IMG_7665_conv.jpg
by SaraR

Comment by rlewis:
Very nice, this has a smoothing message kind of affect.

Are those tame rabbits or did you happen on this?? If they are tame, it would have been nice if they were closer to the camera and a larger part of the image. I would have done a bit of cloning to remove the fence posts and the dark spots slightly below them.

Blossom
by SaraR

Comment by rlewis:
I really like the feel and overall affect of this image.

My gut tells me that the image is slightly out of balance...the bloom should be up further into the image. I also feel that the bloom is too small in the image....maybe cropping, but not so much as to lose the overall effect.

Blossom
by SaraR

Comment by Jedusi:
I think you have caught the Japanese feel, but I wonder if a squarer crop would suit it better ?

Nice and gentle though with a good DoF.

Gull over Whitby
by SaraR

Comment by rlewis:
Nice capture. Your exposure, focus, etc, are on the mark.

I will comment on a perfect world if you will allow. I find the buildings behind the bird distracting...hard to change when you take the image ( but compared to a perfect world)and it would have been nice if the wings were extended rather than brought in on the left (again, against a perfect world)

Intensity
by SaraR

Comment by Jedusi:
I love Raptors - they are always so photogenic.

For me this is appears to overexposed and he is just looking away from the camera too much which means you neither have proper eye contact, nor a clean profile of him, which is a shame because it is a nice crop and the feather detail under his chin and on his shoulder is nice.

Go back and take some more :- )

The Underclass
by SaraR

Comment by Mark-A:
I really like this, I also like the crop personally, although I think had someone been exiting the photo far right so you just caught the side of them that would have just finished it off for me :)

I love the B&W conversion and I like the way the lines lead me into the image.

Gull over Whitby
by SaraR

Comment by ShutterPug:
I too like how you have isolated the bird from the background. Maybe a bit of burn to the shadows on the bird's eye is the only thing I would think of doing.

Suprise Encounter
by SaraR

Comment by robst:
nice shot, well composed

Intensity
by SaraR

Comment by ShutterPug:
This one looks a bit over exposed but I still like it. What an intense gaze these birds have.

The Underclass
by SaraR

Comment by ShutterPug:
I think the b/w works perfect for this.