But I haven't had my coffee yet...
by jrdawson

Comment:
Fun portrait - despite the strange colour emphasis leant to it by that border colour. Personally, I'd have taken this to black and white, in which form the colours would have less impact - but the pinks and blue don't, to my eye, bring anything to this image anyway.

Slim Pickin's
by Evaan

Comment:
I like the moment - I would, it has similarities with my own entry - but I must say I hate your border: it makes the tonality in the actual image difficult to assess by emphasising that colour in the image. The definition in the water is fine, but one would perhaps like more contrast around the birds, a touch more detail.

Blue
by Pedro

Comment:
Nice detail and processing. The bokeh is effective too. As a commercial-type portrait it would be successful, but for me I look for more compositional interest.

Strut
by samnotis

Comment:
Nice groove, strong colours. Probably too close to the abstract for the voters, but a fun and interesting image.

Nature's Colors
by zaflabout

Comment:
Strong sense of the granular texture of the butterfly's wings. Great detail, but perhaps more compositional thought might have made for more impact - you've rather just fitted the portrait into frame, no? To give it that stand-out thing that DPC likes, it needs a touch more than this - and the leaves getting in the way will be an issue for some voters too.

beconing skies
by drueov

Comment:
Good work; the sky feels desaturated, rather than simply actually grey - there's usually some hints of colour in a scene like this, of blues and yellows, and in a world of toned greys the pure grey seems out of place: but that's a feeling, rather than a criticism. has a feel also of HDR work, but its well controlled.

Banana Crates: An Eyesore
by humanprotocoldroid

Comment:
Rather like this; vignetting feels a touch imposed, rather than 'real', but the composition is strong.

Sunset over Alki
by Sunshine86

Comment:
Nice landscape; not sure there's anything one would change - the dark of the stilted building works to contrast the plant thingys, and the greater composition is strong. Progression to dark at top of frame is effective too.

My Blue Kentucky Home
by photom1946

Comment:
Very bright this - the sky has gone to something far too pale to be interesting. The composition is OK, but perhaps could be more successful with a variety of zones to attract the eye - this is very much in a single line across frame, and perhaps some foreground, or progression of distance into the shot, would help.

Firey Sunset
by saiphfire

Comment:
The silhouette skyline in sunset images becomes the second most important thing after, of course, the sky itself. Here I feel it lets your image down a little - its kind of confused and not particularly interesting.