Photo Credit: Dave Brosha

Although many professional photographers will shy away from using such strong and obvious distortion in their photos, the combination in this picture works to bring out the eerie essence of the Northern Lights.

DANGER SQUIRREL!!!

NPS Photo by Jon Riner

Nice use of Blur in the background to make the rock and Squirrel pop out.

C - Shot

Photo: Gabriel Morrow, NPS

This shot takes advantage of the shoreline. Drawing your eye in through the bottom right and around through the photo and out through the mountain pass on the top right again. The photo might benefit from some more contrast from the line where the water meets the mountains to the top of the photo. Otherwise it's a great shot.

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Taken with my Samsung SIII Smartphone Camera

I used my Samsung SIII with ISO125, F2.6, 4mm

Class Photo Critique
1 - Canon 5D 400mm f/5.6 ISO250 1/2000s Av Priority -1/3EV
Fish is centered in the bottom right rule-of-thirds sweet spot
Fish & Bear are sharp while water is slightly blurred
Bear & Fish contrasts well against the clear water

2 - Canon 5D 17mm f/22 ISO100 1.6s Av Priority -1/3EV
Yellow color pallet (Yellows over Reds)
Water is blurred and isn't sharp
Water does provide path for the eye into and out of the picture

3 - Canon 5DII 17mm f/11 ISO200 1.3s Manual
Too much use of blur!
Good contrast in rocks against waves
No subject in center or rule of thirds

4 -Canon 5DII 85mm f/1.8 10s ISO100 Manual
Clouds in front of mountains look like smudges
Clouds take away definition from mountains
Not much of a foreground or good entry exit points
Could use more sidelight

5 - Canon 1DIII 28mm f/13 ISO200 HDR
Good use of the 6 planes

6 - Canon 1DIV 840mm f/5.6 ISO400 1/800
Bird is mostly yellow with a bit of red
Bird is centered, could benefit from following rule of thirds to give more flow through
Solid color background with blurred out plant directly behind in-focus plant - Well done

7 - Canon 7D 500mm f/4.5 ISO1600 1/320
Photo is very grainy
There is alot of digital noise in the picure
Does not use rule of thirds

8 - Nikon D4
Reds in the foreground and Yellow in the sky draw your eye to the sky first instead of drawing into the foreground as a good photo should
Moose is not in good focus and does not have good detail
Moose's body is facing away from the camera

9 - Canon 1DII 500mm f/8.0 1/500
solid backround
Subject is sharp and in focus
Hard to see what the bird has in it's talons could use more focus on the fish and less blur in the wings water

10 - Nikon D2x 12mm f/6.3 ISO200 1/400
Subject and scene are almost all white and greyish sky
Needs more contrast and definition
Rule of thirds for the foreground bear would help the photo flow