john_kroy

This picture is breath taking.

 

I agree the contrast is high, but I think that makes it work.

This is a lovely photo - very evocative.

 

To my eye, everything about the composure is spot on. Very nice

Perfect.

 

Never used that word on this site before, but now I have.

I saw this late. Very good composition, and worth the effort of the border.

Did she find what she was looking for?

 

Joking aside, nice work.

Good job, very evocative.

Very nice, I love this kind of shot, and you have done really well with this one.

Almost. Lovely sunset, beautifully composed - except for the other couple on the right which for me takes away a bit.

Is the idea of cropping the heads something to do with Anonimity? Some comment on faceless war?

 

For me its an interesting idea, but ultimately I dont think it works as a photo.

Excellent. I didn't look at the work of the guy you were trying to emulate, and it doesnt matter. This is really good and stands out.

I didnt look at the "larger" version and photonet has done a bad job of compressing your file for display. When I look at the larger version I can see that is it definately sharp.

 

This is a problem with the web and the way pictures are shown on the screen and not your photographic technique :)

 

The way I avoid this is to resize my photos before uploading them. I ran your photo through my workflow I use for posting (breeze browser) to see if it was better. You decide.

Agreed, you totally nailed this one.

 

With modern IS lenses and not a little persistance, most people can take a really sharp shot of a cute little bird; however, what I find makes this one, is how well the complementary browns in the background work. Thats why it gets a 7 from me.

 

I looked at your other work here, and this is my favourite of all your excellent "single bird on a twig" shots.

Needs some sharpening I think, but composition is really good.

Great shot. Maybe crop some off the right.

Excellent composition. Pushes it way above average.

Nice but I have a suggestion. (Hopefully this is a crop). If you can get the original, flip it about the vertical axis so the movement is right to left (same way people read). Crop again but loose the rear most runner and stray leg and increase the 'space' that they are running into.

There are lots of ways to improve images like this: better light, getting the plane of focus over the actual subject, tighter framing (maybe), fewer distractions in the background (stalks, blobs of color etc).

 

These are just some ideas. This genre is done to death so dont get worried about low or average scores

Yeah I agree the colours are great, but I dont agree about the composition. Anyway here is an alternative (see attached)

Too much exposure here, you blew out the colors

The cropped ships on the right side spoils it for me - its unbalanced. The sky is fab, and it is exposed well.

Where are my paws?

Needed more depth of field, too many of the petals are not sharp enough.

 

Lots of good in it though, nice colours for sure!

I find Cows really hard to get right. You have nailed this one.

This is as good as they get 7/7

You seem to have had fun with the lighting, but too much of this is dark and that brick pillar is a distraction. There is no flow to this. I dont get it - maybe you should disregard this comment. I guess I dont know what you were trying to do :)