I like the DOF you give to this. It makes the whole mushroom sharp, and leaves the BG just enough in focus to know the mushrooms habitat. Nice job.

He is handsome but a little distracted. Is there some reason that he is looking out of the picture?

Nice photo. I like it a lot, except for the dark shadows on the back of the head (the ones on his back aren't so distracting). I like the detail in the dark feathers. Keep up the nice pictures.

In your note you said that this picture was taken between 2 bushes, but I had to look carefully to see them. You were able to get them to be as much out of focus as the BG, making the FG and BG almost melt together. Nice job "catching" this action.

Radu, you have a nicely interesting picture here. I like the way the light is just peeking through the leaves on the palm tree.
Could you maybe post the exposure settings for this pic?

Interesing looking texture. I like the details in the shadow area, but the lighter areas are just a little too bright. I was thinking though that if you had gotten the exposure right on the top part of the fungus, then the rest of the picture would seem to consist only of shadow. Good job for a difficult situation.

Lauri, it looks like you have captured some kind of angelic swan here! I almost like the way his feathers glow around the edges, but the bright water behind is a little much. You managed to get the face and front at a nice exposure, but at the expense of the rest of the picture. One more little thing, in my opinion he has a little too much space above his head and not quite enough under his feet. Nice job (even while being attacked!)

From the way it looked in the thumbnail I thought that it was sand. After opening it I thought it was snow. Now, after reading your note I know that it was neither! Interesting affect and nice job.
Btw, did you take this shot through a window? There seem to be some ghost like images from the grass.

I also have to ask, is this water really this blue? The lighter colours at the top make it even more interesting.
It's too bad you didn't get the tail of the the big one, but I am sure that you are happy to have just gotten what you did. Nice job.

I hate to say it, but the "split" is just a little too much. When I look at this picture my eyes go kind of cross because there is no main subject. The bird flying out of the picture and the one watching it leave are so far apart that the image seems almost to have no subject at all. I don't really mean to sound negative, I would just like you to think about what you are shooting next time you have the chance.