Lunchtime Kid
by Pug-H

Comment by NinjaMom:
What a cutie! 9

Polly Want a Ribbon?
by Pug-H

Comment by marbo:
Good focus on the eye and nice subtle colours. Shame about the bogey :)

Lunchtime Kid
by Pug-H

Comment by arpita:
Very nice portrait, and a very photogenic subject. The framing is very good, the tighness of the crop does a lot for the image. However the eyes are a little dull, you could try dodging the whites and dodging the (very pale) catchlights...it would make it an excellent picture. Good work.

Polly Want a Ribbon?
by Pug-H

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Great job capturing the bird. Only detractor is that the bird is not all that interesting a subject (no offense). Very well done though.

Polly Want a Ribbon?
by Pug-H

Comment by nfessel:
Great colors. Really cool shot.

Rock Artist
by Pug-H

Comment by twm122:
Very nice, love the human feel by including the artist

Attacked!
by Pug-H

Comment by muckpond:
ouch

Performing Monkey
by Pug-H

Comment by psychephylax:
A visit from the Critique Club

(1) COMPOSITION -CONTENT - I do not like the composition here at all. One of the most important things in photography in my opinion is having a clearly defined subject. Here it appears as if the main subject of the photo is either the trainer or the blue bar, however they are clearly not doing anything that would qualify as "Extreme Action". The monkey looks like a ragdoll being flung over the blue bars. One of the biggest concerns on the composition is that the front limb of the monkey is blocking the face. Major points got deducted for that I suspect.

(2) BACKGROUND - Way too busy in my opinion. But then again, it looks like you were in a bind since that was most likely a performance of some kind and you probably couldn't move around much at all. Also looks like your aperture was wide open as it is.

(3) CAMERA WORK -TECHNICAL -
The exposure looks good, there are no blown out hightlights or underexposed parts. Going back to composition, I would say it might have been more captivating if you chose to frame it a bit differently on the shot. Moving the monkey to the lower left corner and giving it some negative space at the top might have helped focus the attention on the actual act of jumping the bar.

(4) DIGITAL PROCESSING - TECHNICAL - Post processing looks pretty good. One thing you could try is using curves to boost some of the detail in the shadows and maybe a smidgen of Unsharp Mask as the finishing touch.

(5) MY OPINION ON THE PHOTO - In my opinion this has some room for improvement by using a shallow depth of field, different composition, some negative space to give the monkey room to jump into are some of the ways you could improve on this. It does not strike me as a captivating photo.

One other thing that would probably be quite interesting is showing motion. This could have been done with a slower shutter speed, and a rear curtain flash to get a trail of the jumping monkey then freeze the action and get a sharp photo.

Rock Artist
by Pug-H

Comment by Evaan:
I like this composition a lot with the artist in the foreground. Nice light and good contrast

Rock Artist
by Pug-H

Comment by bhound:
Appears to be over sharp