11. I don’t have any picture like this in my portfolio. That’s really amazing so many birds on the beach like that. It’s hard to critique something so uncontrollable. I guess patterns and intentional elements happen more at random in these scenarios, where you just have to pull out the best of the bunch!
12. This has the nice added element of the glass-like reflections in the sand. A bit more of a traditional view.
13. Gotta love the depth of field! And nice low angle. Perhaps a little too much empty space on the left compared to the padding space on the right? Any photo with grass in the middle of the day could also use some saturation.
14. Good job not placing the subject dead center. There are eye-flow elements to work with. It might be nice if some were used to direct the eye to the subject? Maybe some side, directional lighting (instead of backlighting) would help bring out out it’s color better? Not sure how much these guys move around, or what influence you have on their position.
15. Wow, a whole colony of those little guys! Never seen anything like that before! Again, looking for shape and pattern. Either that, or a subject for the eye to attach on to right at first? And also again, it’s easier to work with, in editing, photos that are slightly underexposed vs those that are slightly overexposed. Maybe that’s just a “my screen” thing, but I would tend to say most of the photos seemed kinda bright, without being able to see the histogram.
Good work! Love seeing your photos. Thanks for sharing! Gotta go feed the baby now. 🙂 Till next time.