Spring Fever
by hallswel

Comment:
Flowers will always be great subjects for photography. I believe yours was taken in overcast or shaded conditions and that is always best for flowers. I have some suggestions for improvement. I might choose a specific flower as the main subject for my composition and use framing and depth of field to highlight it. I would saturate the colors and increase contrast to make the flowers really stand out more. A shallower depth of field would work nicely for you with this image. Sometimes I even apply sharpening just to the main flower to highlight it more. Though this is not exactly like your situation here I have an example of some of these thoughts with images of the same type flower you can see here:
//www.pbase.com/image/27005610 or
//www.pbase.com/image/27005611

WTC-Amish
by Herblacklist12

Comment:
The mark of a good photographer is to be able to see something and present it to the viewer from a different perspective as you have done here. However, the technical implementation of it could be improved. Overall the focus is softer than it should be. You might be able to saturate the colors to make them more vibrant and increase the contrast of the image to make it stand out more. Above and to the right of the sign is overexposed and I do not know what you might be able to do with that. I sometimes use darkening within a greyscale layer applied to the overexposed area to tone it down, but I don't think that would work with this image. The best thing, I think, is to take it at a different time of day so that the lighting is not a problem.

learning patience...
by rhipster

Comment:
This is such a nice capture and you have used nice DOF and framed the bird well. I am unsure if there is something that could be done about that in the original but the overal focus of the image is not very good. That is too bad for such a nice capture. There is some noise in the background but you could easily get rid of that with noise reduction software such as NeatImage.

Minivan Reflect
by koltrane75

Comment:
This tree makes a wonderful study for photography. It has great, huge branches that could be photographed an infinite variety of ways. The angle you are taking it from here is fine. The image itself has sky noise. Noise reduction software, like NeatImage, could be applied across the whole image to easily remove that or you could apply gaussian blur just to the selected sky. The view from inside the car does not work well for me. The refections in the glass distracts me. Though the angle is OK I would crop out the horizon completely and get much close to the tree if I were taking this shot.

Baby
by Jacko

Comment:
I might recognize this little guy, Jacko. You certainly have one of the most photogenic babies and you do a tremendous job with those images. This should get the blue ribbon. If this is not a jacko entry I apologize. Either way I just gave you very high praise. The image, however, speaks for itself.

Sent Out of Class
by darcy

Comment:
The technique to desaturate all but one object or color is OK to know but it is way overdone and there really is not much call to use it anywhere really. However, you have done an EXCEPTIONAL job with it in this image. The technical quality here is about the best I have ever seen at this site. This is one of the best images in this challenge.

It is one of my top three choices.

40
by melismatica

Comment:
Interesting concept. Overcropping the 40 works well with this image. Red and blue are always good colors in photography. Overall the image appears to be slightly soft focused to my taste and reduces its technical merit for me. There is nothing special about the lighting either. If possible, taking the shot from much further to the left or right to change the perspective and point of view would improve this image immensely. In that case shallow DOF might also be good, but I am unsure of that. Esthetics is important too. This image leaves the viewer asking, "What is the significance of the 40?" but does not provide an answer or make it seem more mysterious which would make it more interesting. Rating - 5

It's a big, big world
by mijak

Comment:
Exceptionally well done capture of an ant. Good use of DOF and the ROT. Nice job.

Family
by MotoCycleBoi

Comment:
The focus and color on your main subject is exceptional. Decent DOF oe this image too.

Crooked
by kosmikkreeper

Comment:
Only a true photographer could capture an image like this. It is a very nice sepia and make the place seem alone and forgotten for the moment.