Smooth Landing
by tcherring

Comment:
Critique Club:

Hi Tara. At first I thought this was a picture of a butterfly in the background behind your son until I had a closer look. Then I noticed it was suspended with a string as you described. However, I thought the shadow of the string on his nose was part of the shadow of the butterfly's wing.

This was a clever and original idea, and the colors you have depicted contrast nicely with each other. You can never go wrong using yellow against blue. The composition is good, except as you say a little too tightly cropped at the top. But I guess you had to do this to hide the string right?

The whole image has a soft feeling to it. The outlines of your son's face and the butterfly have a kind of smudged effect to them, which is a little disturbing to the eye. But other than that a good pic Tara!

Gary

Weather Vane
by Paige

Comment:
That sky looks awesome! Good shot. This would have looked great without the base of the horse statue showing, only the silohuette of the horse. But I see that isn't possible.

Forecast-Fine
by chickadee

Comment:
Lucky you! Fine weather and this pic represents it well, good job. The composition is very good. A little bit grainy in the sky and hazy at the bottom.

Gloomy day
by birdie

Comment:
The pic is a little too small for me to see the gloomy day, especially as the tree is blocking the way. The shadow of the tree on the ground tells me the sun is shining, which isn't really a depiction of a gloomy day. Maybe it would have been better in color so that I could see the color of the background sky.

Scorching Spring
by jjim

Comment:
Nice shallow DOF. It really highlights your main subjects.

Ice Storm
by sabal5

Comment:
This is definitely effects of bad weather! Good find, hope it's not your house. A little unsharp though.

One drop at a time...
by mcmurma

Comment:
This isn't really weather but I can see what you mean. I like this image, the composition is excellent and the red/yellow colors add a lot of impact, very good!

sleepy day
by pioggia

Comment:
Funny! Good depiction of weather, however I wouldn't have centered your main subject so exactly. A little to the left or right would have created more impact.

Drought and the Economy
by Artifacts

Comment:
Excellent image! So much detail and so simple! The composition is idea, well done.

Thinking Spring
by Bearmohr

Comment:
Don't worry Spring will visit you soon too! Good capture, maybe a little too tightly cropped though.