The shepard

I like the image as it is, I really dont think it needs cropping. Beautiful work ..

Dear Floriana, thanks for your reply. I learned from the ISP

Convention & Symposium,from Jack Rea, that a "raw file" is your original picture, from that you can do anything you like using your photoshop. That's what I meant when I asked you,that there was no help from PS. It is as is. Thanks and I enjoyed your photograph. My warmest congratulation to you...

All the elements work well together. The shepherd and his flock is clearly the

subject. I feel like I'm there and I can smell the mist in the air.

 

This is when preparation and a good eye meet a stunning opportunity.

An absolutely stunning image. Great job!

It's All Good! A strong and gentle study of the misty countryside...Magical!

My first impression was, as several others expressed, that a horizontal format would give this image a more peaceful pastoral feeling. But then I realized that wasn't what the photographer was trying to evoke; she wanted something more dramatic, and achieved this by using a vertical format and including the dark clouds. A well done photo with a terrific tonal range, especially the subtle tones of the hills.

Quite an intriguing photograph I like both versions, the photograph has a moody quality I would have liked the shepperd placed on one of the lower thirds point but an excellent photograph good enough to display on any bodies wall

It's fabulous. Don't alter it in any way.

Very beautiful Floriana. Thankyou. ( 7/7 from me )

 

(I am somewhat disturbed by the arrogance of Les Berkley's "I messed with it", even in the context of a discussion. Hands off! It is NOT your's to mess with Mr Berkley.)

 

Kevin Parratt.

This photo strikes me as an almost surreal scenery that is beyond imagination. How can the shepherd and his sheep stay oblivious and unworried about the looming dark clouds and impending rainstorm? Without the open sky and the dark clouds, there wouldn't have been this strong impact on me. Hence the photo in its original form is very successful in conveying a subtle experience not usually encountered by many of us at PN who are urban or suburban dwellers. Our normal notion of a pastoral or rustic scene is that of a clear blue sky and bright colorful scenery. Floriana's photo has widened our perspectives on how we should and how we can achieve something different at any time.

I think the original version is better (the one without the PS). As far as the attention is concerned, I think when one first sees it, the actions of the Shepard demands all the curiosity. But then as one drifts away into the mountains, then the sky, it makes it all the more difficult to come back to the Shepard as the visuals of the background are still fresh in ones mind. I guess its not the best thing to have such spectacular foregrounds and backgrounds in one single image :)

Dear Sally, excuse my ignorance about raw file!Thank you !

A lot of moved comments!Thank you !

Floriana

I should call this work of art "Bliss".

I believe this picture should be part of the TOP Photos collections.

I'll second the, "It's fabulous. Don't alter it in any way!"

Dear Floriana, again thanks for your relpy,much appreciated. To tell

you the truth, I did not know what I was doing to my original print

was called a raw file. I did not understand what other photographers

were talking about and I did not ask them questions either. I for one

prefers raw file, like "The Shepard".I do not like alterations but I finally accepted that is what Photoshop for when it's needed. Your

photo as is is great otherwise it was not chosen. For me, I like my

portrait or subject in a Clutter, like yours, because it tells a story. The photo is telling me something even unlucking some of the passages or story I read or heard and there I can fit your photo. Those words has an illustrations already, like your clouds and your mountains high up there from "The Shepard"and when you scroll down to the sheeps and the man things just came bursting from your mind

(at least from mine)any thing that a person holds in each one's mind. That's why I like a clutter due to what I have said. There

are more to see... best,sally

On a public CRITIQUE site, anyone that wishes to mess with the image (if thats how some choose to call it) to offer suggestions on how to improve an image are perfectly free to do so. Even if one disagrees with the adjustments, it is still an acceptable practice. This is another way in which we learn!

 

This is a very beautiful scene. One that obviously appears to reach down and stir up many emotions in the viewer...myself included.

 

However, I tend to agree more with a few others that their is just too much sky here. The upper half of the image is rather average with nothing special at all. I agree that it certainly adds to the mood of the lower half rather effectively, but does so at too steep a price in my opinion. There is simply too much sky here needed to create this mood. The beautiful scene below has been reduced in size and scale far too much. I am not so sure how effective a crop will be because the darker clouds are needed for balance/mood and they are up on the top. Here is an attempt to crop and tone down the clouds a bit to maintain a fair enough measure of the mood, yet also put more focus on the scene below...the far more interesting portion. Still even as is it is a pleasing image to view. But in my opinion it still has the potential to be even better!

i like the rectangle frame best so far. i wonder if cropping in a bit to remove a bit of grey from the top right and the "half sheep" from the right side would give the sky that bit of glow. of course there are so many ways to look at it, but when it all comes down to it it's your eye and your choice.

 

i think you could pretty much print it and sell it as is.

You call this picture good?? I have seen better airbrushing in my Playboy and Penthouse eollection!!

The photograph is really nicely composed. I particularly like the way it leads your eyes into the picture, from the foreground to the background with the gradually diminishing size of the sheep and onto the mountains, then eventually onto the clouds. No, I believe cropping is not necessary and the overall softness of the picture contributes to the mood. You have a feeling of standing in the foreground.

When I saw this picture...I was in awe and totally fascinated at the emotions it brought about. Definately a picture to have printed for many to enjoy and appreciate. Thanks Floriana for the great work! If you ever decide to have printed please let me know!

It's like reality fading into a dream. I like the original version the best. Virginia

Atmosfera bine surprinsa,imaginea bine compusa.Nu cred ca trebuie taiat de sus pt ca se schimba radical atmosfera. Felicitari Floriana !

This is absolutely wonderful photograph.To cut off the dramatic sky full of those moving dark clouds would be a crime.Those clouds give this photo so much reality and emotion.Anybody who suggests to change the composition and crop the picture is a barbar in my opinion.Great work. Gejza Cepela

I like the original image a lot. It trasnmits the mood of the scene perfectly, and I love the lightning. I wouldn't crop the sky at all, IMO it adds to the mood of the picture. I also like the original colours more than the photoshoped version offered. Great work, Tatiana!