Burrowing Owl
by ruthiek

Comment by hortopth:
bit bright

Burrowing Owl
by ruthiek

Comment by CLarson557:
Nice focus and DOF. I think this could use a little adjustment in contrast to make it a little bolder and provide more detail. 7

Burrowing Owl
by ruthiek

Comment by karmat:
Great capture, but the colors seem a touch muted to me. Perhaps overexposed in the foreground. Maybe some adjustments in contrast/brightness, or color saturation would help.

Slightly Cross-Eyed Charlie
by ruthiek

Comment by frisca:
interesting cat, but the fur is a bit blown out, and I really don't see how this is off centre. The other colours are nice though, despite the distracting and tilted background.

Slightly Cross-Eyed Charlie
by ruthiek

Comment by STEINR:
beautiful shot of a cat.......

Slightly Cross-Eyed Charlie
by ruthiek

Comment by Gracious:
Awwwwwww too cute!!!

Slightly Cross-Eyed Charlie
by ruthiek

Comment by Shadow Eagle:
cute cat but not off center 4

Slightly Cross-Eyed Charlie
by ruthiek

Comment by dsidwell:
This is a straightforward shot of a cat, though I'd like to see a bit more interpretation here rather than just a cat: does this cat have anything to say about other cats, for instance, or about pets or animals or eyes? Perhaps playing with lighting levels or directions or various poses of the cat would help?

Slightly Cross-Eyed Charlie
by ruthiek

Comment by clues56:
I would say more than slightly. Charlie's a beauty though. Good shot. I would like to see it a little bit more sharp and it would be perfect.

Slightly Cross-Eyed Charlie
by ruthiek

Comment by FranziskaLang:
I'm assuming the eyes are the object here and therefore you meet the challenge, but, to be honest, to me, it's the whole cat that's the subject and it pretty much fills the picture rather than being off-center, especially if I haven't read the title. As for the photo itself, none of the background has any strong colors so it's not too intrusive, but I would prefer to see a cleaner or blurry background, personally. The white fur on Charlie's chest is very much overexposed and overpowers the image. Maybe use something (I often use a bedsheet) to block out / reduce the strong lightsource from the right to even out the lighting ...