Girl and Black Swan
by lisae

Comment by Annida:
I like the composition and the way the river moves off to the right as it disappears. black swans are pretty rare too! I wish it was just a tiny bit closer to the swan! 9 - Annida

Sunday Markets
by lisae

Comment by lisae:
Well, this photo came in the bottom 10, partly because it was overambitious use of a low resolution, point and shoot camera (judging by all the comments about blurriness, shutterspeed, and other things I couldn't actually have controlled), and partly because I post-processed it in a bold way, turning the colours up, burning out the background by playing with the levels, etc. I liked it that way, and I still think this is one of the most satisfying photos I've ever taken, but my taste is not shared by many people.

Sunday Markets
by lisae

Comment by langdon:
Colors are very saturated/over exposed. Close the aperture some or uqicken the shutter.

Sunday Markets
by lisae

Comment by DesertRat2002:
Not even the cute child in the forground saves this one. Looks like it came off a store surveillence camera.

Sunday Markets
by lisae

Comment by drewmedia:
The picture is very grainy, but I like the washed-out effect of the image. The girl is still very obviously the center of attention.

Sunday Markets
by lisae

Comment by GeneralE:
On my monitor the upper left looks more overexposed than what I'd like. I like the variety of people and actions within a small space. If there were enough resolution, I might have tried cropping this as a vertical image, using the bottom-right as the anchor point.

Sunday Markets
by lisae

Comment by daysez:
I'm sorry, please try again. With practice I know you can do better.

Sunday Markets
by lisae

Comment by Maverick:
The overexposure and background elements detract from the focus here. Also, the colors seem very washed out. I like the subject, but the lighting kills this for me

Sunday Markets
by lisae

Comment by FranziskaLang:
I like that you got down to the little girl's level to take this photo. I would prefer to be looking at her (instead of her walking away from me). The photo also seems very pixelated, and based on your file size I don't think it's JPEG compression. Did you use a high ISO setting?

Sunday Markets
by lisae

Comment by BAMartin:
The little girls in the foreground is very interesting, but the background is washed out. Maybe cropping it a bit tighter would have helped.