Sweet Tooth
by Diana

Comment by dahkota:
excellent color rendition. Like the shadows. DOF excellent. 7 - good luck in the challenge!

High Contrast B/W
by Diana

Comment by just-married:
Interestingly, before I read your title, my first thought was "it's very gray and could use a boost in contrast." I can see where any more contrast on the center horse might have been over the top, but with advanced editing you could have used a mask. Mostly I see gray.

High Contrast B/W
by Diana

Comment by jduffett:
I think the horses could be a touch sharper, and either a larger or smaller DOF. The background takes up a large portion of the picture, and I find it frustratingly in between focused and totally blurred out--I can see the detail, but it's not sharp enough to be appealing. I think I would like it best with a large DOF and everything in focus, but smaller DOF to blur the background more could work too.

High Contrast B/W
by Diana

Comment by Jutilda:
I don't sense high contrast. I sense blurred and blown out. This has great potential, but it's tilted too. I'd straighten it, make sure I had tack sharp focus and shoot when the light isn't so bright. As it is, it blanches them out somewhat. I might zoom in on a single horse for more impact.

High Contrast B/W
by Diana

Comment by mk:
Not really much pop to this photo. It's hard to say without seeing it in color but I feel like maybe it would do better that way. There seems to be some odd editing effects around the horse on the left and at the feet of the horse on the right and in some random places throughout the rest of the photo - dodged maybe? There just isn't enough to draw the horses out of the background.

Portrait of a Landscape
by Diana

Comment by echo54:
nice

Country Lane
by Diana

Comment by crabappl3:
nice leading line. The road does not appear to dead end, just end. The focus also appears to be soft to me.

Portrait of a Landscape
by Diana

Comment by Artifacts:
Good attempt at a Fall landscape scene. Composition is decent. The colors are a little weak and the focus is a little soft for my taste.

Country Lane
by Diana

Comment by lynnesite:
The road appears to continue past the curve, am I not seeing a dead end here?

Country Lane
by Diana

Comment by armelle:
It's actually a very nice angle and you really get the feel of the sinuous road! IMHO, more luminosity and a less soft focus would help a bit...