Lover's Quarrel or Love Making??
by theONE77

Comment by CCBrayn:
She doesn't look happy at all... still, quite an amazing shot!

Lover's Quarrel or Love Making??
by theONE77

Comment by choudhrysaab:
OH MY!!! "could somebody please think of the children?" lol

Little Miss Muffet and her milk
by theONE77

Comment by Senay:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First Impression: When I first saw this picture I thought it fit the challenge well but might be a little out of focus.

Composition: The only thing I would change in terms of composition is to take a little space off the top, the background near the top is a little distracting. Little Miss Muffet is placed good and is sitting straight. It looks like it may have been taken on your bed and it looks like it has resulted in the bottle tilting slightly to the right.

Subject: Fits the challenge perfectly, a baby doll's bottle and Miss Muffet are both children's toys but are not related.

Technical: As mentioned in your comments your picture would have benefited from some contrast. It seems soft as well but that may be a personal choice. It gives a childhood dream quality to it.

Final thoughts: Ahhh you got beat up pretty hard by voters but don't let that get you down. Best of luck in future challenges!

If you have any questions click here to message me!

Senay

Burj Al Arab at Night
by theONE77

Comment by shutterpuppy:
it is a cool subject, but you need to work on finding some sort of interesting angle to bring something new to the photo and try shooting a little earlier or in different lighting conditions to get better color tones

Burj Al Arab at Night
by theONE77

Comment by burfino:
Doing a curves adjustment would help this image immensely.

Little Miss Muffet and her milk
by theONE77

Comment by Dennisheckman:
Looks like she drank all the milk!

Little Miss Muffet and her milk
by theONE77

Comment by grahamgator:
I believe this needs a little more focus and contrast.

Little Miss Muffet and her milk
by theONE77

Comment by justine:
Cute idea. I think the bottle needed to be straight and needed some milk.

Dove
by theONE77

Comment by Citadel:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

My first impression is that the image is bit out of focus. I have that lens and I find that unless the subject is still its hard to good a good lock sometimes. I am guessing from the crop that you weren't all that close. Filling the frame would have made a stronger image. As one of the comments below suggests, I would crop out the fence in the lower left as it is an unwanted element. Also, since you have cropped anyways, you could crop this so that the subject isn't dead center.

As this was basic editng there is nothing you could do about that white object in the yard however. Exposure is pretty good. The background is a little flat and lacks contract but I'm not sure how you could do a lot about that. I like that you chose f/8 so you got the whole bird in focus. Based on the settings and what I am seeing it looks like you had some pretty harsh light to work with which may have hurt the image as well.

In terms of the challenge? This doesn't scream garden to me. This is a picture of a bird. The fact that it was taken in your garden is only revealed by what you wrote in the photographer's comments. I believe that also hurt the score somewhat.

Dove
by theONE77

Comment by mattlistener:
-garden +yard. Great focus in an action shot.