tommiller

I like the horse, and the muted colors in the background work well with the horse. I'm wondering, though, whether the composition would be stronger if it were cropped closer on the left side.

What a way to start a portfolio!

I like the colors, and the placement of the moon and the building. The water is just light enough to appreciate its deep indigo. It's quite OK that there's no shadow detail in the structures. I'm impressed that none of the people seem to be blurred by motion during the exposure. However, I'm afraid the lights other than the moon are somewhat distracting, especially the one completely surrounded by darkness near the center of the building. There also seems to be some kind of blurred obstruction in the bottom foreground.

I love the warm colors of the wood, and the contrast with the cool colors of the glass and metal. By putting the frame in the center, you force the viewer to look at the window, rather than trying to look through it, so they don't miss its own beauty and think of it as "just a frame". The off-center highlights save it from being "too symmetrical"

I like it. What's most interesting to me is the contrast between the symmetry of the foreground, and the less-symmetrical background. I notice that the colors don't seem very saturated, but that may be necessary to keep the foreground from being too dominant.

I like it very much. The warm colors do so much toward the overall impression.

I like it very much. I can't tell what the subject was, but that adds to the interest.

I'd been wondering about that bit of wall. I was struck by how the colors in the curtains and the wall echoed those in the begonia leaves, but I've been uneasy about what it does to the composition.

 

Tom

First week of trying out my first digital SLR

Rhonda,

 

This is the first critique I've offered on photo.net. I like the composition and the idea very much. Perhaps we'll get as accustomed to wind turbines someday as we are to telephone poles and wires now (but even they make photography challenging, especially in urban areas.) The main suggestion I have to offer is that it's rich in highlights and shadows, with rather little in between. The bright roof on the barn and sharp contrast to its dark front tend to draw the eye away from the rest of the scene. If you have Photoshop, or even Photoshop Elements, which is all I have, you could use enhance - lighting - highlights and shadows to lighten the shadows and darken the highlights a bit. A graduated neutral density filter can also help to avoid losing sky detail without getting stuff on the ground too dark. (Or so they say. I never seem to have one with me, or I forget to use it when I should.)

 

Tom