Silky Soft Ears
by dewdodesign

Comment by shutter22:
Adorable, but the crop is a bit tight.

Silky Soft Ears
by dewdodesign

Comment by djtiek:
adorable!

Warning : Grumpy when wet
by dewdodesign

Comment by timfythetoo:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

Good capture here. Looking at the lens you used I am guessing that you had to be pretty stealthy to get close enough to get this shot. Patience is a virtue in photography isn't it?

You have a pretty nice shot. Great colors and detail on your bird. And catching that expression is real good timing. The off centered comp works well for the bird. Technically I think you did real well on capturing the detail on him and the light is nice.

One issue that I have with it that would have bumped it up a bit higher in score is the bird directly behind him. The two lumps on either side are fine but the head and body of the birds in back are a distracting element. Now I know you couldn't ask them to move or anything butthey are a nuisance none the less. What I may have tried is removing them in postprocess, especially with the editing rules allowed inthis challenge. But that could be hard and time consuming with no gaurantee on results.

I think the other thing that prevented you from getting a higher score is that while the image is nice and the look entertaining it doesnt pack the big wow power of some of the other images. Your vote curve shows that you have a decent image that was generally pleasing to everyone. In a FS this is pretty good. Votes tend to be a bit more harsh as expectations are higher. A good score for a good image.

And let me just say that I would love to be hanging out on the cliffs in Australia all day long shooting pics of birds. I am jealous.

Tim

Warning : Grumpy when wet
by dewdodesign

Comment by skewsme:
Oh my gosh, how did Jerry Lewis get reincarnated already? Great :)

The Lighthouse
by dewdodesign

Comment by jaysonmc:
Very nice study of simple forms and lines. Nice 3 tone image and a good setup overall.

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Comment by surfdabbler:
I'd actually like to see somebody in this shot. I'm noticing this with my own photos - I don't use enough people in my non-people shots. Even a distant silhouette in a landscape can give it so much more meaning and interest. I'd like to see someone outside the DOF, walking along the path.

I'm not sure about the bird. It kind of seems a little distracting.

flower2.jpg
by dewdodesign

Comment by surfdabbler:
I looked at the picture, and my first thought was focus. I'm glad to see that it's a common thread in the other comments as well, and I'm not just obsessed with focus at the moment. :) Perhaps a lower viewpoint would allow more cropping of the top while still maintaining the rought thirds of the orange rocks and the blue water. Beautiful colours, and overall, quite pleasing.

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Comment by Tez:
I like it personally. It reminds me of a place near where I grew up on the shoreline of a windy lonely beach. It looks like there are lots of different paths past the bushes we see but I would have liked the far bushes to be in focus and the blue sky a little more blue, it looks almost greyish as it is.

Nice pic though man.

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by dewdodesign

Comment by fotomann_forever:
This photo feels off-balance to me.

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Comment by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by gi_joe05: hmm this is an iteresting picture. I think that focus is an issue though. The color harmony is nice though with the green and the blue and the dof is nice I just wish your main subject would be crisp.

I think this critique mirrored how I would have critiqued the photo.