Beauty of the Bay
by piggy82

Comment by Denise:
I wish the lighthouse was in focus here.

Beauty of the Bay
by piggy82

Comment by neophyte:
Beautiful view, sky and comp. Could use a bit more contrast or a levels adjustment to really make this pop.

Beauty of the Bay
by piggy82

Comment by Louisa:
Seems out of focus?

Beauty of the Bay
by piggy82

Comment by linny:
seems a bit oof

Golden Center
by piggy82

Comment by HBunch:
*Critique Club*

Wow...Sure got a lot of good comments on this one huh? One cut and paste comment that she made 1500 times. Literally. Anyway, hope I can add something useful here.
The first thing I notice about this shot is the color. Very nice, vivid colors. I like how the flower is set apart from the background nicely.
The focus and clarity are great. Nice focus on the center of the flower, nice blur in the background. The darker spot in the background in the lower left is a slight distraction because it doesn't match with the rest of the background.
I'm wondering if this might have looked better with the center of the flower off to one corner. A lot of times, subjects do not have as much visual appeal when dead center in the photo, and I wonder if it might add just a little twist to this shot to pull that center down into maybe the bottom left corner. This would eliminate the dark distraction, and also add a bit of interest to the photo as well.
As is, it seems like just another flower shot to me. A beautiful flower though.
The lighting appears to have been cooperating very well. There is a white spot in the dead center of the center, which I cannot determine if it's a light reflection or if it's part of the flower. Either way, in advanced editing, this could have been cloned over very easily and it would have made the center a bit more uniform without the white distraction.
This definately fits the challenge in my opinion. The competition was amazing.
Overall, nice shot, but needs a little something to add extra appeal.
~Heather~

Sleeping Little Angel
by piggy82

Comment by Melethia:
Kinda looks like she (?) is being swallowed by a giant marshmallow.

Sleeping Little Angel
by piggy82

Comment by sherpet:
Perfect little angelm in everyway.....

Sleeping Little Angel
by piggy82

Comment by pcody:
I know you can do better. I'd love to see some pictures of this baby that has some thought put into them! Such as composition, dof, lighting.
That was really mean. I apologize. It's just that the baby is cute and there is so much more that could be done to make this a better picture.
Maybe rearranging the bedding so it doesn't cover so much of the frame and getting a more unique composition without cutting off her little hand. A close up of the face would have been nice and you wouldn't have to wake her up to rearrange the bedding. It would bring out those wonderful baby eyelashes.

Sleeping Little Angel
by piggy82

Comment by posthumous:
the child is
the photo seems. 5

Sleeping Little Angel
by piggy82

Comment by Lozza:
An adorable child, most certainly. I can understand why you've entered it but unfortunately not my idea of Zen. Having said that though, I wonder if adding a very slight gaussian blur (making it more dream-like) would have made a difference...? Just a thought.