Waiting on My Ship to Come In
by hallswel

Comment by Zap228:
nice photo, but I think you should have cropped off more on the left to center the dock. 8

Waiting on My Ship to Come In
by hallswel

Comment by theSaj:
Shouldn't this be in the "waiting" challenge....LOL

Waiting on My Ship to Come In
by hallswel

Comment by jodiecoston:
Oh! They look so cute and happy! My dogs NEVER do this for a photo. Good use of deep DOF. Looks like a little camera shake, perhaps, but you get a bonus point for cute, well-behaved dogs. :)

Waiting on My Ship to Come In
by hallswel

Comment by tastelikedirt:
Those dogs don't look like they are waiting for a ship...it looks like they are waiting for the photographer to get out of the way so they can get off the dock.
I like the converging lines..and the shapes of the dock, and texture of the water and dock...There are some interesting elements, but I don't think they are quite coming together, maybe a slightly different composition would help.
This picure is kinda hard to look at.

Sit Stay, Stand Stay, and Down Stay
by hallswel

Comment by scalvert:
A little overexposed and washed out, especially on the right side. Pet and kid shots are so common here that great exposure is essential and you need to do something unusual to stand out. Stack the pups or put them nose to nose and shoot from above, etc.

Sit Stay, Stand Stay, and Down Stay
by hallswel

Comment by pncowley:
Cute shot; lighting color on the right seems a bit off.

Tropical Colors
by hallswel

Comment by nicoledb:
* From the Critique Club *

What most hurts this shot is the fact that it is out of focus, and it doesn't look like you did that on purpose. I assume it's movement blur resulting from a slow shutter speed in a low-light situation, but I can't really tell because you didn't include the technical details. Composition could be improved, the dark area in the top right corner is too empty, and the leaf obscures the bird without really adding interest. If you had aimed the camera lower, you would have gotten rid of part of the empty area, and you would have had more of the bananas.

Despite all this, the colors are great, especially the colormatch between the bird and the bananas. Keep up the good work!

Sit Stay, Stand Stay, and Down Stay
by hallswel

Comment by candycorn:
Three pink tongues! Perfect for this challenge.

Dolphin
by hallswel

Comment by mffnqueen:
great idea, but the dolphin isn't really in focus, and could stand to be polished up a little first, as well

Sit Stay, Stand Stay, and Down Stay
by hallswel

Comment by MrAkamai:
Very cute dogs! Seems there is excessive blue (especially on the right hand dog) and a touch overexposed.