Catch of the day!
by Ecce_Signum

Comment:
Wow, a top ten free-study image asking for critique. I'll give it my best shot, but clearly this is a good image that the community enjoyed a lot. Nicely done!

For me, what I especially liked about the image was those water drops. Seeing the splash added to the action of the image. Plus the bird is just majestic, quite the beauty, and that shape of the wings made the photo unique to me. I gave this image a 6 during voting, so it was an image I thought was executed and presented very well. The only thing that might have made it stronger for me was had there been more detail in the fish, or had the eagle been facing towards the camera. But still, this is just a fantastic catch. Thanks for sharing.

Sexy
by Phocal

Comment:
Hi from the Critique Club.

A great image that scored well, always a challenge to 'critique' these.

I was fascinated to read that this was taken in a State Park, wow. So this guy was roaming free? Incredible how you got so close.

I love the close-up aspect to this image, and your chosen aperture seemed to get the perfect amount of this creature in focus while nicely blurring out any distractions in the background. Excellent! I would be curious what this image would look like if the area of blurred foreground was taken out, or leaving just a slip of that foreground visible. This would have placed your subject lower in the image, but maybe an equal amount of the top of the image could also have removed to almost make this more of a fill-the-frame shot? Not sure if that would make this any stronger or not, you've got a strong shot as is. Well done and thanks for sharing.

Almost Time!
by Ivory

Comment:
I like the up closeness of this. Reminded me of days of outdoor skating, long ago memories.

Sabre Soligen 121 (fixed blade, stag handle)
by mefnj

Comment:
Very nice, screamed outdoors beautifully to me.

Hacker's Tools
by markwiley

Comment:
Great lighting.

Sometimes you need a little something warm.
by glad2badad

Comment:
I really like this. Perfect amount of the person visible imho. Plus brings back memories.

Crustacean
by Cuttooth

Comment:
Nice choice for the challenge, I like it.

Cityscape
by sfalice

Comment:
Really nice imho. I like the composition choice a lot.

Manhattan transfer
by Neat

Comment:
Such great detail, love this.

Petal
by hajeka

Comment:
Gorgeous.