Northern Flicker RED-Shafted Female
by PaulG13

Comment by SeanPresher:
Your image seems a little out of focus and a little noisy. Usually when photographing animals or humans, the eye is expected to be pin sharp. It's just what is expected.

Pastel Rose
by PaulG13

Comment by nam:
Lovely details and colors in this prefect rose.

The END
by PaulG13

Comment by Phocal:
Not a fan of selective desaturation and the pieces of flower laying around in the grass is distracting. You should have removed the color from those pieces.

Northern Flicker RED-Shafted Female
by PaulG13

Comment by Penny Lane:
sweet photo but focus is just off.

The END
by PaulG13

Comment by bmartuch:
I hope you're not getting beat up as bad as I did for selective desat. I think it looks cool.

The END
by PaulG13

Comment by quiche:
It's fun to play with selective saturation/desaturation. In this case, there are extraneous bits of flower petals that should've been converted to gray instead of being left red. The red chunk between the two top blooms is one example. The same thing happens between and near the foreground pair of red flowers, and the stray bits on the top headstone are also distracting.

The END
by PaulG13

Comment by Dirt_Diver:
This is just my opinion and what I see, please don't take it personally.

I don't care for the selective desaturation and here's why. First the grass itself is hard to remove color from when you're using a paint brush tool in photoshop or similar program. You also missed a spot just in front, in the middle of those the two front flowers and through out the photo in other spots as well.

Also when you desaturate an object it is pretty much saying ignore me. With the challenge being graveyard I would think you would inverse the desat so everything else was ignored except the tombstones.

There are a few other things I could critique in this image and I can do so if you like, for now I will just leave it there.

Not all minds work the same and not everyone see's the same images when photographing them so again, This is just my opinion and what I see, please don't take it personally.

The END
by PaulG13

Comment by SeanPresher:
Image very centred and the post processing lacks professionalism. The idea could've been better executed.

Pot Holes
by PaulG13

Comment by Frakster:
It seems just a little dreamy. Not sure if I would like it with more clarity or not...

Cascade Falls Maple Ridge
by PaulG13

Comment by illini75:
Looks so peaceful