Enjoying the beauty of the Royal Botanical Gardens (Melbournes largest garden{s})
by loz1

Comment:
This particular landscape seems to have it's own level of interest. I simply do not understand your reasoning for the desaturation in this one. In my opinion, desaturation of color should serve some specific purpose and create some specific interest. I am completely missing that in this photo. Your choice of border here is also a bit weak in my opinion. It's not 'continuous' around the image because it gets lost in the darker areas of the photo.

I think this photo would be much better without trying to use digital enhancement with no really positive outcome of that enhancement...

itty bitty
by indigo997

Comment:
Beautiful shot... the lighting and composition here are excellent... the fork in the tonge being captured here really seals up this photo as a strong one :) I gave this photo a 10 based on the quality of the shot and the overall impact. I did not subtract any points for, what seems to me to be, a careless title. I'm sorta funny about that. Anything that you present WITH your photo becomes part of your overall presentation, including title, border/framing. I take particular interest in titling my own photos. To me, that is a major part of the presentation :)

Great shot...

The Potting Shed
by sher

Comment:
Excellent exposure and good choice of black and white also. Beautiful work :) = 10

Speak No Evil
by dsidwell

Comment:
This is definitely 'cool' :) This particular theme shows me a lot of photographic creativity and the black and white is an excellent choice as well. I have no improvement suggestions for you on this. I think the low key works well with the theme of 'speak no evil' suggested by the title. = 10

Furry Friend
by Jacko

Comment:
This is one of the strongest insect macros I have seen recently. As with all insect macros, the visibility of the fine detail is extremely important, and you definitely captured that well here. The other element of this photo that really strikes me is the complementary colors. I can't recall seeing that in any insect macros that I have come across recently. To me, that is the single strongest element of this photo. The colors are simply meant to be displayed together.

Great shot and Kudos :) = 10

Gelatin Garden
by ramevi

Comment:
This photo has an interesting look to it because of the teehnique you chose. I also believe that it's probably borderline in this challenge since 'flowers' are not supposed to be the main subject. I think your composition would probably be stronger with '3' subjects rather than 4.

Garden of the Giants
by Artifacts

Comment:
I love photos like this. The fog makes some beautiful photos when the photographer is in tune with it :) I like to think of 'fog' as an assistant to the photographer. It, in some way, makes you more like a painter and helps you start out with a 'clean' canvas. Along with that notion, you have done a nice job by placing the 'walkers' in this scene. They serve two purposes here. They put the size of these giant trees into perspective. They also provide that 'serendipity' element that always seems to work nicely when used effectively. They really become the subject of the photo, even though they are only a very small part of it. I love the red jacket... it's really eye catching in this photo.

The wide angle view is definitely the only way to go here. It helps pronounce the vastness of this landscape. This particular image also shows a good example of 'perspective distortion'. When you look at these trees, the outer trees seem to be leaning inwards. This is a distortion caused when the film plane (digital sensor) is not parallel to the subjects. Your camera is slightly angled upwards and creating this distortion. In your case, there is no way to 'correct' this with the camera. This is where the medium and large format cameras come in handy :)

Excellent photo... Kudos :) = 10

"Love You....Great Grandma"
by autool

Comment:
Dick, this is lovely :) I love the 'gap' in generations you present with this image..... I thought of a lot of alternate titles for this also :) Great work...

summer dreams
by ursula

Comment:
beautiful work.. the backlighting here was an excellent idea... great work :) = 10

Look into my eyes
by Twocentz

Comment:
I have to say that this is probably the best cat photo I have seen on this site. I love the composition you chose here... I can't really offer you much in the way of a comment except that I love it :) = 10