Fruit, Vegetable, and Chicken Salad
by saracat

Comment by cislander:
Unless your chicken is really that color you might reduce the red color.Nice layout.

Fruit, Vegetable, and Chicken Salad
by saracat

Comment by gsquiggle:
Colorful, but the chicken? (center stuff) is a bit soft for me. Otherwise I like it.

Into the Storm II
by saracat

Comment by elee3009:
Your crop and the balloon line comes together perfectly to make the image. Like it a lot. I would just make the colours come out a little more.

Bright Fern
by saracat

Comment by digitalknight:
terrific colors - love the pallette

Bright Fern
by saracat

Comment by KarenNfld:
Very nice.

RobertatHelens3DPC.jpg
by saracat

Comment by UNTITLED:
Much better lighting on this one, your subject really stands out form the background. Even the DOF is much better with the blurred background. However, the highlights to the one side of his face are a tad harsh.

RobertatHelens1DPC.jpg
by saracat

Comment by mkalandros:
I think you need a bit of fill flash here -- he's too dark, IMO. Other than losing a bit of hair to the background, I don't have any problems with it.

MaryatSCBG1DPC.jpg
by saracat

Comment by mkalandros:
She's well lit from the front, but I would choose a different background -- you're losing her hair in the dark areas. Also, the brush behind her and to the right add nothing to the picture -- maybe cropping more closely to her or blurring the background would help that. You might try cropping more closely to the face (maybe hair and face only?). That could make a very dramtic composition.

AliceatSCBG1DPC.jpg
by saracat

Comment by mkalandros:
This one looks pretty good. I like the look on her face. The background in the lower right is a bit distracting -- the pine needles on the bench behind her. I'd consider cropping to just under her elbows to get rid of that. The rest of the background is fine.
You could maybe use a bit of fill flash, but the play of shadow and light is kind of nice, so I could go either way on that one.

RobertatHelens1DPC.jpg
by saracat

Comment by UNTITLED:
The background isn't bad as you suggest, I think a shallower depth of field to blur the background would help a little more. Also the lighting between the subject and background are fairly similar causing them to blend together a little. I'm sure some of the portrait DPC'ers could be more insightful. All in all pretty good first efforts at portraits.