely flowers in the background would have made for a better subject because I can't see how the tree relates to the flowers and it's texture is distracting from the shapes they are making. However, your focus is good and your light is very nice. I do appreciate that you didn't blow out the sky. It has a beautiful blue colour which works very well with the pink in the blooms. Just remember it all comes down to composition and to find things that compliment each other in the frame. Good luck! :)

Happy Holidays!
by JCrest01

Comment:
Your bokeh is lovely. But, unless taking a portrait, it is rarely a good idea to center your subject. Seating this one on the left would have been a better choice. I don't care for the bright red frame, black or gray would have been a better choice here, IMO. If you had cropped it closer to the left hand side, it would have given the viewer a chance to be led to the ornament by the branch on the right. The snow on the ornament is a bit blown out. Your lighting would have been much more interesting had you taken the brightness down a bit or sped up your shutter when photographing the ornament. This has a lot of potential and shows creativity, which is good. Very nicely focused as well. Good luck! :)

Spikes
by SharonT

Comment:
When I looked at this, my first reaction was, "ouch!" :) I think that your composition here would have been greatly improved by moving the camera up just a bit to only capture the tips of the spikes in front and leaving the plant in back to fully take up the rest of the frame. As it is now, I have a hard time finding your control of the situation. It seems to be everywhere at once. Your focus on the plant in front is good though. Sometimes, less is more. Good luck! :)

Pleasing Bokeh
by bj0920

Comment:
Your focus is great. I find that the dog so tightly fitted into the frame does not do the game he is playing justice. In order to convey a sense of fun, you really have to have a sense of movement and energy. This might have been achieved by panning out on the shot a bit to capture more of the dog in the frame so we can see what he is doing and positioning him on the right side of the frame to give him something to move into. This would have been a good place to use a little fill flash as well. It would have enabled you to balance the shadows in the front with the light in the back. While his face is properly exposed, the back of his head, his back, and some of the light in the bg is blown out. Good luck in the challenge :)

Cat Nap
by jhomrighaus

Comment:
Your soft window lighting is pretty. I think this could have been improved greatly if the cat were looking at the camera though. The way it is, I almost can't tell it is a cat unless I read the title. Your focus is very crisp on the head/ear. There is something yellow in the middle right of the photograph that takes my attention away though. I believe that some of the best cat photographs are setups and you seem to have a willing model so keep shooting what you love. I hope this helped a little. Good luck :)

Dark Dancers
by peroty

Comment:
Well, to start, I'll say that your light is interesting. An interesting use of foreground bokeh as well. Your overall composition is a bit boring. There is really nothing there to catch attention. Perhaps if there were certain keys that were in the focal plane, it would be a bit better. It just seems uninspired. Your focus is a bit soft as well. When I see a photo, I search for a focal point where the subject can be studied. This leaves me a bit lost in the frame. Perhaps a higher DOF would have worked here to bring more of the bg into focus. Anyway, good luck in the challenge. :)