Why i love the sea?
by alpharich

Comment by HaikuSailor:
Wow, what a beautiful shot..

Why i love the sea?
by alpharich

Comment by Saswaa:
Bloody amazing. 10

the male doing the chasing
by alpharich

Comment by Venom:
is that wrong? Great action shot!

Home Sweet Home
by alpharich

Comment by Nuzzer:
Hi from the Critique Club.

Fit: Well, almost any shot fits this challenge, but does it benefit from the treatment...?

Composition: The Composition is good. You have clearly thought about placing your subject according to the rule of thirds. I do feel that the snail is too low in the frame. Placing him higher with more empty space in the foreground may enahance the idea that he has a long way to travel. Either that or a much tighter crop on the snail?

Technical: The DOF is great. I love it. The colours in the shell seem a little oversaturated for my taste. I don't think the noise in the background is a benficial element in this image as it steals attention form the snail. The slimey snail also seems to lack detail. I think this is because he is slimey but maybe masking around him out and treating him differently would have been an idea. That way you might have been able to keep detail in him and the rest of the image.

Feel: The shot feels average to me. The sheel is great and deserves to be in colour but the issues mentioned above take away from any "wow" that I may get from the colours and patterns in the shot a bit.

PM me if you have any queries.

bird in flight
by alpharich

Comment by tUpAc_LiL_bRoThA:
Nice, but bird seems lost..something missing. Needs something in upper right as a counter-balance

bird in flight
by alpharich

Comment by empiresbm:
shapes?

bird in flight
by alpharich

Comment by chungeez:
i see the blue rectangle, but where are the other shapes?

bird in flight
by alpharich

Comment by dtremain:
This is a very, very tough shot - its simplicity makes it deceptive.

Home Sweet Home
by alpharich

Comment by cogerox:
Wow, psychedelic shell!

Home Sweet Home
by alpharich

Comment by aerogurl:
the most colorful snail shell I have ever seen.. you truly made this stand out from the desat. the upper half of the image is very noisy/sharpened or something isnt right about it, and that takes away from an amazing photo.. still a 7, nice job :)