Couple of Skiing Geese, Now thats Odd
by brens29

Comment by Kaizer:
Didn't I see them at Torino?? Good thing they couldn't try a board grab on the way to gold.... er... silver. Good photograph, and nicely timed.

Couple of Skiing Geese, Now thats Odd
by brens29

Comment by rwouthuis:
Maybe I'm being to square here, but I see this all the time, so this isn't odd behaviour. Sorry.

Couple of Skiing Geese, Now thats Odd
by brens29

Comment by NstiG8tr:
The act you are trying to depict would be odd, other than that I don't see what's really odd about two geese. Other than that I like the photo.

Couple of Skiing Geese, Now thats Odd
by brens29

Comment by sherpet:
Cute not odd.....

Waiting for Spring
by brens29

Comment by dbvant3:
Living myself in the Northeast this picture talks to me.....melt....come on !!!!! MELT!! Nice picture.

Waiting for Spring
by brens29

Comment by awpollard:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

You have presented us with a wonderful minimalist shot here. At first glance one perceives a cold lonely, abandoned feeling of the piece of farm equipment. Very fitting of the Challenge.

Studying the shot in depth, the time of day that this was shot casts a nice shadow that adds to the effect nicely. The angle and placement of the subject are such that it leads us through the frame which makes this simple shot appealing.

If there is a distraction in this shot, for me it would be the footprints in the snow in the upper right corner. Personally, I would rather see no sign of (recent) life in a shot of this nature. As I'm drawn to the subject, my eye picks up those footprints in the corner and wants to bring them to focus taking us past the subject. The snow covered trails add texture/flow but do not draw attention and are integral to the shot.

Finally I would like to see a little more sharpness on this shot. Not only would it add a little pop to the cold steel equipment but I think it would add a little more life to the snow.

Very nice shot and a tough one (snow) to shot... Congrats on a wonderful shoot.

Andy

Ed: Typo

Message edited by author 2006-02-25 00:53:36.

Up in the Mountains
by brens29

Comment by SandyP:
I love this type of photo. I have one similar to this one myself and its one of my favorite photos! Great job!

Up in the Mountains
by brens29

Comment by persimon:
Simple composition with gret tones. Love the soft shadows ont he snow - adds nice horizontal contrast to the verticle repitition on the trees.

Up in the Mountains
by brens29

Comment by nlghttrain:
interesting shot, im kind of torn im not sure if there is too much going on or too little going on... that big empty area is throwing me off

Up in the Mountains
by brens29

Comment by jfwolpert:
nice composition