Scenic Overlook
by NstiG8tr

Comment:
Cute :) Well composed: I like the minimal foreground and blurred background to help you subject stand out. For some reason, my eyes keep straining to focus the backgound... they want it either more focused or (even better) more blurred.

Made in China
by muur88

Comment:
Wow... busy and colorful. I like the way you met the challenge's "to offset your subject" by making your model the only thing without color. Instead of color drawing your eye to the model... I find my eye flees to her to escape all the color and rest. Since nothing about her holds my attention, though, I visually go wandering again.

Macaw
by docurrie

Comment:
Fun image. You have chosen a great subject, he fills the frame well, and he has good focus. I don't normally mind some image noise or "grain" but in your case, it distracts from the color's impact. I would check your ISO.

Straws
by carodani

Comment:
This is one of the few images to use more pastell and less primary color (that is a compliment). It is a great choice in subject and well executed. Since it has no single subject... it leaves the eye to wander... which is fine, but there is not very far to go. I like this picture and would like to see more... more staws, wider view... overwhelm me.

pizzazz
by ursula

Comment:
Nice DoF... crisp image. I like you off center composition and having it face into, rather then out of, the frame. I love the color combination you chose. I am being distracted by the blurred elements in the background, however, and feel it keeps pulling my attention away from the subject.

Blue Flight
by danw791

Comment:
Great capture. I like the energy. There are so many elements, though, that they are competing for my attention: do I look at the birds... the moon... or do I search for the color?

Traffic Light Spectrum
by mpeters

Comment:
Very interesting sceene. I like the composition a lot. It has a bit of a grungy feel, while still being a clean photo. The only thing I can think to recommend, (if this is not a candid shot) is not having the junk on the phonebooth. Very nice.

by SDW

Comment:
Very interesting and colorful subject... nice choice. I like your natural framming by the trees on both sides. As you see, the tree on the left incroaches a little but that is the only thing, compositionally I would recommend changing. For non-challenge, personal use, I would just clone the end of that one branch out. I also love the sky color... did you use a circular polarizer? If not, it may have made all these color pop even more.

An Isaiah Burst
by KiwiShotz

Comment:
Wonderful colors. A fun and energetic expression. There is a slight motion blur (obviously)... I'll come back and check on your shutter speed when the challenge is over. I like the way the folds of cloth guide your eye back to the boy... nice compositon.

Winter Cardinal
by Balko

Comment:
Very nice image... I look forward to seeing what lens you used. Excellent composition, placing the bird off center gives him punch... all the lines (esp his tail) help lead you back to him when your eyes wander. I notice a little catchlight in his eye and I was wondering if you used a fill flash to obtain that or was it natural?