Moonrise over West Butte
by garchov

Comment:
Nice capture. I like the warm glow from inside the house contrasting the cold blue of the night.

This all seems pretty sharp. I dont really see any bokeh. The only thing that could kind of be classified as bokeh is the moon, but its more just defuse through he clouds imo. I have a feeling a your score may suffer from that a little.

Final Florets
by bspurgeon

Comment:
This is awesome. It reminds me of two dancing people... Could have done well in personification too! Good shot.

The world as we view it today.
by aKiwi

Comment:
Cool idea. Very nice shot. It has an analogue photography feel to it, which adds to the meaning. Maybe I'm just reading into it too much ;)

Oh.. is the phone actually shot in front of an analogue photo? That could explain why i get that feeling..

keeping it straight
by minakshi

Comment:
I am not sure how this relates to bokeh. It is very hard to use bokeh to enhance our subject with a dark background such as this one. Perhaps getting much closer to what you are shooting could be helpful.

Fields of gold
by gys

Comment:
Great shot. I love the flow of this photo, and the blond hair against the golden field and warm sunlight.

I feel like the face could have used a little bit of fill. It seems slightly dark. Since for this challenge, you cannot use selective adjustments, it would have helped to perhaps use a reflector, to bounce a bit of light back into her face, or a tiny bit of fill flash (preferably off camera)

The mossy roof of my dream home..
by aks

Comment:
I like it... Beautiful use of gradient to capture the viewers focus

Whatcha Lookin At?
by tSkye

Comment:
I would love to see more of the cat. With shots like this, where you have a fairly even background, it usually works really well to just fill the frame with your subject. It gives us a more intimate experience with the subject, that we would not usually feel by for example just seeing this cat outside.

On a level of composition, it also gives the eye more room to explore, as it is not drawn out of the image. Since you have so much green space, my eye is immediately drawn to the point of contrast (the cat) which only takes up a small portion of the frame, and leads they eye straight out to the right.

Hope this is helpful.

Koala Bokeh
by Shy Clicker

Comment:
Well shot, but I feel like the Koala is cropped a bit too tight. My eyes wander out of the composition too quickly. Do you have any more shots with more of the animal?

blues
by IsabellSchatz

Comment:
Congrats on your first ribbon. I had a feeling you one bag one ;)

Sin City
by Mephisto

Comment:
Congrats on the first ribbon Chris. Great photo!