Exquisite Gaze
by librodo

Comment:
Wonderful bold hues pictured here in this portrait photo. I love how the girl is bringing the shawl to her lips. It is a captured action of shyness at the same time she levels this intense gaze at us that holds and arrests us. Very good shot that I could very well see appearing next to a story in National Geographic.

Finally Free
by UNCLEBRO

Comment:
I really like this conceptual shot. It is very well done and not at all cracked:-) The overall composition is simple and clean. The message is not scrambled it comes in loud and clear. The viewer instantly makes the connection that the missing chick has been counting down the days in his 'cell' and now has finally broken free. Very well done!

idyll
by datcat

Comment:
I like the pastoral scene captured in this shot but what is so distracting is the over saturation of colors. The greens and blues are almost neon in intensity and while that adds an aspect of etheralness to the scene it also distracts. Lowering the saturation several notchs but still keeping a rich hue would improve this shot.

Desert Tendrils
by crabappl3

Comment:
Love the beautiful hues in this desert scene. The blues of the sky combined with the warm golds of the desert hills is captivating and beautiful to look upon. As added visual interest there is the cactus plantlife slightly off center in the foreground which adds to the composition. This is a place for quiet solitude.

Street Santa
by Joey Lawrence

Comment:
Not many would find this interesting - but I think that this is an excellent capture of street photography. The main subject shows age and weariness in his face and eyes. This homeless santa does not entertain children on his lap - instead his faithful companion sits upon his lap offering comfort and companionship. The lighting and hues are also good that your eyes are captured by all the textures and rich hues in an otherwise stereotypically imagined scene of dreary dinginess. Great capture!!!

Peace
by Amason

Comment:
A calm, peaceful, and serene white wonderland. This is a really nice capture. But what makes this shot unique and interesting is that single white building nestled in the middle of nowhere. Had it not been in the center it would have easily been engulfed in the wide expanse of nature captured in this photo. I think you could have very easily zoomed in for a closer compostion that had the white house become more intrigal to the scene. Cropping out the mountain in the background so that the top of the scene would be just at the foot of the mountain and chopping out 1/3 of the left had portion would have made the house (and those horses!!! I think those are horses) more of an intragal part of the winter scene thus adding some more visual interest. Not only would you bring the focus on that single lone house and the horses but there would be another subtle added interest to the eye. The natural curves of the 'hill' the house rests on and the curve of the water as if follows the shoreline where the horses are grazing. It just acts as a simple curved line that the eye travels on from the house to the livestock grazing in this cold winter scene.

The Pout - Works Every Time
by notesinstones

Comment:
A very good shot and very different departure from the typical smiling child. I like that you chose to show a different emotion here. And boy, have I seen that pout on my own kids and even though it tugs on the heartstrings they DON'T always get what they want. Now back to the image, I have two critiques on this shot. One there is too much background in this shot and it serves to take attention & focus away from the main subject which is that pouting face. A tight crop specifically framing the head only would capture and keep our attention where it needs to be. Second, I really think that this shot would be better in B&W just to add a classic portrature look to it.

School's In Session
by wetland

Comment:
Holy cow! That is a alot of stingrays! What makes this shot interesting is the sheer number of them as they glide throught the water. In an odd way I look upon the blue of the water as the sky and populating that sky is this group of strange and unusual 'birds' taking flight. My only critique for this shot is that I wish that the stingrays were in sharper focus such that we could see details in greater clarity - but that may have been difficult if the water was murky....

Anxious
by Pedro

Comment:
I like the composition and the presentation of this conceptual piece. Very well done on the lighting. Nothing is in the background to distract. The black background also serves to compliment the image in that the individual struck with anxiety is surrounded in a sea of black - he is completely alone with his worries and feelings as he squats precariously on a tiny stool that may not support him from a fall into that 'blackness' The subject is also posed in a recognizable fetal position or a curled up into a ball posture that instantly signals ideas of feeling of inferority and/or helplessness and a need to protect oneself. I feel that this man feels small, helpless and alone. You did very well with this shot. My only critique is that the feelings of smallness and helplessness would be greatly strengthened had you shot this from an angle looking down - further making the subject look small as we look down upon him.

Cold Mountain
by Brent_Ward

Comment:
This is an interesting compostion that the eye is automatically drawn into this shot not only because of the cold majesty of the mountain in the center, but the curve of the landscape on both sides that act as a form of tunnel vision to focus our attention to the center. Very beautiful capture with the blanket of snow covering the ground adds visual interest to the overall scene. Plus the viewer really gets a sensation of the cold as we gaze upon the scene.