On Assignment
by rcrawford

Comment:
I like this better with a much tighter crop on the woman. I just find the man distracting. Using the rule of thirds though has paid off though as if the man has to be there he is almost drawing the eye to the female. Well exposed. If you had gone (may not have been possible I know) to have gone to the left slightly it may have been possible to have hidden him behind her and she would have filled the frame - and that would have still retained her obvious concentration - at the same time hiding some of the fence which is a little intrusive.

She sings for her supper.
by kavamama

Comment:
Love this shote - beautiful colours - Try cropping much tighter around the dog and friend and I think it gives it much more impact and gets rid of the traffic light control growing out of his head

Getaway
by roy204

Comment:
I see what you were trying to do but try this.
Crop out the whole of the stump on the left hand side. The middle stump, left stump and river then draw the eye straight to the setting sun. I think it makes a dramatic shot even more dramatic. If I had seen it presented like that I think it would be a fefinate 8 poss 9

Nature's Umbrella
by sher

Comment:
If the aperture could have been a bit smaller and the depth of field extended to bring just that bit more of the fungi into focus this would have been great. A couple more stops exposure would (I think have brought out that little more detail in the dark area and plant above it. Really nice composition

Federally Protected
by Nukkta

Comment:
Nice picture (not sure what the bird is). Unsure if this was a grabbed or planned shot. If it was planned, if you could have got the camera a little closer to the ground, not so much of it would have been lost in the mud/grass or going to the other exteme - moving higher to show how well camoflaged it is!.

Castles of the Frozen Tundra
by alanfreed

Comment:
So hard to get exposures right on this sort of shot but it has been done here. Still retaining detail in the shadows of the balconies. That patch on the left bothers me though. Hold a piece of card along the left to crop that out and it seems to tighten everything up without losing the essence of the picture.

Mates for Life
by HRoxas

Comment:
Always difficult to get the exposure right on swans on a sunny day. and this is almost perfect. Try cropping the blank space so that the heads of the swans are at the edge of the picture. It seems to elongate the swans necks and make them even more impressive

A street vendor takes a break under the midday sun
by GinaRothfels

Comment:
I personally found the tilt disruptive and did nothing for the image. Would also have liked to have seen you move slightly to the right to get rid of what appears to be a broken concrete litter bin. I think the condition of the pole, pavement and seller would still have looked stark against the modern car/buildings roadway. I think about 1.5 shots extra exposure would have helped pull some facial detail out.

Indian Tool
by katlyn

Comment:
I love the texture you have managed to bring out. This could so easily have been "just a lump of stone".
I have 2 points
1: Background colour. Blue detracts from the tool, a very neutral grey may have been even better.
2 The hard shadow, at the bottom of the tool. Maybe a very very soft diffuse light may have softened the shadow. I think it is right to have the shadow, as it gives the tool its shape but the edge is just that tad too hard.

Lurking
by soup

Comment:
There is a very similar picture to this in the competition except they had lots of the cat in it. Yours has done exactly what I suggested would improve theirs. Get in tight.