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07/18/2006 02:14:59 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club!
The first thing I noticed when this photo loaded was the white horse. This is good: your intended subject is also your focal point. This is helped by a good use of DOF and isolation of the white horse against the dark background. Good job there.
There are some distracting elements, though. The buildings in the background, and especially the blue in the upper left, do nothing for the photo. They only lead my eye away from the horse, your subject. There is also a lot of empty space on the right, not really being used for anything in the picture.
What this picture really needs is a stronger focus on the white laughing horse. Ideally, I think, the horse would just about fill the frame.
I notice in your profile that your only lens is the kit lens. This isn't in and of itself a bad thing - I use the kit lens all the time. But it's very difficult to get closeups with a maximum 55mm zoom - you'd have to get right up in the horse's face.
A number of commenters have picked up on a conceptual problem with this photo: the scene you have depicted really isn't stationary. The horse's feet look squarely planted, but the face is clearly moving. The photo looks active, not static.
I can easily understand why you might consider this photograph "stationary." Unfortunately, being able to see the link to the challenge theme yourself isn't enough. Before you submit, or even before you shoot for the challenge, think about this:Is there any way that your picture could be interpreted by someone as not meeting the challenge, and is it likely that a lot of people will think that way?
You have a good eye for subject matter and a solid camera to take pictures with. Keep snapping and keep submitting, and try to keep your audience in mind. Good luck. |
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07/10/2006 04:02:10 PM |
| Funny! although, not very stationary. I'm sure this would have done MUCH better in a different challenge. Great capture. |
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07/10/2006 07:27:53 AM |
| You have captured a very fun image to look at. Obviously the horse moving somewhat to produce the facial expression you captured. On the technical side, you might want to try a square crop on this image to eliminate the building in the background and to really bring the focal point back to the main subject. As presented, my eyes wondered around a bit trying to find what is so funny. |
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07/08/2006 06:58:36 AM |
They are all just hanging out telling jokes I presume? LOL
Nice colors and capture |
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07/08/2006 01:21:14 AM |
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07/06/2006 08:20:15 PM |
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07/06/2006 01:54:38 PM |
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07/05/2006 11:07:53 PM |
| That's pretty funny, lol. |
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07/05/2006 06:40:13 PM |
| Not sure if it meets the challenge, it seems that the horse is moving. Even though you used a high shutter speed to stop the motion there is still implied motion. |
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07/05/2006 03:39:54 PM |
| A great catch! But this shot would have been much improved if you made a tight crop around the main subject. The buildings in the background are particularly distracting/detracting. |
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