Pigeons
by rickhd13

Comment by jimmyn4:
First impression for this photo is that it is too grainy and over sharpened however at second glance I like it. It reminds me of the movie "The Birds". Maybe the title Homage to Hitchcock would fit this photo better?

Pigeons
by rickhd13

Comment by macmillan:
Whoa! I hope that you did not get hit by any falling matter. This image is way overexposed. In a situation like this, you should meter the sky first and then set you camera for those high light exposures. I do not know what camera you have or the cercumstances of this shot so I can only be broad in my suggestion.

Pigeons
by rickhd13

Comment by BobsterLobster:
An interesting effect, but the composition of the pigeons looks random and chaotic. I like the use of contrast and grain. 6

Pigeons
by rickhd13

Comment by Pidd:
This is so interesting. It looks almost like a painting. I love how the flock of birds is spackled across the sky in such a random flurry and what I suppose is actually an overexposure causing the clouds to seem so stark (I'm not a photographer so I don't know techniques, all I really know is the affect and I like it here). I wish your title was as creative as the shot. ;-)

Pigeons
by rickhd13

Comment by Simplicity:
sharpened up a bit much for my taste, but I like the way you captured all the birds in action

Pigeons
by rickhd13

Comment by Sonifo:
Reminds me of the show, I think it is called The birds. hmmm...not sure1 I like the effect. Good luck!

Buterfly
by rickhd13

Comment by dr rick:
Good composition and use of color. Some sharpening would bring out the details in the wings.

Buterfly
by rickhd13

Comment by kiwiness:
Butterfly had two "t"'s....

Somehow this photo lacks a little saturation, otherwise good composition.

Map Stop
by rickhd13

Comment by WesF:
Good idea for the challenge, but I think moving the subject to one of the thirds of the frame would have made a better photo. The foreground also seems a little "hot".

Buterfly
by rickhd13

Comment by BobsterLobster:
In my opinion, insect shots where the subject takes up a significant portion of the frame, and the subject is centred tend not to work. This is because a viewer will want to focus on the eyes first, but the photographer has made an arbitrary centre of the insect's body the focus. The butterfly is also too centred vertically, I think it would have been much stronger if you had cropped a significant portion of the top off. Very nice butterfly macro other than that, shame that your background is a little distracting just above the butterfly. Great light, good detail. Shame about the glare on the foreground flowers. 7