The English Garden - Tea Rose a "Chicago Peace"
by smshats

Comment:
Excellent focus and clarity. I also like your attempt at dramatic lighting, but I find it to be a little bit too harsh. Also, the dark shadow of another plant in the lower right hand corner, as well as, another object in the upper right hand corner are distracting.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
by Morgan

Comment:
Wonderful picture! Great color and DOF and the focus is excellent too. Only thing is I think the border is not the right shade for NG mag.

National Wildlife
by amandolin

Comment:
I really would have liked to see a shot of the entire body of this creature. DOF is very good.

Male Fitness
by imagesloyola

Comment:
I would think this photo to be on the cover of a fine arts mag, rather than on a fitness mag, it's just not that style. It's interesting textured wall in the background and dramatic, raking lighting bring out the textures. Only thing I don't like is the blown out highlight on the wall. Well done.

Close Shave
by FranziskaLang

Comment:
This is such a wonderful photo, so easy to look at, and the lighting is great. The shapes are very interesting to look at and I also like the way two of the shavings come out over the frame. Focus is right on too!

Travel & Leisure
by brentpaugh

Comment:
Beautiful shot of the landscape and the beautiful woman. I also like the DOF here. While I don't find the inclusion of the cell phone towers to be objectionable, I think the towel the woman is laying on is too bright, poorly laid out and very distracting and should have been removed prior to taking the photo.

"DOG WORLD"
by melissarts

Comment:
I dont like the angle on this shot as the dog's legs gets lost in the dark ground and I also think if you're intent was to get a silouette of the dog, that he/she should be even darker with less detail than what appears in the pic now. That would also help the blown out sky.

National Geographic-Wolves in Captivity
by sagestudio

Comment:
I like the wolve's pose and the border is perfect, but I think you should not have used such a narrow DOF as I believe the picture would have been more effective with the background fence in focus, given your title. In addition, I find the branches at the top of the photo to be distracting, and wish the wolf was not half in sun and half out.

Playboating
by vjoz

Comment:
This is a really great action shot! I love the angle of the boater and his expression and how the image shows the difficulty with this sport and it's dangers. Despite it's format, I can see this on the cover of a mag. There are a just a few points I'd like to make that could be improved on. First, the letters on the paddle are distracting, and certainly after the challenge, this could be spot edited out. Secondly, I would have liked to have seen a bit more detail in the man's face. My first impression of your border was that I didn't like it, but the more I look at it, the better it sits with me. Overall, well done!

National Geographic
by pncowley

Comment:
Excellent! This captures the challenge perfectly to me, in a very classic and traditional way. The only thing I think it lacks is a human presence.