Critique Welcomed Horse silhouette
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Gianluca Drago
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Nice light, nice colours, good framing.
(And those blurry spots look a lot like the ones I see in my right eye since the lens ligament broke)
(And those blurry spots look a lot like the ones I see in my right eye since the lens ligament broke)
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Peekaboo!
I like it, with all the spots too. What was it thinking?
I like it, with all the spots too. What was it thinking?
Bill Brown
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Just personal taste but I don't like the horse attached to the hay wagon (tree). I know a step to the left would change other aspects of the image but I want separation of the horse from it's surroundings. The attachment puts the horse and the tree on the same visual plane. Because of this attachment I view the horse and the tree as a single block of tone.
Len Philpot
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TBH, I think the shot has potential but the blurry spots make me blink my eyes. I know it would be an extreme crop but I wonder how it would look with something like this?
Then again, that would seriously alter the character of the image and much of the blue sky would be lost. Hmm...
I've seen numerous images with OOF foreground objects that work, but to my eye in this case the crisp nature of the rest of the image provides no tie-in for them. They seem a little out of place to me.
Of course, that's all personal reaction!
Then again, that would seriously alter the character of the image and much of the blue sky would be lost. Hmm...
I've seen numerous images with OOF foreground objects that work, but to my eye in this case the crisp nature of the rest of the image provides no tie-in for them. They seem a little out of place to me.
Of course, that's all personal reaction!
Stevenson Gawen
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I like my blobs!
But no, seriously, thanks for the feedback! It was a pretty spur of the moment shot that I probably should have spent a bit more time on. I don't think the crop really works for me as it makes the tree rather too prominent.
Good point, thanks! I can't unsee it now...
You know - general reflections here -
I don't mind my personal images being imperfect. I feel like with the rise of AI powered editing and just the general progress of everything, a little more humanity showing through (I'm an imperfect human anyway!) isn't a bad thing.
This is not at all to dismiss or talk down those who do better work than me (they're not hard to find
), or more perfect work, it's just that I find myself these days being content with my own imperfections. In my own work that is... if was employed it'd be a different matter.And again, I'm not dismissing the feedback either, I love the honest critique you all give.
I'm honoured to be part of the RPF gang!
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
That’s a wonderful reply, Stevenson. Perfection and humanity make strange bedfellows! I look forward to enjoying more of your images, but maybe don’t file them under ‘Critique Welcomed’? That tends to invite comments you might not appreciate.
Stevenson Gawen
Well-Known Member
Thanks Rob! That's a pretty good reply right there
.And point taken, although I do enjoy getting critique even if I don't always take it on board...
Hm. There's a conundrum!
Bill Brown
Well-Known Member
Check out photographer Sam Abell. There are some videos where he discusses his method of micro-composition. Very interesting. I got to see him in person once. It changed my photography path. He has a shot of termite mounds and he spent hours moving around until he found the angle where all the mounds were visible without blocking each other.
Gianluca Drago
Well-Known Member
@Bill Brown, advice from photographers who have long experience behind them is always welcome, and there are more than one experienced photographer in this forum, but the nice thing here, in this place, is the fact that even someone like me, with very limited experience, can feel comfortable. Because the adjective “real” included in the name of the forum does not mean “professional,” it means that you present yourself to the others with your real name. So sometimes someone posts a photo that has not been studied for hours, that has clearly visible flaws, but that has a special meaning to him, maybe hoping that it will also say something to someone else even if it is not technically perfect. @Stevenson Gawen is very talented and doesn't need me to defend his point of view, but others might feel hurt by a critique that is only formal and that doesn't seem to make an empathetic effort to understand what the author saw that was so beautiful or interesting in a certain shot that he felt the desire to share it in a public forum.
But of course with this I don't want to censor your freedom to express your thoughts, in fact I am very pleased to hear your account of your experiences (and maybe learn something new from you). I am just saying that there are those who like their coffee ristretto and amaro and those who like it long and sugared.
Pete Askew
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It is quite nice to come to posts a bit late and get to read all of the thoughts and opinions that have been provided. My first thought too was that the blobs were distracting, but the more I looked at it the more I found them to be part of the whole. Somehow the fact that they sort of distract adds to the view of the horse looking at the photographer, almost on the sly. Maybe without them it would become boringly ordinary even.
