Chrysalis
by timboydwhite

Comment:
Wow, will this be a butterfly? I really love the color, water drops, composition, lighting and focus. I think the background is bit overpowering with white. Light blue or dull white (like overcast) may have been better, but hard to control of course. The webbing in the top corner takes away from the overall appeal, but is not bad. Again, the composition is beautiful!!!

Magnolia Bloom
by admart01

Comment:
Nice photo overall, but I would change it in the following ways: lessen the lighting it is getting, fill the background with more petals (to cover the green), show more contrast between petals with different lighting, focus a little clearer on the pink center, it's a bit out of focus. I like the feel of the photo.

Eggs and Morning Dew
by mocabela

Comment:
Beautiful photo. I love the DOF, the clarity, the subject. Great color, tone, feel and composition (centered works perfectly for this photo). The only thing I would change would be the lighting under the leaf... I'd add a tiny little bit to lighten the eggs. I love the square crop!

Come Fly with Me!
by Artifacts

Comment:
Great macro! It's always hard to decide how to crop these. I have taken hundreds of butterfly shots. I always try different crops when I go with them too. I think for this one, I'd either cut out the antenna and part of the flower and top and about an inch of the left side. Or, I'd open up the crop on the left and top to include the entire wing. Nice color, a little bright, but nice :)

The Long Hard Road Behind Us
by LENWOODBLUZ

Comment:
crop too tight at the bottom. Color is a bit green, but maybe that was your choice. I would like to see this in black / white or sepia.

Specks and the Universe II
by zeuszen

Comment:
Very dark, but intersting idea. I wish the photo showed some more of the horizon to help orient ourselves. I like the composition for the most part, and if you didn't want to show the horizon, you did a good job with the composing to keep it out.. I wish it were brighter though.

Eye of the tree
by cris

Comment:
I really like the eye, but the photo is lacking sharpness and clarity. I would try to refocus the photo and shoot it a few more times. You'll get it. Try just before / at sunset too. You may get some of that yellow lighting back into the photo and less bright white.

something MOO
by isobel

Comment:
Very nice colors! I like the feel of the photo and the angle too. I would probably move to the right a bit to put the post off center a little more though. I might also use a fill flash to light up the cow from your right just a tad. Good job.

Carl Sandburg House
by karmat

Comment:
The focus seems to be on a very dark wooden post. I would light up the post more if that's where you are going to focus your photo. The house in the background is very bright. You can try shooting with a faster shutter speed and putting the flash on a low setting to light the post a bit.

Fresh Supply of Scented Incense in a New Spa
by librodo

Comment:
I really like shots like this. I get marks down all the time for putting parts of my subject (in the foreground) out of focus, but I really love that feel. To each his/her own. This is a great photo. I like the lighting, color, composition and overall feel. I wish the bottom right wasn't so cornered (dark), but it's great anyhow 9