Hugs Trees
by planetx

Comment:
This looks like it could really use some tonemapping. The colors seem oversaturated and the sky is completely blown out. Use of Photomatix Pro or other to show the detail in the tree trunk and not end up with a blown out sky might work really well on this image.

Flower_LR.jpg
by geraldhiller

Comment:
Pretty colors on this one. I am not so sure about the soft focus on the flower. I gave it a little photoshop treatment - adding unsharp mask 25,50,0 then 85,0.5,0 two times. I think it makes it pop more.

See below...

Enchanted Satin
by aliqui

Comment:
Excellent job teammate - Really nice image - one of the best flower images in the whole challenge.

A Treat After Play
by stepheroo31

Comment:
This is a sweet image - but I don't see a specific shape that you are trying to capture. If it is the cupcake - you should have focused it on the cupcake (and gotten rid of the date stamp!!!!) Sorry, but I have to give this a 3

Balloons
by joanvito89

Comment:
I think you have a nice concept to show shapes, but the exposure and lightin on this image need some work. First, the white balloons are more grey than white - bracketing the exposure of this photo might really help. In addition you may be able to adjust the levels on the histogram to bring out the whites and the blacks more clearly. Second, the focus seems a little soft. For a macro type image like this - sharp focus on a specific area is really needed.

Rectangles of Remembrance
by okiesisi

Comment:
This has a lot of potential as a subject - however the image itself has some technical flaws. Because of the flaws, I am giving it a 3

First, the image appears very blurry as if no specific area is actually fully in focus.

Second, the colors of the image are very washed out - the yellows and blues are very pale.

Third, the perspective on this photo could use some work. This memorial is a moving place, but not showing a full section of it (we don't see the bottom half of the wall) and seeing such a small section of it really does not do it justice. Shooting it at a much more extreme angle - get to the left and shoot down the wall might really help. If you wanted to get the reflection of the old man - i would have gotten closer to him and focused the image on him (orient the camera in vertical instead of horizontal).

Hmm Biscuits
by simontaylorphoto

Comment:
the image is pretty well photographed - reasonably sharp, etc. but the subject is really not that interesting to me 4

Let Me Show You The Shape of My Heart
by Dancing620queen

Comment:
I am giving this a 3. I like the concept of hands forming a heart - but the image seems to be much more of a snapshot - harsh flash on the fingers, a busy shirt in the background of the heart shape, a heart that seems to be tilted down.

tick tack unstop
by alwin_tanas

Comment:
the focus and lighting need some help on this issue - it appears to have been underexposed and then brightened to show more detail - but the result is a pixelated image - 3

Star Burst
by willhadl

Comment:
this image is a little too abstract ofr me - i think it is a flower but i can't quite tell. this may be due to the focus - it doesnt seem to be placed at any specific location