You Can Lead a Horse to Water.....
by vtruan

Comment by Quadrajet:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Great challenge concept, this is a very unique idea.

I like the poses of all three horses (individually), but they donĂ¢€™t seem to work together visually. To my eye, the image is quite busy. I feel that one or even two horses would have made a great subject, but three seems a bit like visual overkill.

The composition of this photo feels a touch claustrophobic to me, as if the right side of the shot was cropped a bit too tightly. I feel that more room on the right would help open this shot up and give it a touch more visual stability.

Black and white was an ok choice for this, but I wonder what the color image looked like. Like someone mentioned previously, the horse in the foreground seems a bit overexposed and its color is probably fairly washed out. Did you try shooting this with a faster shutter speed or smaller aperture?

I hope this helps,
Quadrajet

A Silent Stare
by vtruan

Comment by Natator:
What a beautiful photo. Love the depth of field especially.

Awakened
by vtruan

Comment by rickhd13:
a very powerful statement but the red really distracts

You Can Lead a Horse to Water.....
by vtruan

Comment by wetland:
nice capture...I probably would like it better in color...but great shot in either case.

Awakened
by vtruan

Comment by adine:
Interesting to have it this dark - makes the "bald" head seem to hover in space. Brings focus to the eye, themeatically. Wish the feathers and beak were sharper. The red color adds to the propaganda effect - angry eagle bent on revenge - watch out! Wold be more powerful with a more dramatic composition - more blackness to the left and below for the eagle to be looking into planning to swoop down?

Awakened
by vtruan

Comment by Shannon:
I personally don't care much for the red tint to this shot, think it would look better black and white. 8

You Can Lead a Horse to Water.....
by vtruan

Comment by coolhar:
looks like the first horse is a bit overexpoaes, is that why you made it b/w?

Awakened
by vtruan

Comment by e301:
Don;t know what the reddening of the fead feathers is about - blood on the plumage of the american national bird? Moderately intersting image - photographically, I'd be more intersted in less (perhaps not none) processing: I fear you may have detracted from a good photo.

Awakened
by vtruan

Comment by crabappl3:
I don't care for your color cast. Nice shot otherwise. 4 -danny

You Can Lead a Horse to Water.....
by vtruan

Comment by Simplicity:
I really like the cropping and the way you captured each horse doing something different...nice job