Redneck Fish Eye Lens
by MelonMusketeer

Comment:

Originally posted by tome: From the thumb I thought it was a broken lens. Then I wished it was, a broken lens. :)

It probably is now...

Snail Express
by gyaban

Comment:
Can see the cloned out fishing lines...

-1 for laziness

. . . 147 years ago, and still revered.
by glad2badad

Comment:
Clouds are Magnifique!

Pole on the sea
by JohannesFrank

Comment:
Noise reduction could have helped A LOT. The only reason it was 6.8 and not 7.2 or 7.5, was because of the noise. That's my guess.

On the sunny side of life
by phoozt

Comment:
Greetings! From the critique club! XD

Beautiful capture Sammy...

First thing I notice is the bee on the flower, so kudos to you for getting the shallow DOF perfect. The processing and colors are fantastic, however there's three things that could have been done differently to achieve a better photo:

1. I think many will agree with me on that this would've scored better had you cropped in closer on the bee. There are many available crops at yours disposal, and the closer the better.

2. Also, processing has created some halos around the bee and the leaves, some noise reduction, GB and detail enhancement can get rid of that.

3. I also would have liked to see the bee's wings sharper. Using a faster shutter speed of around 1/800 sec would have helped that, you could also bump the ISO up to 200 if you needed some more light.

Hope that was helpful to you!

- Jackson

Night time frog
by jasondelane

Comment:
Greeting, from the critique club!

Nice composition and subject matter, I think those are the strong point of the image, but that REALLY hurts the shot is that it is, overall, out of focus. On the frog, the shot would have done MUCH better if the focus had been on his eyes and mouth, rather then his neck and back. All the interesting details of his face are blurred out, while, for some reason, the DOF is directed on his neck/shoulder area. So, it might have profited you better to use something more like f/11, then to adjust your focus manually to get the head in focus.

After the focus, the second thing that hurts the image is the lighting. All of the light is shining on the background, while just a bi falls of the frog itself. Though you probably had no control over this, I must say it would help you a lot to put this into some processing software and get some more light on the subject. Though it's a minor imperfection.

Other then those two factors, the shot is well done. Composition is great, blurred background would really help the frog pop had it been more in-focus, and catching the fog the way you did, peeking through the twigs and leaves, was just pure beauty.

Hope I was helpful!

- Jackson

Hey Whassup!
by sekarmalathy

Comment:
Greeting, from the critique club!

This shot, in my opinion, is near-perfect. There is nothing computationally of technically that could have been done any better, unless you got a little closer to the fly. At this distance, and using the 90mm, you did pretty well. Maybe it's just me, but would have like to have seen just a bit more of the fly in focus. Even though it's shallow DOF, I think you might have gotten a higher score if you used something like f/15 and got the feet, head and just a bit of the wings in focus. That would have kept me looking at the shot a bit longer.

It's hard to critique such a fantastic capture like this one. So, you get the gold!

- Jackson

(btw, clever title)

New Use for Old Halls
by raish

Comment:
too much noise.

Shadows of Past
by Techo

Comment:
Where was this shot taken!?

Me
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
Wow, you're pretty!