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Hold your left hand out in front of the image with thumb out sideways to see an adjustment. Crop the left and bottom out. What do you think? Remove the foreground, just to the right of the "hot" flower near the bottom left and crop the left side so the lean of the body is close to the edge of the frame. The way it is framed now makes the lean of the body look off balance, to me at least. The lighting and skin tones are marvellous. 

If you follow the rays coming from the light source, it seems to me that the bird's shadow is not falling correctly.

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Try more of the same. Work the colour and pattern to make it stronger than a few straight rows. Make the individual shapes, the clusters, and the overall image into something which combined everything together better.

Nice saturated colours. The washed out background throws the photo out of balance. Try it with a darker background.

Any comments are appreciated.

Overdone. Nothing predominates. No central idea comes forward.

Excellent shot.

Abandoned homesteads, too common on the prairie. Each has its own

story of families struggling to make a living ... victims of drought,

poor markets and bank foreclosures. Those who continue to farm know

what it is like to endure.

I hope you like it.

Old vehicles are a common sight on the prairies. Some farm vehicles

from the 40's and '50s are still being driven.

Lovely shot. The image is well suited to the format.

I copied the image, put a quick mask around the model with a magic wand and filled in the background with an off-white using the paint bucket. I tried a few that seem to work well. (RGB = 237, 223, 210). It may not be the most ideal colour, but to me it seems to work better than the 255, 255, 255 that is currently there because it seems to go better with the skin tones, but it's really a matter of personal preference. Perhaps someone might want to try posting this type of effect to see what I mean.

Bravo! Excellent work.

Beautiful shot. Tone down the glare a bit perhaps on the green areas, unless you want to show their waxy texture.

Wonderful expression, showing grace and intensity. The background gets in the way a bit. Shooting up to get the action against a blue sky would make it a knockout. Also, I think the flash fill is just a bit too strong.

I wonder if a different vantage point, further to the left, would help to give a better sense of perspective by following the lines of the curved ceiling and the floor.

 

Huge file. The large version could be a bit smaller, though it really helps to show the good detail, particularly in the shadow areas.

Very interesting. The shape of the bottom of the aircraft is a bit unusual. It could almost be taken out. Its direction seems to go contrary to the motion suggested by the contrails.

 

The ripples in the bottom left on the water could be removed as well.

Excellent shot! Normally the bright specks in the snow need to be retouched but not in this case; they work so well here with the star trails. The placement of the boat in the scene makes for a very powerful image indeed.

The point of sharp focus needs to be more strongly placed on the player's fingers. A different camera angle would also help. The distracting elements, namely the dark black area in the bottom right and the bright highlights just above that really draw the viewer's attention from the neck of the guitar. The combination of short depth of field and motion blur fight against any sense of a sharp placement of the subject matter.

Great shot. The way the wings are banking into a turn really shows the flight characteristics of this bird.

Dreadful lighting. The highlights get completely blown away.

Lots of drama here. The best part of the image seems to stop just above where the sky turns lighter above the intense colours in the sky. Crop out the top third and there might even be more impact in this shot.

Nice shot. The warm colours in the background work well. The reds really pop out to draw attention to the two people seated in the foreground. A slight crop on the left would help to remove the arc in the doorway, which distracts.

 

The metallic framing does not suit the image at all. At first I thought it was just a black framing border, but when I looked at it closely it drew too much attention to itself.