Very interesting color, subtle. I like the composition also.

Wow! I didn't saw did one before. I Love those colors!! Becouse the sun is near the lower edge, the composition is not as always, namely on 1/3 or 2/3. The church tower makes it extra dramatic.

Great colors and light - nice use of lines and space in this one. I would have been tempted to tilt it to the left - just my opinion, though. Nice work.

Cheers,
Jon

I like the angle from wich you shot this photo but the coastline is to light in comparing with the rest of the image... it's shouting for my attention - unjustified.

This image is "shouting" for a polarizing filter and some color balance work. The logo on the boat really needs to be in sharp focus and I would have painted out the tip of the strip just showing to the right of the logo.

I agree with Clyde. Additionally, the composition is too heavily weighted on the right side - unfortunately, what we find on the right side is not very interesting.

I agree that it is an interesting angle, but doesn't quite deliver on this potential. Perhaps Clyde is correct and you could play with a polarizing filter to tone down the reflected light and allow you to bring the focus and flow back to where you want. I do, however, really like the way that you have captured the beach reflection in the dark section of hull and that it is gold like the stripe - nice.

Thanks everyone for your input. In doing the pp on this one I definitely lost some of the focus on the eyes. I'm going to start over and see if I can get a better result. I might post the new version under a different topic, si if you see it please let me know if you think there's an improvement.

was selective desaturation used for this image? Very powerful. Striking. You could have perhaps improved the catchlights in the eyes but I don't feel the image warrnats this. Still strong.

j'aime l'ambiance et le fait d'etre absorber par le regard.

Very nicely done - great eyes and great mouth are a great combination.

Cheers,
Jon

really intimate and striking portrait.i think it's really honest. not a typical expression too. The eye whites seem too.. white thou, was it photoshopped?

i agree with boyd the bottom part (shadow of chin) should be cropped.

I agree, too bad about the fence, but I like the flag. Gives the location a little more of a singular character.

I agree about the fence. It would be a stronger image without it.

I would have stepped back and included more fence!

Cheers,
Jon

I agree with John, I like the fence, it almost gives the picture a starting off point and the sheep are all so scattered and sky so gray and fuzzy, its a nice defining element. The only thing I didn't really like were the cinder blocks, but what can you do? I love the overall feel of this pic though, fantastic!

WOW what can I say ... thanks to everyone who voted for it for the feature!

Thanks for the comments.
Yeah the white balance is a bit off.
Shot in raw and then adjusted it but there are no white points that don't cause the color to wash out when i set them.
I will look at the curve and see if the values cannot be adjusted!

The crop is a good idea as i was unsure on how to show this in the light i wanted.
Thanks for the suggestions.

Hi there Mike;

I like the tender expression on the puppy's eyes, specially since it's behind that wooden fence. However, I found some issues suitable to be fixed easily...

-This image was taken under bad light conditions to get everything well exposed, so you have a problem with the (cluttered) background. It catches much eye so you'd better get rid of it either darkening it, cropping it out or even cloning it out.

-It looks this picture has been taken with a high ISO setting apparently for no reason. Consequently, noise is noticeable and detracts sharpness on the puppy. I would make some selective levels adjustments to reinforce the main subject presence. It would give it a bit of sharpness as well.

-IMHO, the vertical perspective should be corrected (just a few degrees) in order to align the tilted fence.

Just my two cents :)

All the best,

David

Good suggestion on the background!

High iso? You have a good eye as it was at 800 and i forgot to set it lower. (Was taking infant pictures indoors)

All of the suggestions are valid. I may rework this one when i get some time.

Mike,

Definitely worth a few more minutes of your time - this could be a classic!

Best,
Jon

un léger manque de contraste pour cette jolie scène

Ok... So I like this image a lot, but I've got two problems with it. First off, it's way too contrasty. It makes it difficult to focus on any one thing in the image. My second complaint is in line with this too. I see that you shot this image with a g7 at it's widest angle, as a result the depth of field is HUGE. This takes away from the main focus of the image, the old man and the goat. So what I would do is open up this image in photoshop and select the fence and everything behind it and blur it. I did this quickly (and sloppily) myself and it turned out great. If you do those two things, this picture will look awesome... Of course, if you like it, that's all that matters... -mike

I also like this shot, particularly the relationship you have captured between the man and the goat. There is a good range of tone, and I like the sharp focus on the goat's coat. Perhaps the scene is a little busy, but it is what it is (perhaps shooting wider aperture might help), well done.

This is a very telling shot! there is a story here that you have definitely well captured... I like the contrast actually but I like strng contrasts in general and I don t think this one is too emphasized. the only thing I would change would be the DOF but really its not much of a problem

Wonderful story is at work here. Leaves me wanting to know more and to see more of this man and the goat. Very nice work!

Best,
jon

Indonésie. Plage de Parangritis

Excellent composition1

I'm not so certain about the composition. To me, it seems that she is just asking for some money as an off hand thing, whilst she was passing by. I think if she was walking towards the middle of the frame, it would be a more striking picture.

Very good photo, interesting composition. I think the women would make a very interesting photo, maybe more of a close-up on her face. Good job though!!

Wonderful stories are told here - great work.

Cheers,
Jon

I like your photo, but the sky looks very unreal and unnatural to me. Did you photoshop that? It looks like it is.

However the topic is 'soltitude' and for that reason it's nice to have some distance to the main topic (the cabin) but I think I would prefer a shot which is more zoomed in.

I love outhouse pics...I might have cropped out the area to the right of the outhouse. Great find

The sky is natural. I don't use photoshop. Thanks for the feedback.

I really like the colours and effect that you have achieved with this shot. Hampshire might be right, in a topic of "solitude" you might be able to push the outhouse (it could be a "dunny" here in Australia) closer to the edge of the frame, but this is minor. Well done.

Well done. Amazing sky and good composition. Thanks for sharing and fits the topic very well.

Cheers,
Jon

Nice take on a common subject. The black sky and the stripes of the side of the train create a nice graphic feel to the whole thing.

Nice, especially the lines of the train, the floor and the lights on the left. The part at the right is a bit disturbing, perhaps crop this away. Also there is not really a main point of interest, in other words: there is too much in this image (train, 3 walking people in the middle, another group of walking people more at the right and the part at the right).

@ Paul: Actually, those three people you describe, is actually one: becouse of the long exposure you can see the person's movement. I agree about cropping on the right, so that the cabin is not visible and maybe crop from above... maybe it's more balanced like that. Those are things you see later, if you've looked several times to the image.

Thank you all for your comments.

Sheer delight seeing this photo. Great job, congratulations.

Excellent work on this one - one of your best!

Cheers,
Jon

Love the format and your processing! The off-white/white area in the lower right is a bit disconcerting and within that area there is an inverted U shape which looks like it needs to be cloned out.

Saludos,
Jon

Muchas gracias jon por su amable critica. Saludos

Nice shot and nicely treated J.A. I agree with Jon, I would have dodged that a bit. This could work nicely in b&w for the High Key Topic.

Muchas gracias por su critica Beamer, agradezco su amable observación. Saludos