motionbird5.jpg
by cynthiann

Comment:
This is absolutely GORGEOUS. Breath-taking. I love those colors and the delicate pattern of the wing is just glorious. Beautiful beautiful beautiful.

gus4.jpg
by cynthiann

Comment:
The lighting is a bit harsh, but the shallow depth of field is excellent!

saltlake.jpg
by cynthiann

Comment:
Here, I would say just a tad less contrast, but it does work well here. I like the way the city seems to shine in the distance.

rearmirror.jpg
by cynthiann

Comment:
very nice, I love the creativity. :)

originalbluejay.jpg
by cynthiann

Comment:
I think I pretty much agree with what everyone is saying... there's too much contrast and saturation in your final images. This image certainly does have LOTS of potential though - it's beautiful! First of all, if there had been any way to raise the camera angle slightly so that that blurry thing at the bottom of the photo was gone, that might give you more to work with. but maybe doing that would have scared the bird away or something. What I personally would do with this image is crop it a good deal less - just enough to get the distracting things on the edges out of the way. Leave the branch in there - it adds some interest to the shot. Then I would add a little bit of contrast. The colors are already pretty good, I probably would't mess with that. One thing I use a ton and would suggest playing around with is the burn and dodge tools - if you have that on your processing program. good luck! :)

Day 12: Havy Rain
by anotherday

Comment:
I wonder how some of these might look in black and white? Neat photo!

All alone and wet
by stphq

Comment:
Superb work - I love the monotones and the composition. :)

My Cat's Idea of a Joke
by anotherday

Comment:
I love the rich, shadowy tones. Beautiful.

Tree of Life
by Joker1114

Comment:
A little less contrast, so the white tree isn't over-exposed, and perhaps a slightly different, more interesting pov (try moving the camera closer to the ground, perhaps) and I'll bet this would have scored better. The colors are vivid and powerful though - good work!

Drops on gold
by hajeka

Comment:
well, I personally would have tried to make the yellow a little more red-yellow instead of the greeny-yellow it appears to be on my screen. Just a thought. :) The splashes of light are very beautiful!