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I presumed you used a filter to create the sun rays.   It looks phoney and completely detracts from an otherwise rather nice shot.

Your horizon line is way off, and you still haven't learned to adj the white balnce for artificial lighting.  You are not progressing Maria, you keep repeating the same mistakes over and over.  I will not wste more time on critiquing your photos.

Well one thing is for certain...he is NO cowboy.  You were scammed.  He is wearing a Panama, and no cowboys were those. Born and raised in the West, even had my own cattle once, so I oughta know.   Good shot though!  ;)

That overly dark  'Superman' kills the shot completely.  The figure IS the subject when combined with the signage.  Definitely worth a re-do, or a post fix.

A polarizer, and good WB would do wonders.  ;)

Okay, I gather this is available light only.  What I would have done is have the player twist slightly to his left (camera right) so that some of that light that is hitting his hip would illuminate the head and neck of the guitar.

Like the shot, mood, etc.  BUT you are perilously close to cropping at an elbow.  If you took off a little from the bottom this would fix that, and improve the aspect ration at the same time.

Maria,

  Again the reflections! You must figure out a way to avoid them.  Otherwise all these doll house photos are barely decent snapshots.

you said," from behind taken to see the T shirt"

If that were really the case then why do it wrinkled and at an angle?  And why not crop out the less than flattering head (eyes closed is a no no )?

Scratch this one, and try again.

This is a below average shot.  Poor cropping, bad WB.  I realize birds are not easy, I shoot a lot of bird shots so I am not being nasty here, just trying to set you on a different thought-approach when you do birds.   A lot is post work, but a lot can still be done in those short time frames the birds give you.  Keep at it, the fact that you seen this bird and got a clean shot is an accomplishment in itself.

I rate this very good, but the slight unevenness of the lighting on the front left keeps it from the near great level.  Nicely composed though.  All in all like I said VERY good.

Of the four swan shots you have jsut submitted, I think this is hands down the best!  well done.

Needs a little more care.  Of particular not  e is the shadowing of the neck and head.  Also a little vibrancy would add a lot to this shot.  I like the composition.

Almost, but not quite.

Although some might nit-pick about focus, I will not.  I am more than aware of the difficulty of getting this kind of shot, especially one this good!  Print it and hang it on the wall, you have a keeper!  ;)

Looks exactly like the old 1890's naughty french postcards!  Well executed.

A classic BW.  Well done.

G&V, that is exactly what I was referring too.  nice job, illustrates perfectly.

As others have said, nice shot.  I would not crop the left out...that is what is part of the story.  It is the safe harbor the ship is leaving.  Maybe you just have to be a sailor to understand/  ;)

Really good street shot.  The expressions make the picture...especially the other dance in the background.  Can't really find anything to critique about this shot.

The stand-ins did their job.  I have often wondered why moon shot fanciers rarely take those setting shots.  I suppose they are night owls and sound asleep just before dawn.  ;)

I agree.  Definitely a fun shot...and a very good one at that.

Nicely done.  Excellent composition.  Maybe the saturation/vibrancy of the grass and flowers in the left foreground is a bit heavy.  But overall a really nice shot.

The extremely noisy water background kills this otherwise neat abstract.

Nice BW!  Neat subjects.  Too bad the guy is staring right into the camera.  That really phonies up an otherwise neat street shot.