Purple McBain
by Pangurban

Comment by littlemav:
Ohhhh that's pretty... did you tie him?

Flight
by Pangurban

Comment by betwys1:
An old familiar place - the Midlands.

Arum Snail
by Pangurban

Comment by SaraR:
Yay, you broke the 5! I was one of your 5 voters.
Pros: the bokeh is good, shows the subject off to good effect, and is definitely aesthetically pleasing. The shell is shown to good effect. I like the way the plant is angled so that the bottom is away from the lens and consequently out of focus.

Cons: the snail is out of focus - f3.2 was too wide an aperture, you probably needed around f8, and at at least f5.6. This was quite a big issue for me. Compositionally, the subject is leaning to the left, it just looks a tad unbalanced.

Summary - biggest problem is the ultra shallow dof.

Angelic
by Pangurban

Comment by posthumous:
surprised to see this get a brown. I guess the voters are keen to punish "blown highlights" even though they work well for this photo.

then again, it's a high scoring challenge. 4.9 isn't usually a brown.

Angelic
by Pangurban

Comment by Revecca:
Seems over-exposed towards the top.

Angelic
by Pangurban

Comment by Lydia:
I've not seen a photo of a statue do well here... but... I hope this is the exception.


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Coming in to Land
by Pangurban

Comment by Revecca:
I like the haziness of it as it almost makes it look like a dream. It would've been nice for it to be a bit sharper though.

However you do have a nice composition which is a good start.

Coming in to Land
by Pangurban

Comment by Jules1x:
I enjoyed your image. At first I wanted the guy to be in sharper focus, but it kind of works as it is (a bit soft?) too. I love the kite! Not quite enough of the secondary colors for this to be one of my top choices for the challenge, but a nice and interesting shot.

Coming in to Land
by Pangurban

Comment by armando_m:
I like your image!

Complementary colors in an action shot, doesn't get much better than that !

About improvements:
Image looks with little contrast a bit underexposed
Also there is a blue haze around the person, did you edit the sky to make it more blue ?
what software are you using for editing ? if you use Lightroom using automask helps prevent the edits to spill where you do not need it