My only suggestion would be to crop the half-birds out of the bird one. My photography teacher always said things that are cut in half lead the eye out of the photo.

(Edited by Annastasia at 7:30 pm on July 18, 2006)

-------
if ever we meet on your side of the stereo,
I will pretend I know not of your flaws,
or even the way that they mirror my own.

I reckon in the first one perhaps it would be better if you took the flowers either fully in the picture, or significantly cropped at the side, rather than cutting off the slightest part of the petals. I'm not sure if it would or wouldn't be nicer without the hoopy thing in the background, too. The grass coming in might be better edited out.

Same with the birds in the bottom; I'd try not to cut objects off with the edge of the picture when they're the focal point/s of the photo.

It could be cool to try taking those same objects from different angles, trying to capture their essence rather than their full forms. The flowers at the top, for instance, could be really interesting if you got them from a low angle, or if you only included a quarter of them in the picture. Experimenting is always fun!

Anyway yes, pretty photos. That face in the tree is really cool.

Second one - I don't know about you but I love black and white shots. It's harder to capture expression cause it's black but you managed to, so way to go.

Third one - Despite what you said, I actually really like this one. I could really feel the hype of the crowd. Good job incorporating the hand signals in the picture. But then again I might be giving a bias judgement cause I love black and white so much.

Fourth one - Compared to the other flower shot, this is way better colour wise but angling and composition might need some work. It's a good picture but it's not great. It's a normal picture, thats all I can say.

Fifth one - This one felt like a traveller just shooting something they thought was interesting. There was no particular angle for this shot. It looks flat, hence defeating the purpose of this phto cause you want people the feel as if the bark and the carving was alive. Texture is important.

Sixth one - This one is good but lack the originality. Basically you see this shot everywhere in post card and whatnot.

One piece of advice. A picture that makes people go wow has to be one of originality. Try finding different angles of capturing a photo, play with the colour functons. maybe try cyan. Remember it is not the object but the way you picture the object to be that makes it great.

-------
In the words of Jason Mraz:
I don't care what you might think about me