Desert Thorns
by BAMartin

Comment by NeoScales:
Good shot, needle shart...nice background blur.

Desert Thorns
by BAMartin

Comment by vtruan:
nice occatilla

Desert Thorns
by BAMartin

Comment by Bear_Music:
True bokeh IMO. Nice backlighting. A little static and pat, doesn't really make me sing...

Cowboy Cook
by BAMartin

Comment by Bear_Music:
Luscious tonalities, rich dark areas. Awkward composition to my eyes, I'd liek to see half as much black behind the figure and more added in the direction to which he's looking. he's trapped by this framing.

Water Flume
by BAMartin

Comment by 4score:
Sorry...bad timing for this one. Looks like a fun capture though. Is that a log flume?

Water Flume
by BAMartin

Comment by Konador:
This is a really nice shot with a lot of energy. I think a slight contrast increase would make some of the white areas brighter, which would add move overall appeal to the photo and more graduation between the shades in the water. Also a slight rotation to the right, to level off the horizontal line to the right of her head would help, as it looks a little tilted currently. Possibly not exactly my interpretation on the challenge, which I thought should have a larger scene, but it still fits none-the-less.

Cowboy Cook
by BAMartin

Comment by Montereykiddo:
Love this shot. Wish you had left a majority of the space in the frame in front of him though. Usually if a subject is looking in a certain direction, its photographically correct to leave space in the frame on whichever way they are looking so that it doesnt seem cramped. Nice shot though.

Cowboy Cook
by BAMartin

Comment by Beagleboy:
Nice picture. Too bad the highlights on his shirt are blown out.

Cowboy Cook
by BAMartin

Comment by snackwells:
I like this composition. I think the figure in the foreground holds enough interest to float the boat so to speak.

It appears that his shirt and hat was a bit overexposed, and the background is fairly dark, which seems to me like the lighting was rather difficult to work with. It's a tough situation to be in, and overall I think you handled it fairly well. One other issue: appears to be miscropped evidenced by the lower right corner. But that's not distracting enough to be a major issue. Well done.

Cowboy Cook
by BAMartin

Comment by parrothead:
One of the better ones that I have seen! I like the tonal range and crop! Good job! 9