Captive
by faidoi

Comment by samtrundle:
I think this might work a little better with a closer crop, the sunlight is also a little harsh - makes the image look a little washed out, you might want to bump the contrast to compensate for that. On the bright side, I you've captured a great moment - he looks suitably depressed which fits your title perfectly.

Captive
by faidoi

Comment by marbo:
Good zoo shot but looks very sad.

Captive
by faidoi

Comment by Gallatin:
Poor baby he is a captive, the correct title.

The Rock
by faidoi

Comment by Finfs:
I would go with brianlh opinion on croping the water. But apart from that the image is really great, love the desaturation. Just gives more impact to the prison. Very well done.

The Rock
by faidoi

Comment by brianlh:
was about to tell you how bleak the sky and water looked, then read your comments and realized that they're desaturated! the island's colors look wonderful, but i think maybe a tighter crop on the sky or water (traditionally i would crop the water, but this is THE ROCK after all - so i dunno) may make it look slightly better

Turtle
by faidoi

Comment by whatdewuc:
This is a great example of bokeh, so much to see and appreciate.

Squirrel
by faidoi

Comment by OFreasier:
Awwww you've captured that little guy's vulnerability perfectly! I wouldn't normally think black and white would work for squirrel pics but you've proven me wrong. Gorgeous!

Between Day and Night
by faidoi

Comment by Bran-O-Rama:
Awesome juxtaposition. I have a feeling the "night" portion of the photo was enhanced by a faster shutter and therefore darker since metering was on the sunset in the mirror?

Between Day and Night
by faidoi

Comment by pitsaman:
Cool !

Circle Of Life
by faidoi

Comment by damelzakelly:
*Critique Club*

This photograph has a certain morbid appeal to it. Ones eyes tend to travel repeatedly over the subject to see if one is really seeing what one is.

The composition on this photo lacks a little. The focus is tight on the centre of the subject, and provides excellent pattern details, yet it is so tight that the rest of the subject is out of focus.

While the graytones are excellent, I do believe that a little more exposure, say a shutter or 1/125 would have given better highlights to the scales.

Trying to imagine the subject as "broken" seems to belittle a serious event. Death, whether in an "unthinking" animal or in a person is more of an end than something that is broken. What is broken can normally be fixed or at least replaced. Also the title "Circle of life' depicts that there should be birth somewhere in the photo, which it isnt. Maybe the idea was "Circle of life broken", but without that last word in there it is hard to be certain what part of the photo is depicted as broken other than the dead fish.

The mid-gray tones of the photo tend to make it near to impossible for me to tell whether it is noise or not, which is a good and a bad thing. I cant see any noise, because there seems to be a lack of detail in the background/side areas.

IMO this photo could have been edited slightly, levels adjusted, contrast added, to have made it qquite more spectacular than it is.