Andrzej Dragan
by CalliopeKel

Comment:
Nice moody portrait. The eyes really grab you.

Tribute to Francis Toussaint
by DBoy

Comment:
II looked up this photographer whom I've never heard of and she only comes up as someone who exhibits on Pbase. Every bit of google info I got on her linked back to pbase. I guess she is well known in the pbase community but my understanding of this challenge extended more toward really well-known photographers---someone whose work can be seen outside the non-juried digital community perhaps, i.e, in galleries, books,and museums.

Anyway, I took a minute to browse through her stuff and I guess this kind of emmulates her close-up nature stuff. The difficulty I have is that I didn't find her work all that original or even captivating, just extremely prolific. My suggustion is you check a few collections of works by master photographers.

On its own merit, this is a nice study of texture and line, if not particularly engaging to me.

Lift your right leg and hold! (Animaltrobics)
by ronosmena

Comment:
Your light meter was fooled by the shadows and hence, the main subject is overexposed. I suggest bracketing exposures to avoid this next time you take photos in contrasty lighting. If you can't do this manually, find your camera's EV setting and set it at a plus setting. You'll lose detail in the background but it what you gain in detail in the main subject will make up for this. If you were shooting a subject against a very light background you would try stopping down your exposure. In this case you would lose shadow detail but gain in the midtones and highlights.

Blimey
by Mazka

Comment:
I'm sure it is difficult to capture a drably colored bird like this, camauflaged as she is in her environment. You succeeded nicely.

After Dinner
by DAWAR

Comment:
C'mon...wildlife?

Frogger
by annah

Comment:
Gorgeous detail. Fun subject.

On the lookout
by proelofse

Comment:
Very nice color!

Wood Duck
by Brenb

Comment:
Beautiful bird with a nice background. I like the blue in the distance as it seems to help the red of the duck's eye really pop. Very pretty.

While on a hike.....
by espy2

Comment:
Would have been better if he had turned to look at the camera but maybe there wasn't an opportunity.

Homeless
by LoulouNoire

Comment:
Nice tonal range in the b&w and the bit of grain gives this a gritty, urban edge which your title reinforces. I really like it.