kurt KK 2

Didn't really know what to do with this one.. Looking for general

feedback. Thank you

It's an interesting photo. The textures help make it but the subject is what's compelling. As they look away from us, it creates a bit of mystery, isolation, and perhaps even a sense of alienation. His white hat really stands out here and is very bold in the context of an otherwise rather quiet handling of a still scene. The vignetting has a big effect, romanticizing the scene. There's something winsome in all this. 

Fred has made a valuable comment. If I may go a slightly different direction. Elements. Every element that you leave in a photograph that does not add to the message of the photograph detracts from the photograph.

Having looked at your gallery I have concluded that this photograph is not as candid as it appears, that it was most likely to some degree anyway posed. As such I would like to ask you to imagine the photograph without the structure on the left and the sliver of house on the right. Doing so helps you see Fred’s interpretation much stronger. It would be difficult to avoid both the object on the right and the house/barn/building on the right but there are things that you could have done; slightly different positioning, possibly a longer lens to narrow the angle of view, bringing Kurt and the horse closer together. I am not suggesting that you try to remove them now. Even my down and dirty was time consuming and not entirely successful.

I personally am not enamored with the border. Too often such devices appear gimmicky and call way too much attention to themselves. It seems to me that you used the border more to downplay, hide, disguise the two unnecessary elements than anything else since you do not appear to have used borders on the other photographs. A larger lens opening would have as easily created the “romanticized” image that Fred mentions. 

I once removed an element from one of Fred’s photographs and got in trouble. Hope I’m not doing the same thing here. LOL

........ I like what you have done with Andrews image. Your comments make for worthwhile reading....... thanks for adding to my learning curve.

Regards