Coming home
by suemack

Comment by UNTITLED:
Great photo of the bird in flight, I like the translucent light through the feathers. The suns reflection on the water is very harsh and takes away from the rest of the photo.

'All Mine!!'
by suemack

Comment by yanko:
LOL. Nice capture indeed. The only thing holding this back from an even higher score is the background, IMO. The right side of the background is more uniform and had it looked like that throughout it would have provided a nice backdrop. Beyond that I'm not sure what else to tell you to improve. I really like the angle here with the tilt. That alone makes me visualize how this bird is trying to lift the bread. Also, good detail with the subjects and the DOF works nicely.

'I'm watching you.....'
by suemack

Comment by yanko:
A few things I think if done differently would have really helped your score. First, the negative space isn't helping, IMO. Since it's so busy with the bokeh it becomes a distraction so I would think about cropping this a bit tighter on the right. I do like how the face rests against the frame so that I would do again if you reshot. Also, think about cropping a bit from the top. Maybe even try an aggressive crop cutting down into her forehead. That way the face will fill more of the frame and force the viewer to take notice.

Second, I would go black/white here. With that background I don't think a color version would have been better and I don't really like the color here.

Lastly, make the facial features a bit sharper. Not too sharp but just sharper than this version. That would also bring the viewers' eyes to the face and not that high contrast background. Or simply make the background less contrasty although that may be difficult in basic editing.

Anyway, just some suggestions. I hope it didn't sound too harsh. I do like the idea especially how you made the bokeh very obvious to viewers.

Coming home
by suemack

Comment by Nuzzer:
The bright patch at the bottom left pulls my eye away from the bird

'All Mine!!'
by suemack

Comment by posthumous:
amazing capture. 7.

'All Mine!!'
by suemack

Comment by Rebecca:
Nice bokeh a little too late! I like the humor in this shot, though the bread is a little blown.

'All Mine!!'
by suemack

Comment by locutus:
A lovely shot. The sense of "turbulence" around the wings is great.

My first reaction was that I would have cropped it more tightly. But on reflection I think youve got it right. The sparrow looking on has creates just the right sense of "oh, I wanted some of that!".

'All Mine!!'
by suemack

Comment by charmayne:
great capture! Technically the bread is a little overexposed and the motion of the wings is somewhat lost in the background, but your timing is perfect!

'All Mine!!'
by suemack

Comment by Lelio:
Great Shot. If only the motion wasn't on top of an out of focus spot of the same color.

'tackle'
by suemack

Comment by susi:
Hilarious, what a capture!