Lory Bird
by ginjer

Comment:
Nice detail in the feathers and great colors. I'd like to see some bottom and left cropped off the gray and green blur pull my eyes away from the bird. I know you want to watch not to crop the beak too close - perhaps if you tilted the picture a bit clockwise first?

Young Love
by jjhouston

Comment:
I like the way his white shirt and her white dress blend, almost making them one person. They look nice frames against the ocean (is it real? it seems very flat - perhaps better lighting?) Your horizon is tilted and there are some odd white space at the left and right edges of the photo. There are some distracting vertical lines in the sky. Focus isn't quite sharp.

Mat Barber
by hsteg

Comment:
The yellow of the stage lights is fun and puts the viewer in the "concert mood." Mat's yellow shirt predominates and draws the eye away from his expressive face - perhaps a little selective burning to add some atmosphere and direct the eyes more?

Call
by rscorp

Comment:
Nice texture, and the composition all out of alignment works well with the idea of age and neglect.

Lake Pontchartrain July 2005
by theonemule

Comment:
I like the way tree and bench frame the picture. The line of sale boats draw your eye into the picture towards the bright cloud. I would crop out the edge of the building at right - I feel like it stops me short just as the rest of the picture lifted me up into my imagination.

Realm of the Deer
by AlexSaberi

Comment:
Woah! Is this real? What increadible light and colors - all at the moment 4 bucks arrive on the scene! Nice composition as everything seems to converge toward the bottom center. I like the out of focus forground - it place the viewer in the middle of this remarkable moment without distracting.

Early Morning Balance
by LVE

Comment:
Nice reflections, pretty clouds. A very tidy composition - it does have that hopeful morning light.

Misty Crawler
by davidus428

Comment:
Lovely subject and nice composition - seems very dark, and a bit too yellow.

Radiant Prairie Dog
by scalvert

Comment:
DOF and backlight do a nice job of highlighting the subject. Not a very interesting composition, or context - perhaps you could have made more of the backlit leaves and grass in the foreground as a compositional part of the image?

A New Blend ?
by Postgate1

Comment:
Very nice lighting - the reflection off the counter top really highlights the humerous(frog) part of your subject - nice even lighting on the normal(coffee cup) part of the subject. This is exactly what the chalenge calls for! Perhaps could be a little brighter and a bit more contrast a bit more color saturation?