Snail and Iris
by boyd2000

Comment:
Serendipitous capture! The background coloration fights with the subject. Perhaps an application of burning to the background would bring the subject into a solid front stage appearance. To me this comes off a bit soft and a strong sharpening on the shell/flower would also help to separate the bkg from the fore. Nice choice for crop and the waterdrops are a great accent!

Bamboo 3
by pjangel

Comment:
This one is by far the cream of the shoot. Focus is nice and crisp. DOF perfect for blurring the background. A bit of USM on this would pop it off the page, but it is not necessary to sharpen any further. Zen would let be what is on this one.

Bamboo 2
by pjangel

Comment:
I have to agree with the suggestion that a narrower crop may have some impact, but your square choice does not detract from the image. Instead, it is the soft focus that hurts an image that has much more potential. Once you've stabilized the camera using a tripod, consider bringing in a light source that can throw some shadows in a very narrow placement to add even more interest to this image.

Bamboo 1
by pjangel

Comment:
Composition, placement, section of the subject chosen, background colors all perfect. The image seems to suffer from camera shake or focus that is off just slightly. With an apt of 16, this first in your series should be as crisp as the shoots themselves. Use of a tripod and timed shutter release combined with an application of USM would put this into the six to eight range.

Macro-Micro
by bjoern

Comment:
Micro...phone eh? Got one of these lying around. Should dig it out and try my own hand. Love the DOF choice. My Pref: Should be neat imaged heavily to remove any grain/noise in the shadowed background and then sharpened to a hard pop. (USM and Highpass). Great crop.

Time
by bjoern

Comment:
Love this image. Caught my eye when looking at your profile. Would love to see a deeper saturation of colors here and a highpass. I think it would have scored much higher and should have even as it is now.

Day 4: Sunrise over pepper planet
by johst582

Comment:
Excellent detail and focus. Wish this was taking up a much more significant portion of the crop. I think your idea for an artificial sunflare or even stars would be cool!

Blue Reflector Macro - Day 3
by slaakso

Comment:
Great idea! I toyed with a reflector macro once, but never entered it. Since this is broken and may not have the backing intact, what would a backlit version of this look like?

Water-Dragon
by GregoryB

Comment:
I can't tell if the detail and contrast is so rich that it just blows me away or if the light is just too harsh. He/She? comes off as silvery, but I suspect it is more grey or pearlescent. This is a great close up, perhaps a tad more DOF would leave the eyeball just as sharp as the rest. In this case, I think I would have pushed ISO to 400, closed down the aperture to 8 or so and tried for a bit quicker shutter to get the sharp out of the lens before sharpening in post process.

BTW: The thumbnail is impressive as H377!

Day 04 - Cap
by hajeka

Comment:
Fibre detail is great. At this magnification and sharpness, my eyes get a bit confused, fighting to stay on the kanga, but being pulled over to the highlights in the wool/fleece? How could this be processed to keep the detail, but also leave my eyes on the embroidery?