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I saw this one coming. I grabbed the small P&S camera I used to keepwith me all the time, and took the picture at the right moment - I think.

Post processing: cropped (not enough zoom range on the camera),converted to B&W, toned down to Low Key and tinted a bit.

Does it work for you?

No critique, just praise. In my book, this photograph is simply perfect.

If I were to speak abot this picture and the emotions it conveys, it would take me way more that a thousand words.

Thank you for sharing!

I think the picture is slightly tilted to the left.

Not sure about the roofs near the top edge. Maybe a higher POV would have helped getting rid of them.

Other than that, a very good picture IMHO. There's a certain mood here...

I think it's a great capture.

However, the image seems to be a bit tilted to the left. I would straighten the horizontal to make the goose and the reflection be perfectly symmetrical.

I would also reverse the picture to have the goose fly to the right.

Excellent capture of a beautifull animal. But I feel there's too much empty space around it.

It's not easy to find a good composition for this subject. The tiger body is moving from top-right to bottom-left, while it's look follows the other diagonal. I would go for a square crop, which would place the tiger's head in the top left strong spot.

@ Nikos: I'm glad you feel the same about the light. As for tight framing, it's partially because of some distracting elements I had to get rid off, and partially because of my basic rule "get as close as possible, frame as tight as possible" - and sometimes I tend to overdo it.

Thanks for the critique!

@ Mark: The dark area at the top is the shadowed slope of the next hill and I was quite happy to include it as a way of giving some depth to the whole picture - but it doesn't seem to work.

Thanks for your detailed critique! I'm planning to go back there quite soon, if weather permits.

@ Lokesh: I think you are right about the top right corner needing some breathing space. But I had to crop there in order to get rid of some disturbing elements just above that line. I should have paid attention when I took the picture.

Thanks for critique!

Thanks for critique, Shaun!

Do you mean that the crop is too tight?

Regards, Val

"Been waiting for you all night"?

The light and the land were so generous. Did I succeed in capturingthe glory of that Fall afternoon?

You may rate it if you like, but I'm really interested incritiques. What would you improve - and how?

Thanks in advance!

I think this picture has potential. Let's see what I would improve - and how:

First I would straighten what seems to be the horizon. (Maybe it's not, but it certainly looks like.)

Then I would crop tighter from top and bottom. Those black areas don't seem useful to me. But if you keep just the middle 50%, the two bays would give a nice X shape.

Last, I would increase the lights just a bit.

My 2 cents - HTH.

This picture caught my eye as a thumbnail - and doesn't disappoint full size. In fact, the more I look at it, the more I like it. The first thing I noticed and liked was the graphic effect. I guess the original picture wasn't half this interesting, but the final result tells me what you visualized when you took it.

I think it's a great composition. My eye keeps wandering.

My reaction is "I wish I was the author".

Congrats!

One of my first pictures with D90 and 70-300 VR.

Looks perfect to me.

Man, you must be proud of it!

Great color, light and composition. So peaceful, so glorious...

I love the idea (looks very original to me), and I love the result. I'm not sure I understand HOW you did it, but hey, I love your picture and that's what it's all about.

 

Great composition for a candid! So dynamic, so "explosive".

You were in the right place at the right time - which takes "bad" out of the equation ;)

 

I like the "graphical" look. I would try cropping a bit, in order to remove the yellow flower (bottom left).

Anyway, it's one of my favorites.

This picture tells me a lot about childhood and rich imagination, about fairy tales and the inner world, about many other things. It TELLS - and this is what a great picture is about.