Female Cardinal & The Snow Flake
by Drake

Comment:
Nice, though the shadows at the top kind of guide my gaze toward her belly instead of her face. DOF is perfect for this sort of shot.

Red Headed Barbet
by maguero

Comment:
He looks to be eying me with suspicion.

Bitter chill
by wei1108

Comment:
The bluish tone really works with the title. It looks cold indeed.

wind surfing
by briantammy

Comment:
It does look like the bird is just surfing the breeze. Bird's a little small in the frame for major impact, but I do like this.

Think Pink
by bobdaveant

Comment:
lovely details showing on those neck feathers.

Beach Dreams
by Alicia

Comment:
I didn't vote on this one, but I really like it. It does have a bit of a mildly overproccessed, dreamlike look to it.

Hitchhiker
by Photologist

Comment:
Didn't place as high as I expected, but it just goes to show that there are a variety of tastes. Still a great one, IMO.

To Be Continued
by liberty

Comment:
Just ehough detail to see it's a monoploy board. My eye makes a beeline right for the dice. I like this one.

A Perfect World
by natcat79

Comment:
That Barbie has it all! Men want her, women envy her...

Lighting seems a little hard, but I'm not sure how to tell you to do it differently.

The childs playground
by gillimann

Comment:
Tons of JPEG compression kills an otherwise dreamlike and good shot. The artifacts are so bad that I didn't even need to look at the file size to tell. I looked to be sure though, and at 31k, saving it with a lot less compression would have vastly improved it.

Always used the lowest level of compression (resulting in the largest file and greatest detail) that will sneak in under the limit for a challenge.