Thanks for the great comments!

I really like the colors and composition on this photo. I know very little about photo editing, so not sure what all you did - but good job!

Thanks for the comment Amber.
All that was done is the properly exposed portion of each frame is selected then masked so that only the correctly exposed portion is shown.
this is done with multiple layers until you get a result such as the above.

Love the colors. This is very graphic and holds a lot of interest for me.

Look like UFO :) Like the rotating geometric shapes in the picture.

j'aime ton choix, très érotique, bien cadré, classique

Hi Jeff, I think I have to disagree with Olivier, I think the framing is a bit too tight, especially on the right and the bottom. I would like to see a bit more "breathing room" in this. The background seems to fight for attention some too. Maybe a little selective color correction to knock back the greens and boost the main subject a little.

Thanks, Beamer. I agree with your thoughts about this one.

This is beautiful. I like the dof and lighting/focus. I do agree with Beamer's suggestions - but really a great photo!

This beauty is super sharp, crispy clear and amazing!

Great moment, very nicely captured!! The composition should be either a little tighter of looser. The end of the bolt just touching the top of frame and the black at the bottom of the yellow band showing at the bottom are both distracting.

Thanks for the positive feedback.
To get this shot I was using the fast capture mode and firing away. This was taken with my 200mm lens as he was up on the pole above me. Took me about 10 min to follow him around and find a composition and body movement that worked. I don't have to worry about scaring him as he teases my dog and is used to me following him after i put the dog inside.

Beamer,

Good point about the crop. This is a crop from the original and I will have to look at what improvements could be made! Thanks!

Love the blue sky and the warm tones. Amazingly clear action shot - great detail. Good job!

Amber,

Thanks for the comment.
Keep yours eyes open and stuff like this could happen for you!

Nice shot! Thank you for sharing and some details about the photo. The squirrel seems to be attempting an acrobatic leap :) Kind of reminds me of those gymnast in the Olympic event.

Cheers!
mylo

thank you for your commments! love the lines in this one

I really like the perspective you chose for this photo! Beautiful photo!

Very nice framing and contrast. Nice shot.

This a very nice composition, great subject. I think it is a little flat, needs a little "punch" in the tonal range, imo.

I agree with Clyde. Nice composition and subject. It does need a bit of a punch in the tonal range, if possible. I would have cropped just above the bottom concrete pad. It's a little distracting to me. Purely subjective though. Well seen and captured. Concrete is hard to photograph, especially the shadows. It's hard to separate the noise from the texture sometimes.

Supongo que es una figura de un parque,jardin. Me gusta el angulo de toma y la gama tonal, por ese motivo creo que haber permitido ver un poco más del conjunto no hubiera estado mal. Supongo que no hacerlo obedece a que usted no lo consideró oportuno por algun motivo. De todas formas reciba mi felicitacion. Saludos

I really like this. The colors, tones and lighting are just great. It leaves me kinda wanting to see more of the front of the guitar, but then you'd probably lose the detail on the hand which is very interesting. I'd love to hear where this is and what it is made of! Do you have a pic somewhere of the whole thing? I'd like to see more of it.

Love the DOF

brilliant textures and perfect depth of field

Nice work!

Great shot.
I like the story as some of the most impromptu shots lead to the most interesting results!

For a candid street portrait it's quite nice. As Tamara said, the reflecting glasses are great. Pity for the distracting background though, but I realize you can't avoid it in a street shot like this.

Background doesn't seem to distracting to me. Like the shadows and light, the skin texture and the bow tie! Is a great photo.

beau portrait b&w, j'aime la composition qui fait bien ressortir ce portrait

Great shot! I really like the depth of field here.

Edited from ID31163. I think I like this one better. Cropped out some of the blur, upped contrast and changed to b/w. What do you think?

I do like the black and white and contrast! Great job. Thanks for posting the updated version.

I have to say I think I like the old photo more. There were nice colors, and this version seems a bit muddy in comparison.

I think this is pretty good considering what it seem you have as an original capture. The wider shot, which I am assuming is the original framing, is, unfortunately soft and you have not shot the top of the wing. Next time be careful to get the whole subject and then if you want to crop tighter you can.

So sad, but great subject...

Maybe a little bit more DoF would hav been nicer. I prefer the original without crop.

I agree with the others... great tones, interesting texture, but I'd also liked to have seen a bit more DOF to get more of the leaf in focus. Although I'd disagree a little with Noah: I didn't even really notice the webs on first glance until I read your description because they are largely out of focus. I think if they were more in focus, they'd distract from the leaf.

A touch more focus and it'd be fantastic. But it is good and love the colours..

I like the cob webs. I think it adds to the delicate photo and the leaf itself.

I love the colours! The composition is very nice to, although I wish a bit more had been in focus, but that is my personal opion.

Greeting, Laura
www.lauravink.nl

More focus or a little bit more sharpening would have been great. Still a great a subject.

I have one hanging outside near my outdoor table. I sometimes sit there and watch. I will have to get the camera out and see if I can compete with this... Nice one Amber. BTW, where do you live in VA? I grew up in Buchanan and went to JMU before it was called that, still know way back then as Madison College.

We are near Lynchburg. I'd love to see what you can capture with your feeder, please do compete! :-)

Great capture. Very impressive. The only thing I'd say is I find it a bit dark over-all. (And maybe even just a slight lightening of the image might make the hummingbird "pop" from the background a bit more? Maybe?)

Very difficult shot to capture. Beautiful colors, just an outstanding photo.

Impressive one!

Thanks Jim. If you both feel the square format would be better here, I'll try it out one day. Problem is that this is low quality scan of a print. Cropping would degrade the (low, I admit) quality even further. I'm still using film cameras a lot and to obtain the best digitals from slides/negatives, perhaps I should buy a neg scanner.

belle composition, j'aime l'espace que tu laisses en hait de la photo, cela donne une superbe profondeur, et avec en cadeau le reflet du chien, parfait

I like the lines created by the full-size (not square), makes him look impatient to get going to wherever that leads. The leash did throw me for a bit, but I too like my photos straight from the cam.

What a stunning capture ~ a very unique perspective. The reflection totally makes it for me. :)

I agree with soreks that you should photoshop out the leash. I don't however feel cropping is necessary as I like the lost dog in a crazy world feel it lends to....