Snow Mountain
by sfarrell23

Comment:
Processing - whether in camera or in computer - has hurt this quite a bit - I don't think the noisy sky helps such a clean image, and the detail of the mountain seems lost. Compositionally, perhaps more foreground could have given a stronger sense of the mountain towering over everything? Just a thought. A fine scene, though.

Sib Baht
by Mark of SRQ

Comment:
Good. De-saturation really necessary for this I wonder? I'm quite certain it would have had impact anyway, and this feels like you're slapping me round the face with it - not trusting your audience to see for themselves. Still a fine photograph, nevertheless.

Candid Smile
by Tiberius

Comment:
Very fine work indeed. There is really nothing to take issue with. Character, the subtlest of emotions, a great capture.

Fern
by riley

Comment:
Strong detail, sense of texture, lovely light, colours. Well composed too. i'm having a bit of a reaction against the over-processed at the moment, so this speaks to me all the more. Not wholly convinced of the compositional choices, if i were being harsh, which i usually am.

Celebrating Sunset, Jockeys Ridge
by Skip

Comment:
You've taken this quite a long way from the 'real' with that sky. It works, compositionally, just fine; but my immediate feeling is that it might have been the more powerful for a more real sky. There is a clash of sentiments, with that very processed look and yet the candid obvious fun of the children - almost a sense of playing on the eve of disaster, perhaps? Though a lot of that comes from your title, I suppose: without which, it would be possible to see this as a depiction of terrror, those poses could be fear and flight as much as anything.

Camouflage
by MackFlix

Comment:
Nicely done - almost has a studio feel to the light. A little ( and I mean little - doesn't have to be Heida-esque) burning around the top right and bottom left of frame might have helped pull the attention more solidly to the toad/frog - and that stick is kind of a shame - it really imposes itself on the composition. I'm not suggesting you could have done anything about it - nevertheless, it has that impact. Good shot

bravado
by ellamay

Comment:
It's a fine moment. I would reall really have taken the clone tool to the gazelles (?) behind the zebra however - they are absolutely a distraction, and i cannot see that they help the shot any, particularly being so partially visible.

Rusted Windmill Pump
by RobCoursey

Comment:
Compositionally strong, adn the basic tonality is good. It's uch a straightforward image that I wonder if it won't be hurt by those who are looking for more immediate impact. I wouldn't quite count myself amonst those, but I do perhaps think that the light is a touch blank and ordinary, and perhaps some pushing of contrast, or of saturation/desaturation might have given it more punch. Good work though.

Love Don't Cost a Thing (Warner Bros. 2003)
by nsbca7

Comment:
Proper animal photography, this. I think that all your choices here are well though out - the tonality especially - so many would have been overly tempted to go black and white, but that dirt-brown is essential to my eye.

The Anchor (1945)
by Azrifel

Comment:
Love that light and shade, and the shadow patterns. It grows on me too - the sheer wackiness of those lines and conjunctions. A strong eye, and a well organised composition.