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I think you may need a tad longer on exposer and a higher F-Stop will give greater D.O.F.
F18 may be for 1min. I would try on Apture prioty first.. See how image turns out.
The go to manual to extend exposer time..
I hope this helps...


A good try..

Dave

A good quick capture..
The image is a little over exposed..
May be the camera not set right for the light.
Camera seem to have focus on fence more.
You do not eyes sharp and clear.

You are getting better..
Keep up the good work...

Dave

A great image..
I think it a little flat on colour..
May be move end on leavels could boost darks and colours...

Dave

Very nice work...
I would dogr and burn a little more to gain depth in the angle and give it a tad more punch..
When you take images like this come a little lower and see if you can get eye leavel you may find DOF can be changed so it witll blur out.

Dave

Very nice snow lepord...
Looks like camera selected noce as focal point...
You real need the eyes 100% sharp...
A higher DOF that the F stop it neede to be F18 + .......
You seem to be very close so you moving in to macro area so DOF get smaller the closer you go..
I hope this helps and also see if you can move the focal point on camera..
Your camera says Metering Mode: Multi-segment find single point and slect area you want sharp...

Dave

A great image...
Please have another go with photoshop or gimp or coral..
I sure you can boost collours a tad in leavels..
The colours look a tad bland..

Bring up leavels...
Look at the bar..
More right side a tad closer to centre..
The do the same with left side..
The adjust midle to suit your eye..

This will then boost colours and give the image a little pop..

I hope this helps...

Great image and comp..

Dave

A very arty image...
Some thing new and I think you almost got it right..
Just need some key areas in image untouched like the face and focal area...
Well done...

Dave

It it a nice image..
Be carefull there a lot of marks in the back area where you done work...
You need to blend as well...
I sure there are a lot of people out there better than me who can guide you...

Keep working at it you are on you way to doing good work...

Dave

You have a slight burn on of light on right hand side..
This may be dew to light that not defused and a nice shiny squash...
May be just a plain white A4 paper in front of light may have take the harshness out ofthat light...
In my job I have to do things like that to stop metal reflecting light back in to camera..

Dave

An intresting arangement...
I could not work it out untill I read your info....
Great colours very intresting D.O.F.
I think a slightly higher F stop is needed.
Just to work out what you see..
A bit more of the eye and thread...
Not much but enough to say that what it is...
I do like th e colours and lighting...
Great bit of work...

Dave

I like the way the smoke and the peple are in amounst it...
I think a small crop right side would help...
Bring the right man on to the 3rds and they got room infront to nove...
If it works let me know...
Great mono...
Well done..

Dave

A very nice image that we all try to get when we go there..
I think you have done a great job here..
There a cable or something that needs a blend or clone tool used on it..
Centre top, from tower to top of image...

Dave

V1 then V3 for me...
I do like the rain and detail in the birds..
May be your photoshop skills are low but have a look at the staps on the bird.
Can you clone them out?
They do distract...
I like the detail in the face of the barn owl...
Have a look at some of my new photos...
I found a site that takes the staps off the birds when flying them...
This I think help to improve the bird.
Well taken looking forward to your new images...

Dave

A great image..
I think you got centr a focus point..
The nose is realy sharp and clear but the eyes are a little soft...
I do like the mono work...
You done very well...
Just rember focus in the eyes for animals.

Dave

A great 1st time image..
You got the basics now all you need to do is refine your skills...
More DOF and faster shutter speed will help...
That way you get more detail and wings frozen in time..
It this first slow down shoutter speed to gain little movement..
That a lot harder but get basic skills right bag the shot and then try advance images...
Great work...
Do not give up..
You are all most there...

Dave

Love the colours..
There a lot of light in image may be you could have gone to a higher F Stop.
That way you get more of the bug sharp and a bigger focal area at a shorter shorter shutter speed.
F stops at macro level have a very short focal length.
F16 would be only 1 cm more if you were lucky.
F8 is less than half that...
It looks like you have centre point on focus that why the boby very sharp and losing a little on head and legs...
Do not get me wrong..
It a great image...
It been taken very well...
More info I hope will help you improve on your work...
Well done...

Dave

As I not able to see the detail I am geussing that it is..
I think a tighter crop would be nice...
I would cropall the shadow out so it just underneath there home ..
The top side is quite dull so a crop above Gecko then crop front right side where that shadow is..
That should balance image...

I hope you understand me..

Dave

There a nice image here..
You got the eye with a catch light in it that the light spot in the eye..
The colour in the feather look a like bit on the bright side this may be dew to the bright sun light...
Please leave a little room in front of the duck so it leaves the mind that it got room to move in to...
It looks like you got a nice nikon D7000 and a nice VR lens...
I would set camera to A for Apture and learn about depth of feild (DOF) A low F like 2.8 will blur very quickly outside focal area so it not sharp..
A high F like F22 You find it very sharp from front to back of image..
If it a bright day shutter will go quick a dull day shutter will stay open longer...
The key is finding right shutter speed and right F stop of the image...
Do not over do the colours on birds or animals..
but you might need to boost them in some images if a little dark...
I can go on....
Just take your time and understand your camera and you get better very quickly...

Dave

A great image...
Love the water doplets..
Nice colours...
I found the eye a little hard to see..
May be use the dodge tool or sponge to lighten or add colour and pick out catch light in the eye..
This I hope will give you a conection between you and the swan...
Great work...

Dave

A very nice macro...
You need a very high F stop if you want all antena and eyes sharp..
The antena looks very sharp but eyes are a little soft..
A very hard image to get right..
See CarolG portfilo above as she has some magic images in macro...

Dave