NJ Sea Gull
by ladpupmoe

Comment by gowf67:
I'm sorry I have to say..nice lightpost.

NJ Sea Gull
by ladpupmoe

Comment by mvilborg:
I feel the streetlight is more important than the bird in this picture ... nice shot otherwise.

Pink Tree
by ladpupmoe

Comment by GeneralE:
I'd rather see more of that pretty tree than the background.

Pink Tree
by ladpupmoe

Comment by rcrawford:
To me this photo look very harsh. I think the pure white house in full sunlight is just too much. The stop sign and the power lines also detract. I does look like a beautiful tree and I think that if you shot this later in the day, when the light was not so harsh, and composed it so the tree filled the frame it would make a great shot. Keep working at it!

Pink Tree
by ladpupmoe

Comment by Swashbuckler:
This does show the entire tree.....but a whole lot of other things too. The white of the house gives a good contrast, but with so many elements in the frame, it detracts from the subject. Focus seems indeterminate, I can't tell what is strongly in focus, very little detail of the tree. 5 Rob the Swash

Falling Snowflakes
by ladpupmoe

Comment by justine:
CC....Greeting to you...ladpupmoe

Fits The Challenge-Yes
Composition-Good
Background-Good
My Opinion-text"I found that I had capture a snowflake in mid-air." YES!! and really neat too. Good going!!! You could crop that down to just the snow flake. Interesting. Fun. I think the light is a bit bright for shooting snow...not easy. It's really something you have to watch and be aware of. The colors are good as is the composition. The focus looks a bit off, but hey... ya don't go around catching snowflakes in mid air every day. Shoot more.

Pink Tree
by ladpupmoe

Comment by nathaliedoo:
make sure your principal subject is in focus. try thighter crop and the rule of 3rd in your composition. here, everything but the three was not necessary, just a branch or few flowers of the tree would have given a better image. Hope that helps. Keep up submitting.

Pink Tree
by ladpupmoe

Comment by kiwiness:
This is an interesting shot. At first I thought this house was on wheels till I realised they were bushes under the house. The power lines are pulling my eyes away from the tree a little.

Pink Tree
by ladpupmoe

Comment by CLarson557:
Oh, wow...all the "busy-ness" of the rest of the photo really distracts from you subject, the flowering tree...the unattractive white house, the telephone lines, the water hydrant and ...is that an overturned shopping cart on the lower right? Plus, the stop sign blocking part of the tree didn't help at all either. I think the white house being in back of the tree and the bluriness blew out the colors of the tree, so the pink color of the flowers got lost. I would try getting much closer to your subject and using the macro setting on your camera, if you have one. Or finding a similar tree in bloom elsewhere with more pleasing surroundings. Those blooming crabapple trees are everywhere. I even have one in my front yard, but it wasn't in bloom yet this week to shoot it. Keep trying...I'd like to see what you do with the next challenge. Just remember to get closer to your subject.

Pink Tree
by ladpupmoe

Comment by p_johns:
Hmmm - lets see we have a house, power-lines, a stop sign, Oh, and a tree!