The Scottish Way
by Pangurban

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An image that contributes to the challenge

Your portrait fulfils the challenge brief in that it has been taken in natural light, there are however, a few things that I may suggest as potential improvements. There is a lot of distracting background that competes with the main subject as a result of the chosen aperture which has given you too much DOF. Most good portraits isolate the model from the background through use of (often) maximum aperture, sufficient distance between the subject and the background and by moving in closer to also reduce DOF. The composition is very central, use of thirds would greatly improve impact and also use of landscape orientation would enable you to make more use of the scene to add impact to the end result. I can see that you would want to include his kilt so a cropped composition just above the hem line and just above his head with landscape orientation with him to the left hrizontal third would have greatly improved the impact. Hope this helps a little Ellie, keep at it...

Street Architecture
by Pangurban

Comment by MeMex2:
this is so cool!

Iced Gems
by Pangurban

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An image that contributes to the challenge

The way the ice encapsulates the leaves like this is amazing sin't it, I recall a similar experience in Iceland some years ago. To be honest, I think there is rather too much going on here, there is no focal point, I think you would have been better to isolate a smaller part of the image in a macro to emphasis that encapsulation. Also, you remark about your ISO but to be honest with such a small aperture you couldn't have gone too much lower anyway. I always try to avoid using such small apertures to avoid the high ISOs compensation necessary to produce a shake-free image.

Iced Gems
by Pangurban

Comment by jomari:
Beautiful!

Glencoe, Scotland
by Pangurban

Comment by Kroburg:
The Buchaille Etive Mor, and not from one of the standard POV's. Lovely!!

Glencoe, Scotland
by Pangurban

Comment by Pixelstate:
beatiful... makes me want to return to this beautiful area

Glencoe, Scotland
by Pangurban

Comment by spencelg:
I love the clarity and simplicity of this.

Love Ewe
by Pangurban

Comment by Art Roflmao:
"As soon as he opens the gate, that's when we knock him down and make a run for it!" :P

In Nature's Grip
by Pangurban

Comment by tanguera:
Oh to find such treasures when out for a walk!

In Nature's Grip
by Pangurban

Comment by NikonJeb:
Such a well preserved subject it almost doesn't look abandoned. Gorgeous image. Congrats on the TT.