Rows of gulls
by karld

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How did you manage to find all of those birds posing so nicely for you? The composition is great with the line of posts and the railing both leading into the focal point. I think the only thing lacking in this picture for me was the dull color. The swan biting the duck's tail on the right is also kind of silly! I gave this one a 9. Good luck!

Autum
by bullethead

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Shallow DOF.. yes. I like the amount of blur that you captured in the background. Just enough to tell what is back there, but enough to make the main subject stand out. The composition is also good with the placement of the focal point and the lines leading into it. What I find unappealing about this shot is the subject matter. Had the leaves still had a bit of color left to them, it might have been different. Good luck!

in the money
by lilleas

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Shallow DOF... yes. Unfortunately, I don't think it helped to make anything stand out in this shot. It's just 3 coins on a table. For me, there's nothing very intersting or exciting in this one. The lighting right around the front coin is too bright and I think it detracts from the detail in the coin. Good luck to you!

Saturday Morn
by iamkmaniam

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The title helps to add some emotion to this photo, otherwise one might wonder why a picture of a person sleeping. There are 2 things I find a bit unnatural about this shot. My thoughts are "why did they decide to focus THERE?", and "warm flannel pajamas and no BLANKET?" I suppose the focus was to make sure that there was a part of the picture out of focus both in front of and behind the focal point. Perhaps something more interesting there then? Just some thoughts to ponder. Good luck to you!

Hanging on
by philup

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This photo has a lot of things going for it.. the composition, placement of the one tiny leaf, and its general simplicity leaving the viewer feeling almost sorry for this last leaf. However, I think the lighting on the leaf is a bit dark, which leaves the viewer also trying to determine if it really is in focus and therefore completely meeting the challenge. I don't know what colors you were originally working with, but perhaps leaving the color would have also helped to make this one "pop!" I think the other downfall of this photo happens to be that there were so many photos with similar subject matter. Best of luck to you!

The Light Below
by SandyP

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What an interesting looking fish! Love the way he's got his fins all spread out... makes for a neat composition. If you look closely, you can see that you used the shallow DOF in this picture, however I think part of that gets lost in the busy pattern of the fish. A beautiful shot, but I think I might have chosen another fish in the tank for this particular challenge. Good luck! :)

Cotton flowers on nylon strings
by merheim

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This photo met the depth of challenge criteria well... I love the texture you captured in these flowers. I like the composition as far as the different angles of the flowers and the light that is hitting them. As for suggestions, I think there may be a bit too much of the very front flower out of focus. I like the way that blurred space raises the main subject from the very center of the picture, but the blur seems somewhat distracting. Good job!

Sweet Tooth
by Diana

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I usually think of these little candies as Halloween candy... so my first reaction to this shot after going through a ton of Christmas pictures was "Yay! Some variety!" I like the way you used the colors to bring out different parts of the candy... the white bottom to highlight the yellow, the orange middles to highlight the white tip of the front candy, and the blue background to highlight the rest of the white tips. There's something unsettling about a piece of candy corn THIS big though. I don't know if you could have achieved the same use of colors though without using a close setup like this though. Nicely done.

Glow
by kerrang

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I like the way the line of the garland flows around the picture and leads down to the lights. I love the glow of the lights, but found the actual lights to be just a bit too bright. It also appears as if the one bulb is burnt out. I like the festive feel to this one, but in a challenge where we saw so many similar Christmas pics, I think it's hard to stand out.

Love, comma...
by HVGB_photos

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Definately a shallow DOF! I think I would have liked to see a bit more of the letter thats written above, and the signature part moved in to the middle of the paper. You have captured just a tiny bit of the writing at the top, and the edge of the paper at the bottom, and I find both to be awkward. Great idea... thanks for thinking beyond all of the plants and Christmas ornaments we've seen in this challenge!