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Wayne,

A great shot, the expression is one we all could imagine having if we were in the drivers seat. Nice job.

 

Fantastic expression! I wish the rider's face was more prominent and the bull's face complete. A vertical orientation would have helped?

Love the look on the rider's face - i agree with the last commenter about a vertical orientation to get more of the good stuff in! Would cropping the left hand side do anything for the image?

 

Regards

Tim

Thanks for comments. Attached is face detail crop from scan

I would sharpen and crop the photo to bring attention better to the subject; the moment is great, its just a question of how best to focus people's attention on it.

Wonderful photo, Wayne! As mentioned the expression is priceless. Because of the sheer dynamic, I'm not too bothered my the cut off bits of cow. You rightly focussed on the rider. If you feel like cropping square, I'd suggest losing most of the left 3rd and just a tiny bit on the right, i.e. a bit more to the right than Glenn's crop. However I do already like it as it is. Great stuff! Cheers,

Glenn is cropping again ...

 

No seriously, this pic needs more space/context not less. I would like to see more space on the bottom, maybe to the left and a little bit on the top to show the entire tail. Showing the bull's feet in the air, would convey tye dynamic of the moment. Needs a big good print to show enough detail in the face.

 

Good title.

Must disagree with Glenn about cropping which only emphasises the background immediately around the rider's head.

 

Definitely with Bernhard on this one, good shot as is, would be great with more space around the bull.

When there is something in the background that gives context, or the background lends to the beauty by its form or simplicity, then cropping harms the photo. Here, I don't see why you wouldn't get rid of it. We have some hard-to-see blue fencing and a lot of dirt. Where is the beauty in seeing more of it. The cropped version leaves enough of it for me.

 

I don't get any more information about the situation (it's a bull ring in a rodeo or whatever, right?) by including more background. So is this a composition issue?

>When there is something in the background that

>gives context, or the background lends to the

>beauty by its form or simplicity, then cropping

>harms the photo. Here, I don't see why you

>wouldn't get rid of it. We have some hard-to-see

>blue fencing and a lot of dirt. Where is the

>beauty in seeing more of it. The cropped version

>leaves enough of it for me.

 

To me, the background is nicely blurred, not particularly intrusive, and provides a boundary for the image that gives it front to back depth. Cropping it gives it more prominence in the photo, making it much too obvious relative to the riders head, and compresses the scene too much IMO.

Showing more of the dirt to the left of the pic gives context in regard to the direction of travel of the bull into it.

Showing the bulls front feet may also reinforce the movement aspect as it may also show dust being thrown up... the front feet may not be on the ground etc...

 

>I don't get any more information about the

>situation (it's a bull ring in a rodeo or

>whatever, right?) by including more background.

>So is this a composition issue?

 

Yes, but only Wayne can comment on whether or not there was any possibility (regarding equipment and time) to actually do anything about it...

This really is minor nit-picking. It could be that by showing more around the bull, other factors could be introduced, such as a persons head in front of where Wayne was sitting...

I really like the capture Wayne. The expression on his face is like the center of gravity for the image: its absolutely gripping. I'm with those who favor a tighter crop because the background really is just empty space to me. However, even as is, its a heck of photo. Nice work.

Excellent one.