The Ugly Duckling
by Brad

Comment:
Nice reflection work. The image feels a bit underexposed overall, yet overexposed severely on the swan's side to the point of loosing detail.

Knight in Shining Armor
by KevinRiggs

Comment:
One common suggestion in composition is to never have objects leading your eye out of the photo. In this case the background flag is a significant subject, yet its partial presence in the frame becomes distracting. Similarly, the red/yellow corner of the tent to the knight's side makes us wonder where the rest of it is rather then focusing on the more intricate details of the knight's armor. I certainly don't suggest blindly following rules in photography, but in this case I believe they would help you to compose a stronger image.

The Angel by Hans Christian Anderson 1844
by sfarrell23

Comment:
Great job on the lighting, and a clean background. I am not crazy about the amount of empty space in this image; The aesthetic balance seems off.

..you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man
by jonpink

Comment:
Creative use of motion blur - I think the effect works well in this image.

Standing Proud
by Kylie

Comment:
Great choice of perspective in this shot. Emphasizing the roots with the wider angle makes a great dramatic effect. If you could recompose the shot such that the background picnic bench were behind the trunk it would remove a distraction from the shot. It also looks like this shot was hand-held vs. taken from a tripod as there is consistent blurring throughout the image. Also seems to be a slight blue color cast which could be from having the wrong white balance setting, or a confused auto WB sensor. You can usually clean this up in the levels/curves tool of your editor.

Biking in Yosemite
by Kylie

Comment:
Beautiful shot! If I were to make a suggestion it would be to either fully include the road on the left, or recompose the shot entirely such that your left border was the wood fence. Having it half in, half out is somewhat distracting. I love the colors in this - well done!

Secrets
by Kylie

Comment:
If you could re-take this image when the sun was bit lower in the sky you could avoid some of the minor blown-out highlights in the sky and on the trunk. The gate in the left is also an interesting subject which could be more complimentary if the perspecitve shifted it slightly to be more visible. Great subject - I bet many people would walk right by without thinking to stop and capture this tree.

populus balsamifera
by Remie

Comment:
Wish this had scored higher - it was one of my favorites! If I were you, I'd put this up on DPC Prints - it's a great piece I'm sure would sell!

spideyDSC04266.jpg
by redpanda

Comment:
I like the clean background you've created, but I think you've got a potential lighting problem in that I'm not catching much texture (smooth or otherwise) in the underside of the spider. I also think you should bump the aperture to f/16+ on macros like this to ensure the whole thing is sharp. In this case you've got the legs, but the "head" of the spider isn't sharp.

Bed Head
by Elemmennope

Comment:
The lighting in this image is fantastic. I like the pose as well. The only thing I might change would be cloning out the bedpost in the background as it doesn't rea;;y add to the image. Might even try taking the image a second time with a different angle the gets it out of the frame. Excellent work!