Progress
by TimS

Comment:
I'm not really a fan of the big bright sun breaking through the clouds, I think it's far too 'hot' for the image. The tree branches on the lower left dont really add anything as they are so small. The silhouette is good, but the crane itself seems to have been mostly cropped out of the image. Walking around the scene for maybe a better angle may have improved this some.

In The Presence of Grace
by magnetic9999

Comment:
The sky seems a little over-edited making it have somewhat of an unrealistic look. The very bright spots are also fairly distracting. I like how it's framed with the leaves, but the top right corner section has a loss of detail, which makes it just look like a big black blob. The focus also seems to be on the branches instead of the steeple, which has fairly soft edges in comparison. The edges also have a slight halo suggesting that they may have been oversharpened.

flamingo
by katiedid270

Comment:
This is compositionally good, the pose of the flamingo is good, as is the coloring of the bird. Lighting seems a little harsh on the very top of the flamingo's body, but not distractingly so. It's not the sharpest image, but does capture grace well.

Mirror Mirror in My Hand...
by Ginx

Comment:
This is a cute candid. The flesh tones are good, lighting is good, however, her sleeve seems a little too bright. The background is a little too much in focus and as such makes the image a little cluttered. Isolating her away from the background or having a plain background would have helped. Similarly I would have liked to have seen more of her in the frame than the background. I'm wondering if the cluttered feel of the shot was partly your decision to go black and white also. There really needs to be more contrast for the black and white to be truly effective.

Yearning
by guobin

Comment:
Composition is good, the lighting/exposure is good, the details are nice and sharp, although I think the pattern of his.. whatever you call the thing under his beak.. makes it seem a little out of focus. Obviously the two light smudges on the dark background are a little distracting, but I realise for DPC there is nothing that can be done for them. Nice close-up shot.

feminine allure
by grigrigirl

Comment:
I like the unusual pose, although I'm unsure of having the rest of her arms cropped out of the frame. The skin tone is good, no harsh shadows on her face, the expression is also good. There is enough light on her hair that the shape of her head doesnt look distorted due to some of the hair blending into the background. The catchlights in the eyes and the light on her lower lip add a nice touch. The line of light above her right eyebrow could have probably been avoided with some makeup, but overall it's a good portrait.

Cailleach II
by shareinnc

Comment:
The use of dof is effective, the lighting is good, although there is one spot on the top of his/her head that's a little bright. To me the focus looks like it was set on the beads rather than the face, but the face still contains fairly clear details. Compositionally it's fine, although curious as to how effective it would have been as a vertical shot instead of horizontal.

Grace And Beauty
by LindaE

Comment:
My initial thought was that the foreground leaf on the left that is out of focus is a little distracting. Cropping just above it would still have given you some room at the bottom and not taken away from the overall look and feel. The image is sharp where it needs to be, nicely clean, and the tones are good. Well spotted.

Mighty Grace
by willem

Comment:
Wonderful warm fall colors. I also like the play of light and shadow on the ground. This is a very pretty and picturesque shot, very calming.

Duck family
by paul190453

Comment:
This is certainly cute, the color of the grass is good, compositionally it's fine also. There seems to be quite harsh shadows, probably due to the time the photograph was taken. This only really becomes an issue on the middle large bird as the shadow obscures some of the ducklings.