ben_crabtree

One of the best child pictures I've ever seen. I keep coming back to it, to look at it again. She's a beutiful subject, but your composition adds greatly to the photo's impact. I much prefer this one to both the black & white and face-on versions.

 

Congratulations -- I wish I could take this good a picture of my grand daughter.

I like it as it is, but I have to agree with Ivan that it is even stronger cropped just at the top of the top rail.

I'm suspicious. I can't figure out how the light can be coming from the left (shadows on the right sides of the sheep) yet the sun is directly behind them.

Along the lines of Carl Root's comment, I think this picture could have been even better had you placed the dark chair one row ahead and three places to the left.

 

Having said that, I have tried to take similar pictures in the past, and have never come close to making as good a one as this is. Congratulations.

I really like the angle -- it's full of energy, and the angles pull your eyes to head of the guitar and especially to the face. It transmits the energy of the player, and is certainly one of the most interesting "guitar player" shots I've ever seen. Excellent

If it were my shot, I would crop about half of the closest fence section (the far left one). The moderate darkness on the far left side of the picture seems to weight it down a bit for me. On the other hand, I (unfotunately) can't claim credit for the picture, and you can. A very nice shot.

I usually think that photographers pay too much attention to rigid "rules", but in this case I would have to agree with the "rule" that says you should show the bases of the trees.

I wondered how it would look in B&W. On balance, I probably like it better than in color.

It's wonderful as it is, but if you trim about 30% off the bottom, you end up with another option - a striking panoramic, and you do away with the somewhat distracting lighter-blue water on the front left.

 

I have not seen a better portfolio than yours. Oustanding work.

Very good capture, strong composition. Actually, I would prefer a tighter crop. It's only personal opinion, but I like the picture better if the top is cropped down to the top of the bricks, eliminating the blue sky. The pattern of the lamp and its shadow become stronger to my eyes.

Does the pattern of the shadows look a little suspicious to anyone else? Light from one direction on the tiger, another on the woman? The shot looks heavily doctored to me.

Nice scene, but quite a bit of distortion (diverging vertical lines are quite noticable).

A riveting portrait. I'd like to know more about the picture-taking session, but I'm not sure that I would have wanted to be there, given his expression.

 

I disagree with Piotr - I like the positioning just as it is. My eye goes from his right eye, to the left side of his moustache, and then centers on his nose.

Nice catch. Cropping a bit off the top and bottom, making it somewhat panorama-like, improves it a bit, to my eye.

Great color, nicely balanced composition, good "action" shot. I like it a touch better if I crop about 1/2 the sky above the peak -- just a tiny bit -- but that's a minor and arguable point. Excellent picture.

Very creative. I like it a lot. I'd like to see it against some other background colors.

I've always wanted to figure out how to take this picture, but was never able to pull it off. Congratulations.

I like looking at cityscapes, and I've never seen one I liked more than yours. As near perfect as a photo could hope to be.

This is Albert King (note left-handed playing, Gibson Flying V), not Buddy Guy.

If you would crop just a bit off the top -- down to the top of the willow on the right, perhaps -- the lightness at the top of the picture (and the tendency to pull the eye toward it) would be eliminated. Nevertheless, a fine shot.

I think Charo is right. If you crop the left side of the picture just to the right of the smaller tree, it becomes an even more impressive shot.

The people not only add scale, but interest. It could be a cold picture without them.

 

I'd like to see it with the right side darkened just a bit.

To me, the softness of the color emphasizes the mistiness of the air better than the B&W does, plus it creates more depth via the modest contrast with the black of the foreground.

 

Excellent picture.

Looks a lot more like a 49-51 Mercury to me.

This is an exceptional image. Not only is the model attractive, but she is lit in a way that makes her stand out against the black background even though the the contrast between her dark skin and the background is gentle, for the lack of a better word. I think you have used your lighting very well, and I would be proud to have taken this picture.