Pet-Day-6.jpg
by msdoubletrouble

Comment by MikeJ:
Very cute shot. :D

Mike

Pet-Day-5.jpg
by msdoubletrouble

Comment by MikeJ:
Really nice and a cute goat. Great shot.

Mike

Pet-Day-6.jpg
by msdoubletrouble

Comment by Savannah:
Hey, I love the independence shot. Reminds me of my pygmy goat when I was a kid - spoiled rotten too. And yes, he was on a rope when outside or he would try to ram my horse...

Samadhi (effortless concentration)
by msdoubletrouble

Comment by msdoubletrouble:
I tried to explain the 'zen' in the title. Since cats seem to have SUCH effortless concentration abilities. oh well...once again I should NOT do Sonya pics for Challenges..LOL I'm just SOOOOOOOOO misunderstood (laughs)

Shelter
by msdoubletrouble

Comment by msdoubletrouble:
aimee I love ya girl ;-) the shot is not cropped at all. not a great deal of PP. I'll have to redo it with your suggestions. Making my images "pop" is one thing I REALLY need to improve on. Also, I don't know WHY I do better at animal shots...guess it's cause I love em?shrugs.

This shot was taken from a moving trolly attached to a trailer, hand-held 100/400. I LOVED the steer and the shelter provided by the tree.

Shelter
by msdoubletrouble

Comment by aimeethetoo:
Hey! I remember voting on this one. I voted 6 BTW. This pic is beautifully composed! Personally I think it would have scored better had it been edited a bit differently. If you care for details read on -possible centering the tree truck by cropping slightly differently (if your pic allowed for this). I think burning & dodging and selective saturation in the tree leaves and on the steer (?) would have made this shot really pop and gained you several tenths (at least). A little sharpening & neat image might have worked too. I might have even checked with SC to see if cloning out the two sticks to the right of the tree trunk would be OK too as they are a little distracting. Once again you demonstrate great eye for composing animal shots.

Sorry - I think I might have been having a Critique Club moment here!

Green
by msdoubletrouble

Comment by aimeethetoo:
Lovely!

Days Gone By
by msdoubletrouble

Comment by aimeethetoo:
Nice crop and composition. I love shots of old rusty stuff! IMO getting rid of the tall flowers in front of the tricycle would have been nice. Then I think a shot like this calls for fairly heavy handed processing to make the light contrast and colors(especially on the tricycle) really pop. Just my opinion though - some don't like heavy processing - sometimes I do (and voters seem to be fairly forgiving about it in Free Study challenges).

Bright-eyes.jpg
by msdoubletrouble

Comment by aimeethetoo:
Excellent. Very well composed. You have a real eye for composing animal shots without a doubt. I really envy that! ;) Some of them could benefit from a tad less softness but this isn't one of them.

groundup.jpg
by msdoubletrouble

Comment by aimeethetoo:
Ooooo - nice one. Great composition & colors. Very fun.