New Joiners - Animals #824

This image has a wonderful, autumnal feel and colour palette with some great rutting behaviour being exhibited. The depth of field is good to give us context of the surroundings without being a distraction and the foreground foliage frames him well.

What a fascinating animal, albeit not one for everyone or the faint hearted. The detail you've captured it absolutely fantastic and the legs on the subject act as both leading lines and a natural frame to draw you into the eyes and head.

You've captured such brilliant detail on this image and nailed the depth of field by isolating the face and eyes whilst creating good natural framing with the back legs and body. I like the warm colour palette paired with a perfect exposure.

You've captured beautifully intricate detail on this snake, with every fleck in the scales showing well and no 'flaws'. The exposure is good with perfect focus on the eyes and a well chosen depth of field. If this is the full image, or even a small crop, I'd consider cropping a bit of the top of the image off as it doesn't 'add' to the image.

The path works really well here as a leading line to draw you in, aided further by the great contrast between the warm coat of the highland cow against an otherwise cooler woodland. Using portrait orientation works well here with a good depth of field.

This image wouldn't have anywhere near as much impact if you'd used a long lens to solely focus in on the moose and shows that habitat shots can be just as impactful. If possible, try to bring the exposure down a bit on the sky but otherwise it's spot on with a great composition.

What truly stunning colours and a wonderful capture overall. The shape on the wings is fantastic and whilst it would've been easy to just get a 'bird on a stick', you captured dynamic behaviour instead, really elevating the overall image and feel.

This image has a wonderfully etherial and soft feel, but definitely not in a negative way at all. The bright background doesn't distract or draw your eye away and I love the punch of colour you get on the subject, drawing your attention in.

The light on this image is truly divine and shows why the golden hour takes on a world of its own with the colour palette and soft light. I love how you've captured 2 subjects in an almost identical pose mirroring one another.

What an awesome and action packed image. I love that you've captured a unique behaviour here and the inclusion of both birds adds to the narrative of the image. Whilst the bird in the back is slightly out of focus, you already increased your depth of field to compensate as best possible for this!

This image has so much character given the comical and goofy pose on an animal we would usually consider to be majestic and ferocious. I love the colour scheme and the shallow depth of field really helps the detail on the lion to pop.

Whilst this looks like a non standard aspect ratio, I think it works really well with this image. The composition is good with the heron looking into the frame and there's nice separation from the background whilst framing it nicely.

This image has so much character and the asymmetry of it, appearing to show two vastly different personalities, really enhances the image. The settings look spot on for the scene to ensure both subjects are in focus and the background horizon is perfectly straight.

This image has good symmetry in it, in spite of the face turning slightly to the side, with a good, consistent colour theme. I'd consider rotating it slightly counter clockwise to line up the 'horizon' but there's a risk of cropping the top of the shell if you don't have space to do it.

This image works well due to the great context we get due to the short focal length. There's great framing, exposure and detail across the image, along with nice contrast between the greenery and buildings. I'd consider bringing back the post processing slightly, especially on the sky.