Exposing Their Love
by TDCollins

Comment:
As presented here, this image seems to have crossed the border between high-key and overexposed. Since there is still a fair amount of shadow detail, I suspect that you could bring back a lot of the tonal range by setting your white/black points and reducing the contrast. The harsh shadow cast by the guy's profile suggests that this scene was primarily lit by a single bright light just above the camera. If you intended this photo to look high-key, using a reflector to soften the edges of that shadow would have made this look more professional.

Gota go pee
by TLL061

Comment:
The DOF seems to have been centered on the flora in the background. Because the boy is not uniformly blurry, some or all of the soft focus may have been due to motion blur. If this is the case, a faster shutter speed would have helped.

Don't Make Me Fly Over There
by Keith Maniac

Comment:
I love the perspective here. I think that the DOF is a bit too shallow; the bird's face seems to have rather soft focus. A bit more light on the bird's face would have improved the shot as well. Still, this is a solid entry, and one of my highest rated images of the challenge.

Serenity
by Nitrox

Comment:
The selective desaturation here seems to be the 'because I can' variety rather than something that adds to the image.

What a hoot - I can't wait to fly!
by TDCollins

Comment:
What kind of bird is this? It looks more like a Muppet than any bird I'm familiar with. The DOF is a little shallow, as his beak is the only thing in sharp focus.

"Just Ducky"
by ShutterPug

Comment:
The border is distracting, and the focus on the duck is rather soft

Beach Dweller
by Man_Called_Horse

Comment:
This image is so over processed that it almost looks like the bird was pasted in from another image.

Look At Me
by LKMote

Comment:
I would have liked to see this cropped with more negative space to either side of the rooster; as it is it seems rather cramped.

Yellow Cap Blackbird
by bclements

Comment:
The focus on the bird is a little soft

Black on Blue
by DustDevil

Comment:
I like the composition, but something about this image looks fake. Too much neatimage, perhaps? I would have preferred a slightly sharper focus.