New Joiners - Animals #650
Caron Steele

New Joiners - Animals #650

April 2023

Expert
winner
Entry 16316350
18th
10

The detail you've captured on this image is truly fantastic and I love the contrasting colours between the greens and blues. It works really well with the centralised composition and you nailed the depth of field on the legs and face.

Entry 16323709
33rd
3

The expression you've captured on the young baboons face, paired with the interaction from the parent is truly captivating and really draws you in and engages the viewer. I love the framing you've achieved with the foreground and background foliage.

Crowd
winner

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Welcome to Photocrowd’s ‘Animals’ contest for New Joiners! These contests are a chance for new members to introduce their photography to the community, and get a taste of how Photocrowd contests work. They can be entered by anyone within their first 28 days of joining Photocrowd. After 100 images have been submitted the contest closes and the Crowd will start rating the images. The Expert Judge will also be judging the images and writing reviews at the same time. All the winners, both Crowd and Expert, will be announced after 3 days of judging. Make sure you also check out our two other New Joiners contests - ‘People’ and ‘Landscapes’.

100 Images entered

Meet the expert judge

Entry 16307297
21st
6

I love how the branches naturally frame this owl and the pose is gorgeous with the foot raised, giving us a great view of those talons. The depth of field is fabulous paired with great exposure despite the harsh light leaking through the tree.

Entry 16307447
41st
7

I love the separation you've achieved between the subject and the background in this image and it goes to show what can be achieved on a phone when you're close to your subject. The light is great with no blown highlights or lost details.

Entry 16309061
12th
7
Entry 16311028
8th
32

I really like the connection you've captured in this image with the eye contact as it really draws you into the image. The framing and composition is good but be cautious with pushing your shutter speed too fast as a consequence can be the ISO goes too high.

Entry 16312579
52nd
6

I love the centralised composition on this image and how the horse peers through the tall strands of grass. It works well in portrait orientation and I particularly like how you still have the detail in the clouds despite the harsh contrast.

Entry 16315572
44th
5
Entry 16315805
3rd
37

Puffins have such intricate detail in their eyes but it's often hard to tell on most images due to how dark they can be. I love how this puffin is looking towards the sky with gorgeous reflections along with great colour.

Entry 16320885
17th
7

I truly adore this image and the white sheep really stands and is naturally framed by the others. The aspect ratio works well with the long image but if possible I'd try to straighten out the horizon in the background.

I like the separation you've achieved on this image from the subject to the background and the colours really pop. Be cautious when post processing your images not to overdo any noise reduction as it can sometimes make the image look more like a painting unless this is the effect you're going for!

Entry 16322282
25th
10
Entry 16322347
6th
16

What a fantastic capture! I love the near symmetry you've captured on the tail and how the water is water falling off in such an aesthetically pleasing way. The colour palette is quintessential antarctic and I love how you've captured the image in context of the surroundings.

Entry 16322394
16th
8
Entry 16322456
24th
7
Entry 16323822
29th
6
Entry 16326224
47th
6

The separation you've achieved here from the subject and the background really helps to draw you in and keep you engaged. I love the expression and this just goes to show that you can still achieve great imagery with a phone!

Entry 16332481
27th
7
Entry 16332486
9th
15

I love the warm colour palette on this image and how you've achieved good separation between the cat and the background. I would consider cropping ever so slightly to remove the white framing in the top but this is a personal preference.

Entry 16343884
51st
4

I really love how you've used the foreground bottles to frame the subject and draw you in. I'd strongly recommend cropping slightly from the top left to remove the dog peeping in from the left and get the main subject to look into the frame a bit more.

Entry 16348809
43rd
5

This image has so much emotion that it's hard to describe, and it can be incredibly difficult to achieve this in a single photograph. It works really well in black and white and I like how the spotlight draws you in.

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