RareBird
by Buckeye_Fan

Comment by LindaLee:
WOW! I cannot wait to find out where you live, or where you took this! This bird is just amazing. The colors are gorgeous. Nice concept for the username, and nice image.

Long Day at the Zoo
by Buckeye_Fan

Comment by Bruce_the_Robert:
5.6. I don't get it. This is a wonderful shot, nice conversion, and good choice for the selective desat. It tells a story (at one time that was the purpose of photography), is well done technically, and presents itself well. I gave it a 9.

RareBird
by Buckeye_Fan

Comment by riversong:
sweet!!!!!

RareBird
by Buckeye_Fan

Comment by galblue:
top left distracting but sharp with beautiful colour

Long Day at the Zoo
by Buckeye_Fan

Comment by TonyUK:
excellant 10

Sinful Silky Smooth Chocolate with Ripe Strawberry
by Buckeye_Fan

Comment by Citadel:
Welcome from the critique club!

First of all, congrats on the top 20 placing!

Composition: Excellent composition. The placement of the strawberry in the frame moves the eye around the shot.

Color: Great colors that are well saturated.

Exposure and Lighting: Interesting lighting with few hotspots. Ideally I would go a with a bit smaller aperture (like f/4 maybe?) to get a little more of the chocolate in focus in front of the strawberry. The limited DOF does work well though for isolating the strawberry in the scene.

The border: Good use of a border to "contain" the shot. Its serves its purpose without being distracting

The challenge: Excellent choice of subject. Very unique and the shot really sells it.

Overall: Well done! Very little to do improve on this shot. As mentioned previously a slightly deeper DOF might help however that might be nitpicky.

RareBird
by Buckeye_Fan

Comment by Melethia:
Love the turquoise of those feathers!

RareBird
by Buckeye_Fan

Comment by pineapple:
Very beautiful birdy and you have made a nice photo. Cropping works very well. 9.

RareBird
by Buckeye_Fan

Comment by KarenNfld:
WOW! I want whatever lens you have! This is an amazing photo.

RareBird
by Buckeye_Fan

Comment by kje83:
Oh it's sooo pretty --what's it called?