Mother Nature
by jaxed

Comment:
Reminds me of the shot I did for Single Light Source II...

I like the texture of yours. The face looks pretty freakin sweet with all the mud and jazz al over it. And the tear on the leaf adds a nice touch of symbolism to the photo. Overall...I like it

Hey! I'm just out of the shower!
by ZorbaTheGeek

Comment:
Greeting from the Critique Club!

The first thing that I notice about your photo is the bird obviously, but then my eye travels straight to the upper left corner where there is a bright spot then to the upper right corner where there is a dark spot. This could of been solved simply by cropping right below the dark spot on the right. Also this would of placed the bird in the rule of thirds vertically, as right now he is about the same distance from the top of the frame to the bottom of the frame.

Other than a different crop, there's not much that you could of done better here. The colors are gorgeous, the blues and the browns work perfectly together to give that "feeling" of a cold wintry day. The focus is great although, as you said in your description, it could be just a little sharper. I personally like the DoF here, it makes the viewer pay more attention to the eye and head of the bird than to the rest of the photo. It would be interesting to see this same photo with a bit more DoF though, to see if it made a difference or not. The composition works here, but as I said before, a different crop would of helped a little. You have the bird in the right hand side, abiding by the rule of thirds, this works great. The lighting is also good, I like the bright part of the rock that is around the birds head. I think this makes it stand out even more and really emphasizes the subject of your photo.

I really really like this shot, taking photo's of birds can be a hard thing to do, but I think you excecuted this wonderfully. Congrats and good luck!

r.i.p.
by focus57

Comment:
Sad....but oh so freakin amazing. I love this picture.

"Fairy Godmother"
by espy2

Comment:
I think I know who's this is....Does it begin with a R....?

:P

mk
by langdon

Comment:
Gave this a freakin 7....thought it rocked

Stare_at_the_sun
by Givemeashot

Comment:
You were the only one out of all the people who knew where my name is truly from, and for that...I gave you a freaking 10:P

Thrice freaking rocks....

StormyWeathers
by Zoomdak

Comment:
Bahahaha....I knew this was yours the second I saw it. Nice work, I love the grain.

Tranquil
by mycelium

Comment:
How did this not place higher? I loved this picture....one of my favorites of the challenge, If not my favorite.

thecanyon4me
by Brent_Ward

Comment:
Figured this was your:P Very breathtaking

Tranquil
by mycelium

Comment:
Freakin amazing...