a._t._burke

You made quite a lot out of quite a little.  Well done. 

Mr. Laur....

 

A good looking dog, well-shot, and especially well-lit.  Getting a liver-colored German Shorthaired Pointer's shading is not easy.  One can even see the veins in the ears. 

 

Well done. 

 

A. T. Burke

Matthew Dapkus..

 

In general I would agree, but not this time. If the right side was cropped the side mount, hood shape and headlight with chrome ridge would be lost. Those items point to the high quality of the car. Now it denotes classy bird, classy car. Cropping would also get the frame farther away form the Golden Ratio.

This almost looks like a composite with a different body/head?

1. It is a good picture. 2. Why does anybody have to defend either the picture or their liking of it?

Might have expanded DOF to include sharp pubic hair?

too grainy...

I don't agree that the rider is the object that needs to be sharp. I see the horse and the expression on its face as the focal point and it is sharp. Was the rider sharp and the horse soft it would not be the excellent once in a lifetime picture that it is.

Well done except for unsharp detail in lower left. Why not leave upper right distance outside of depth of field?

 

Where does one get Velvia in Russia?

Hello....

 

May I ask what caused the white spots (expecially noticable on the hat)?

 

Tom