November
by geewhy

Comment:
A perfect callendar scene. I might have preferred the trees to be less cropped vertically, but I feel this deserves an easy eight given the challenge scope.

September in the Mojave
by movieman

Comment:
This is a nice composition, ideal for a callendar. The horizon, though sloping, seems perfectly correct. Depth is excellent. Focus within that depth spot on. Was the sky really that bright? Or would some form of lens filter have been useful? High exposure is a little distracting in the lower/left quadrant. An easy 7.

November - Audubon Society
by scrum8

Comment:
Now there is some focus on some focus! This would make a nice callendar photo imo. The cropping is good, though perhaps the bird could be a little lower in the frame. Your aperture setting here has worked very well. 6.

November
by stupidcat

Comment:
Hmmm. This is "deep." This November perhaps, but would there be relavence here for next years callendar? I'm not sure politics belongs on a callendar. The colours, however, certainly do depict a waning summer. Were you hoping to communicate something with the distance facial expressions? I daren't say more. (I'm not a US citizen btw, and only follow the politics there from a great distance.)

November
by lwkimages

Comment:
Wonderful capture of aging by weather. I do feel the the upper crop should have been alittle higher so as not to "cramp in" the closer window. An ideal calendar picture. 7.

November
by dphillips

Comment:
Excellent callendar shot with good seasonal depiciton. I'm curious, did you wait for the sun to be in the perfect position or set up multiple flashes in low light? The cropping is perfect imo. 7.

december
by mrsamsa

Comment:
This is great concept! Humans mixing pleasure and nature despite the autum. I like it. A shame the near face is over exposed just a little, and I feel the subjects are alittle too cramped within the frame. A taller crop perhaps? 7.

November
by TooCool

Comment:
Nice composition. Love the exposure, focus and use of grain here. A wonderfully timed shot and eloquentlycropped. I would have liked to see the wing tips extending just shy of vertical center to keep the "I am bird therefore I fly" feel. Perfect callandar shot. 8.

November
by Kathyc

Comment:
The more I look at this, the more I like it. The grain and softness combined with the blue tones chill me to the bone. Perfect seasonal composition. The cropping just to left of "centered" add to the communication in the warm but sad eyes. Strangely striking photo given it's softness. I love it. 10 (The first from me thus far as a new member.)

August
by Zoomdak

Comment:
Good exposure to depict cool, end of summer, soft breezes. Eloquently cropped to give depth of field. There's an optical balance/illusion here that makes the perfectly horrizontal water horrizon line look tilted significantly clockwise. I would tend to compensate for the human eye rather than go with the truth for this image as the tilt, if only illusionary, is sadly still very distracting. 7.