Out of the Rain and Into the Night: The Passing of Time.
by grandylive

Comment by Kathy:
You really don't want people to go easy on you (honest critiquing is a great way to learn this craft - speaking from 8 years of experience.) That huge raindrop (?) is rather distracting, though.

Out of the Rain and Into the Night: The Passing of Time.
by grandylive

Comment by markwiley:
I like the image and the flare. I might have liked a little crisper focus.

Out of the Rain and Into the Night: The Passing of Time.
by grandylive

Comment by oldbimmercoupe:
windy title aside, good composition and interesting lighting elements. gl

Out of the Rain and Into the Night: The Passing of Time.
by grandylive

Comment by pforg:
The huge circle (rain drop?)in the middle of the shot takes all the attention off the clock which should have been the main night time subject.

A dragonfly dries it's wings.
by grandylive

Comment by grandylive:
Thank you for all your comments :)

My girlfriend took this awesome shot and i couldn't resist uploading it!

As the description says: I am an "extreme amateur". I unfortunately don't have a camera with adaptable lenses nor does it have a true macro feature and i can only zoom in so far before it is unable to focus on an object.

As for editing i am no wizz at this either and as much as i would've loved to zoom in to just show the dragon fly i wasn't really sure how and as a newbie (only having entered once before) i wasn't sure how much editing i could really do to fit into the rules :D!

Thank you again for your helpful comments and i will try and improve for my next entry :)

Message edited by author 2012-06-21 14:48:10.

A dragonfly dries it's wings.
by grandylive

Comment by JamesDowning:
Interesting, the different setting from the others. It makes it stand out some from the crowd.

A dragonfly dries it's wings.
by grandylive

Comment by Steveinnz:
Did you wet him? Detail great on bug, to good on fingers!

A dragonfly dries it's wings.
by grandylive

Comment by Ammie:
Lovely crisp dragonfly, but the hand holding this beautiful creature is stealing the show. 6

A dragonfly dries it's wings.
by grandylive

Comment by Neat:
The hand and e/thing else but the dragonfly is so distracting, if you zoomed in on the eyes it would of made it much more interesting.

Calm
by grandylive

Comment by bubbles13:
I didn't score you very high. I didn't have time to explain.
I did define Order as something different...but I understand your meaning now and probably should have scored you a bit higher.
I think the image is also a bit too small...try to enter the largest you can, I can't remember what the dimensions are.

Well, least you have the attitude to try again, it is a shame people didn't give you better feedback. Goodluck.