Childe Rowland at the Dark Tower
by Kelli

Comment by spencerwood:
Something about the lighting on the figure doesn't look right and appears superimposed into the tower image and seems very disconnected. Holding the sword in the air comes across to me as being comical which is quite the opposite feeling I get from the tower and the sky and this further adds seperates the tower and figure. Lovely tones and patterns on the tower, would have had more impact on its own

Childe Rowland at the Dark Tower
by Kelli

Comment by PGerst:
Uh...something looks off with the subject. Like the arm is in the wrong spot. I'll have to take another look later...

Childe Rowland at the Dark Tower
by Kelli

Comment by jdannels:
I think without the filter you used this would have doe much better. The light and shadows on the tower are great, but you lost a lot of details with the edit.

Impressions of tail wagging happiness
by Kelli

Comment by ccraft:
Unfortunatley this is too blurry. I'd suggest using shutter priority instead of regular "P" or "A" - set shutter to a minimum of 125th sec with a moving object or higher. Turn up the ISO if needed and sacrifice grain for sharpness. Also, thre is not enough interst in the side of the dog or the tail... I'd suggest waiting to snap when the dog is facing the camera or only take a pcture from the side/tail view if something extremely interesting is going on back there. The best wildlife/nature/animal/human shots have the eyes as a main interest... again, unless something else is going on. If you want intentional blur, then practice a technique called panning. Slow your shutter and follow/track the animal with your lens so the animal almost appears in focus, while the background is out of focus/shows the blur.

Childe Rowland at the Dark Tower
by Kelli

Comment by AlexSaberi:
cool idea. Maybe the processing is a tad over? 7

Impressions of tail wagging happiness
by Kelli

Comment by danielcheong1974:
Better Focus would be good and motion does not highlight anything.

Childe Rowland at the Dark Tower
by Kelli

Comment by photokariangel:
woa, is that kid really there?! wierd picture...

Impressions of tail wagging happiness
by Kelli

Comment by jdannels:
an interesting blur study, it looks like he is having fun. :)

Impressions of tail wagging happiness
by Kelli

Comment by bdinnetz:
Color is good, just not in focus.

Impressions of tail wagging happiness
by Kelli

Comment by bubeltrubel:
all out of focus