Coyote Pretty
by ronnyt

Comment by digitalknight:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Wow, I loved this in the challenge, and have already left you a personal comment so you know I love it. Let’s dive a little bit further in and see what we can findâ€Â¦

Composition:

The rule of thirds is all over this one. Love the coyote on the one, but the dark forest using up the left third gives my eye plenty of motivation to stay over to the right.

Love the addition of the diagonal line giving us a hint of some energy and again leading the eye from the left into the right section of the frame to your superbly focused subject.

Lighting:

Looks like you had an overcast day – the soft light playing on the leaves in the background add texture and interest back there, but still leaves LOTS of detail in the shadow areas of your subject. Some of that may have come out in the shadow/highlight but still leaving plenty of good 3d definition in the whole scene, and in your subject in particular.

If it were a perfect world:

At least according to me, I’d have a shot like this in my portfolio. This is the section where I tell you something that I would change in the photo – I got nothing! I just think it’s right on.

I think this is a great example of basic compositional elements being combined with spot on focus and excellent choice of f-stop to create a wonderful photograph. This is great work. You should be proud.

Feel free to contact me with any questions regarding this critique through the message system here on DPC.

Regards,
Doug

Coyote Pretty
by ronnyt

Comment by shutterfly:
I really love this, the background is amazing.

Coyote Pretty
by ronnyt

Comment by digitalknight:
I think this is stunning, I gave you a 10.

50 is robbery, go sell it for $1800, you'll feel all kinds of better! :-)

Coyote Pretty
by ronnyt

Comment by timfythetoo:
Very nice shot. Great colors. The detail and position of the coyote are excellent. For some reason the bokeh or texture in the background is a bit distracting, but an excellent shot overall. 8

Coyote Pretty
by ronnyt

Comment by aimeethetoo:
Lovely shot and the title made me laugh! Great colors.

Coyote Pretty
by ronnyt

Comment by e301:
A nice natural portrait, good detail, light etc.; I'd have done something about the sheer brightness of the background - the yellow moments in the trees are really very bright, and could easily have been calmed down a touch to stay as just background.

Coyote Pretty
by ronnyt

Comment by whatdewuc:
What piercing eyes. Like the grainy bg and colors. Good luck on this captivating study.

Coyote Pretty
by ronnyt

Comment by 777STAN:
"Dude, Read my eyes! I'm scopin' for Babes!"
Humor aside, Nice DOF! However, bokeh around the coyote is a judgment call because it seems to blend into the subject...IMHO. Overall, very nice photo. :)

Coyote Pretty
by ronnyt

Comment by DrAchoo:
Excellent capture of the coyote. Very nicely lit and sharp. However, I'd have to say that the background qualifies as "bad" bokeh. I don't know if it's the lens or PP, I'm guessing a filter was used on the background. You still get a good score though, but would have been higher with a better BG treatment. 7

Coyote Pretty
by ronnyt

Comment by TheHummer:
My focus keeps being drawn to the tree trunk centre left, wolf is almost lost in the background.