Caught Her in There Again.jpg
by bmwk11lt

Comment by EstimatedEyes:
too funny! I guess that's what you call "hot feet".

A trick I learned on vertical or cropped square shots is to resize them on the long edge to no more than about 560 pixels before posting on DPC ... that way the entire image shows on the screen without having to scroll up and down the screen to see it. Not many do it, but it really helps, particularly when the impact of the image is near the bottom of the frame, as in this shot.

Amicalola State Park Appalachian Blue Night
by bmwk11lt

Comment by EstimatedEyes:
This is another very nice shot, with soft light and wonderful muted colors. Some might find the exposure a bit dark and focus a little soft, but I think both work perfectly in this image, because they convey the twilight mood you've captured here.

This shot might be improved by coming in tighter on the first tree in the foreground, so you just see a thick trunk and some of its branches. That would give the viewer just the idea of the first tree, and then we'd see the full trees lined up behind it. If you were going to include the full first tree, I would have backed up just a bit so the uppermost branches weren't cropped out of the frame. I always have to remind myself to look at all the edges in the viewfinder when composing my shot, because that (for me) is always where the surprises end up when I download them onto the computer!

Blue Clouds Blueridge Bird Feeder
by bmwk11lt

Comment by EstimatedEyes:
I really like the colors in this shot, and the soft focus on the trees in the background. The contrasting grey and green forms of the foreground lawn (?) add some visual interest to the picture too. You saw a good subject out the back door and did a nice job capturing it. This image has a subtle appeal, and is very pleasing to the eye.

A few suggestions for possible improvement: Most of the attraction of the image (for me) is in the colors and the background. I'm not sure the bird feeder itself adds a lot to the image where it is. Perhaps if it was off to one side or the other (as in the "rule of thirds") that would help. You might also try rotating and cropping the image so the bird feeder is straight up and down, instead of tilted at a slight angle (tho that may not work if it affects the horizon line too much.)

If you were shooting this again, you might try to move in closer to the bird feeder, and let some of it fill in the foreground in the frame, while keeping that nice background in the distance. Or use your telephoto to zoom in on it for the same effect, which will also have the effect of flattening the image and making distanct objects seem closer to those in the foreground.

Growing up Sand Hill with Mom and Dad
by bmwk11lt

Comment by Qwest30:
Great opportunity, I would have loved the chance to capture this family. The chick on the left seems to have lost it's head, lol. Kinda creepy. Good job.

Good Double Duck
by bmwk11lt

Comment by jimmyjazz78:
What a huge head!

Good Double Duck
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Comment by ilwil:
focus

Good Double Duck
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Comment by bvlindalou:
that's one big headed duck....i wish you had cropped out the water on the right

Good Double Duck
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Comment by Muppet:
poor duckie... looks like he was kicked in the head by a horse...

Sea Oats Mark Fish
by bmwk11lt

Comment by Germaine:
Looks interesting, but it's too small to say. Try straightening the horizon and making it larger.

Good Double Duck
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Comment by snaffles:
oof