joe_decker1

I like the basic composition here, but I wish you'd left

a little room in the sky above the flag.

I like the photo better with the strip of sky left

in. I like the sense of place it creates, as

well as the sense of 'level' -- with the

crop people are talking about, the picture to

my eye looks a little tilted. Finally,

the suggested crop doesn't leave (to my eye)

enough room between the cones and the edge of

the photo, and draws my eye out of the picture

frame, which I find undesirable. Your mileage

may vary, of course.

I'm not sure I agree with your concern aboutthe finger. In landscape photography I oftendo a lot of work to keep items from beingcut off by the end of my picture, people's eyestend to 'catch' on them, and in many cases the viewer isleft wondering what it is that has been cut off.

The context here is quite different, I think. The finger does catch my eye, but that'sokayh, thefinger is a significant element of the picturein terms of meaning, not so much in terms ofform.The fact that there's a hand there changes howI percieve the relationship between the twowomen. So I wouldn't crop it the finger away.But including more of the hand wouldn't have added any meaning to the picture for me at all.

At any rate, it's a lovely picture. If I haveto pick a nit, it'd be the headband-like shadow that appears acrosss the upper womans forehead. But that's a nit.

Nice work!

I've been playing with cropping the right edge of this photo,

but I have mixed feelings about it. It makes the placement of

the moon and Venus (more visible in the final prints, they're

small) more comfortable, but cuts into the arc of morning light,

which feels to me more like a primary subject. At any rate,

comments on this issue quite welcome (as are comments or criticisms

of any other aspect of the picture.)

Exceptional, really well done. If I had to find something

to pick on, I'd tell you I was a little bothered by you

cutting off the legs of the bird in the bottom right

corner, but that really is a nit. The four birds flying

are perfect.

I like the light on the mountain, I think the picture

would have been more effective for me if you'd cropped away

the grey rock and snow in the foreground.

While I'd particularly appreciate comments on the composition of

this photo, I'm open to constructive criticism of any form.

Thanks!

Nice composition and colors!

Did you do some dodging and burning on this image?

I sense some burning on the left edge, and to a lesser

extent along the right edge. The reason I ask is that

the lower left corner of the image feels a little

unnaturally dark for my taste.

Cool! And great job nailing the focus on the head

of a flying bee, too.

I might've changed the angle, the midtones at the

bottom of the flower merge witht ehe background some,

and the out-of-focus bloom up and to the left distracts

as well. A little lower and to the right might have

completely obscured the bloom in teh back, and fixed

the merging greys as well. Just a thought, I wasn't

there.

The wide expanse of overexposed sky distracts here.

Using an ND grad to bring it into the range of your

film, and or minimizing the area by raising the horizon

(e.g., pointing down) might have helped. The colors and

the patterns in the water are awesome.

Nice action. But the picture is a little too contrasty

for my taste, and I think it would be more effective

more tightly cropped.

The shadow down and to the left of the lip

at the bottom edge of the photo is a tiny

bit distracting.

I like the compositional feel a lot.

I wish the rainbow could have

been stronger, it feels pale in comparison to the

red tower, a polarizer might have helped

intensify the rainbow. And the picture is slightly

tilted to the counterclockwise, which is slightly

distracting.

I actually dig this as street photography. A little

cropping on the right might help, might not, but I like

the dynamics of the people.

The background is somewhat distracting, the leaves on

the right get a little lost.

The out-of-focus blossom bottom right distracts me.

Otherwise, gorgeous.