New Joiners - Animals #881

The colours and iridescence captured on this image is fantastic and I love the flicks of water coming off the bill. If this is a crop, try to give the bird more space on the bottom of the image rather than cropping the very bottom off.

What a great capture, with wonderful separation from the background giving us layers as we move through the image. The detail on the fur is almost tactile but not overly processed and that piercing stare from the lioness keeps you engaged in the image.

You've shown in this image how well a wider angle lens can work when it comes to animals in context of their surroundings. This image gives us so much to explore and a fabulous narrative, be it right or wrong what conclusions we come to!

What a truly awesome capture! You've frozen the moment perfectly with those strands of mane flying through the air and I love the expression on the horse at the back. The image works perfectly in portrait rather than landscape and I love the muted colour palette.

The colours on this image enhances it so well, but the main feature is of course the gorgeous bear. The expression is fantastic and those ears are almost too much! The focus, depth of field & exposure are spot on.

What an awesome capture and I love how there's movement and motion blur in the wings paired with sharp features. When it comes to post processing, sometimes less is more so if this is cropped heavily or tweaked, be cautious on the finer details of the subjects.

I love the glow and light in the eyes here and you've captured a great expression too. The colour is warm and aesthetically pleasing but be cautious when post processing as there's slightly odd artefacts on the detailed areas and fur.

I love how the light is subtly hitting the right side of the face, lighting up that eye nicely but also not creating a harsh shadow on the left side. This works well with this crop but could also be a candidate for a square aspect ratio.

By shooting at a lower angle here, you've created great depth and separation as well as an aesthetically pleasing perspective. The slightly desaturated colour palette works well but this image could also be a candidate for black and white with enhanced contrast.

I love the expression you've captured here and the framing with the branches is spot on with nothing obscuring the face or body. This could work well as a square crop or alternatively if you kept this aspect ratio, try to move the bird more to the right of the frame.

You've created such great separation here, in part due to the shallow depth of field from the aperture but also with the framing created by the surrounding branches. These always risk distracting us away here but they act in the images favour here.

This image works so well in part due to the shorter focal length, giving us great context of the surrounding environment and habitat. Whilst the Elephant is moving 'out' of the frame here, it doesn't detract away from a great image.

I love the expression and pose you've captured here, and whilst it's hard to figure out the angle or perspective here it doesn't detract away from the overall image. It works well in colour and could be a candidate for a square aspect ratio.

You've captured a moment of chaos here really well, with no major motion blur or obscured details and yet you still have plenty of context on how quickly this moment unfolded. I like how well the colours pop against the background.

You've captured such brilliant natural framing here, with those beautiful colours contrasting so well with those piercing eyes. The shallow depth of field ensures the owl and fine details on the feathers pops from the screen and keeps us engaged.