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It looks as if the image has been overexposed. You should meter on the light or (neutral)area of the image and open your exposure up a little.

Do you mind sharing the details of how you accomplished this wonderful image. This is a 7/7 if I ever saw one. Excellent!

At this level the game is still about. You can see it in the eyes.

This image was taken some time with a nikon CP 950.

Taken at the local butterfly house. Getting proper exposure on the

white flower and butterfly can be difficult. Taken with a EF 300IS

F4. Slightly cropped.

This image looks a bit over sharpened. The shadow across the eye does not work. It destroys any hint of character. All in all a decent try.

Nice shot. I would suggest that you not crop it so tight. The top of her head and legs are cut off

This image would rate high if it were sharper.It's a good action shot but the softness takes away from it. Try running it through an image editing program using the unmask sharpening filter.

The blown out highlights destroy this image for me. I am not familiar with the camera you're using. If possible you should bracket your exposure. Find at starting point and expose a couple of shots over and under it. Try to compose the image with something in it that you can you as a neutral tone. You can even use a grey card. This one I wouldn't include in my porfolio. Not trying to be harsh, but you other work is so much better than this.

This is a nice image. There are a couple of things I would suggest that might improve it somewhat. First, You might want to try a tighter crop. This would direct focus onto the bird. It would also serve to make thge background less dis tracting. Since its to late to use fill flash, you can you your image editing program to lighten the bird a bit. It's a wee bit to dark. Work on these couple of things and you'll have a superior picture.

Thanks, Paul. Glad you like the shot. It's called a Blue Jay, very common in these parts.

Dean, thanks for looking at the image. It has not been cropped. I moved back and forth on foot to get the shot I wanted.

This image reminds me of a Norman Rockwell painting, only his were in color. It's very well done. I like!

There should be more detail in the shadow area. The lack of it detracts greatly from what could have been an excellent shot. You might try lighting it in your image editing program. If you use Photoshop , try the levels adjust or the shadow and highlights control. Try it, then repost and you should get very high rating for this shot.

The irony of this image is, that, it is a picture of the road leading

out of a local cemetery.

This is my favorite from your nature folder. The composition, lighting and exposure are well done. I would however clone out the orange bud in the background. It is a little distracting. These particular butterflies don't stay still long enough for me to get a shot of them. Nice job.

I like the geometry in this shot. The lines draw you up the beach, past the bench and out into the great wide ocean. The footprint add an element of mystery to trhe scene. Nicely done!

Shot this on a visit to the local zoo. Had to shoot through a fence.

I think it turned out ok.

A very nice picture. You are being told to crop the image. I'm not sure you even know what it means to crop. It means using your software to cut off some of the area around your picture to make the dragonfly look bigger. You can also get rid of some things you don't like in your picture by using a crop.

Lastly, I don't think its wrong to tell people age. They may be more willing to help you if they understand that you are really new at this. Otherwise, they may say things like, crop, saturation, dynamic range, levels and other things that you won't necessarily have heard of. I have taken the liberty to crop the picture to show you what is meant.

This cat picture works as well as it does, because you were done on the the same level as the cat. Try this with some of your other animals.

It will help your pictures. Good job with this one.

I haven't yet successfully taken a shot through an aquarium glass. None that was worth keeping that is. I can appreciate how hard it is to get things to come together. You've done a very good job. Composition is good. Lighting is good. A bit noisey, but it doesn't ruin the shot. Well done!

Alec, thanks for the critique. I lightened it too much. You're right about the background too. Easily taken care of.

Crop a little of the right side and you've got a winner on your hands. The expressions on the faces add drama to what could have been cute. It tells your story.

Alec, if there is one piece of advise I would give about your portraits, it would be to watch your backgrounds. If you were to clone out the Island you would see what I mean. As is it competes with her head for attention.

This is a keeper. Wonderful shot!