t lily
by undieyatch

Comment:
Nice colors and sharp focus, good simple background. Kind of ho-hum for me in terms of originality and visual excitement.It's a nice picture of a flower that I see everywhere.

Turtle
by DeniseBernadette

Comment:
A nice subject but the focus could have been much sharper on the tortoises face. His eye lacks the glitter that adds life to a portrait. Better exposure and sharper focus would have separated the animal from his rather drab surroundings and made this pop quite a bit more.

Mountain Hike
by Aarthek

Comment:
While I suppose I could make the effort to rotate my laptop or download the photo and rotate it myself for evaluation this begs the question, "Why should I?"

I will evaluate it as is as best I can. This is sort of a drab landscape. The rolling hills in the background have potential but at this time of year there isn't much "wow" factor. Perhaps shooting at a time of day with more dramatic lighting would add visual interest, perhaps early in the morning with mist rising. Or during a dramatic sunset which would add some color and contrast to the shadows in the hills. I would also have tried very hard to eliminate the dead branches from the composition. The contrast in color and texture immediately draws my eye to that part of the frame. The scruffy conifer at the side of the frame isn't working hard enough as a framing element, if that is what it was chosen for. If this was the best the foreground had to offer, it might have been better to skip a foreground element and concentrate on the hills.

Night Calling
by kloutit

Comment:
You've captured a great expression on the cat. It's too bad it was photographed through the bars of a crate. I just find that distracting. I'm not crazy about the vertical framing---I'd like to see the cat's eyes placed lower down, following the rule of thirds. I'm not usually a stickler for that rule but in this case I feel like the main interest is the cat's eyes but they are sort of compressed at the top of the frame leaving nothing of real interest (to me) in the rest of the frame.

Rita
by sarnewfie

Comment:
Very nice subject and good framing and simple background. I think the focus is a tad soft though---or perhaps there needed to be a bit more light reflected onto the dog's face. I just feel I'd like to see his eyes more clearly. Photographing black dogs with dark eyes can pose exposure problems.

Chance encounter
by Brad

Comment:
Cute subject and nice capture. I know it couldn't be helped but the drab background hurts this for me. The framing is good.

Are you still there?
by Cutter

Comment:
This shows a really good eye for composition but it is also damned cute. Great job!

Caught
by Cutter

Comment:
This is really special looking. I very different take on the typical 'bird/water' shot. Super sharp but great composition as well. Nice job!

School Yard Heros
by Elmakias

Comment:
Interesting composition. Great lighting.

Getting a Drink
by sigs10

Comment:
Nice candid.