Four little piggies
by jeffreype123

Comment:
Well this is different and not really my taste. I think the shadows are a bit harsh and the green in the background is a bit distracting.

Gazing
by ryand

Comment:
I really like the light and thoses eyes are excellent. I personally would have liked it to be more of head shot and not have as much of her torso.

Behind the Wire
by dw_photo

Comment:
For me the barb wire is distracting and I'm not sure how I like the crop.

Calm
by Len Scap

Comment:
This is a little soft for my tastes and I would of liked the mountain on the right to have not been cut off.

Autumn Silhouettes
by annig

Comment:
Sorry I just do't like this much. The blue color is great but for me I would like to see a closer crop, get rid of the small amount of black horizon and perhaps have the ducks moving into the frame instead of out.

high over the city
by chrisp

Comment:
I think this was composed really well and it looks good but it doesn't pop for me.

Angel
by Marc923

Comment:
I like this. Maybe I would like it better if you did the border a little different since the white line disappears at the top of the photo.

Stormy at the Top
by jbsmithana

Comment:
I love this. Beautiful to look at, the only thing distracting for me is the dark cloud in the upper left. For some reason my eyes keep getting drawn to it. Still a 9 for me.

Full moon rising
by MinsoPhoto

Comment:

Originally posted by MelonMusketeer: Looking at your shooting info, iso100, .5sec @ f4.5? The moon looks like maybe iso 100 1/500sec f 4.5. At the settings that you posted, the moon would be overexposed, unless you were using a neutral density filter. The dark halo may be from using too much highlight reduction. That happens with my shots too, and I have learned to watch for it when processing images. To get better overall sharpness for a moon shot with foreground, a much smaller aperture value, like f16 would be helpful. That would increase the depth of field, which is pretty narrow with a 300mm at f4.5. Welcome to DPC. I have learned a lot about shooting here, and I hope you enjoy the site as much as I have.

Thank you for the advice. I will have to give it another shot with the settings you suggested. This was my first outing shooting the moon and I never realized how bright it really is. Thank you for the comment. I was not using a ND filter (don't have one but that will be my next purchase to shoot the waterfalls around here)

The House of Leaves
by VitaminB

Comment:
Cool shot. I read House of Leaves not too long ago, great read.