Nuts!
by Dim7

Comment:
**Critique Club**

Hello Neil!

This is a cute capture. You did a good job getting the squirrel and feeder in focus. The thing that I see where you could have improved are on the "halo" around the squirrel as some mentioned below. Because of this, it make it quite obvious that the DOF blur was done in post. Also, I think if you would not have blurred the background so much, it would have looked more natural, thus, improving the quality of the photo.

Good luck on your future entries.

Regards,
Chris

Rust and dust
by mijak

Comment:
should have got rid of the cobweb, IMO. Good macro

If you wanna know if she loves you so, it's in her hat.
by sendroverover

Comment:
lighting is a bit harsh

Rock and Ice
by jmritz

Comment:
I think a shallower DOF may have worked better. Interesting though

Fire, Earth, Air - Primitive Copperware Fabrication
by JEM

Comment:
motion blur on the hand kind of detracts.

Hot Tap
by stickylizard

Comment:
neat effect. would have been perfect, if you could have got all of the background a solid black.

One of Earth's Seed
by kim100878

Comment:
A rather uninteresting subject. Some things I would have done differently that may have made it more appealing:

Instead of shooting down on top of the pine cone come at it more straight on (slight angle) from one end. Also, being in color, the yellow background is really bright and takes away from your subject. Because of the very shallow DOF, it is hard to tell where your actual point of focus is.

in a glass
by bluview

Comment:
lighting is very harsh. the shallow DOF doesn't work well here either, IMHO.

Rearranging earth.......
by tolovemoon

Comment:
very pixelated. Not sure what happened here.

The First Element - Earth
by jonpink

Comment:
the rays of light coming through the dark ominous clouds is great. Your choice of B&W works well here too.