Confined
by jerowe

Comment by UNCLEBRO:
well focused on the cow with the dof bringing him/her out nicely.

I'll clean it...tomorrow
by jerowe

Comment by xXxscarletxXx:
Suck up!

I'll clean it...tomorrow
by jerowe

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Who's "Larus"? ;-)

I'll clean it...tomorrow
by jerowe

Comment by hotpasta:
looks like my desk!

Leader of the Pack
by jerowe

Comment by PaulE:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Hi Jon,

I can easily see why you liked this shot. The scene is very appealing and the colours are lovely and soft - a lovely bucolic scene. The main points I want to cover have already been mentioned in your other comments; namely the noise reduction and the halos. I happen to think the softened effect works very well on the scene, just that you have overdone it, and lost too much detail in the process. The halos above some of the cows are just plain unnecessary, and to me a clear indication that some of the post-processign has been taken too far. There is a really good video tutorial here that covers managing halos when sharpening. Hope this helps.

The main area I would have like to see more detail in on the black cow looking directly at the viewer. This to me is where everything in the image leads my eye, but when I get there it is just a large black patch with no detail. Given this was an advanced challenge I think this cow should have been edited seperately.

It is my hope that these insights are helpful and constructive. Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique. And please remember to mark it "Helpful" if you found it so. Good luck with future challenges.

Cheers
Paul

Leader of the Pack
by jerowe

Comment by cloudsme:
Too much neat image.

Leader of the Pack
by jerowe

Comment by marbo:
Too much neat image or something.

Confined
by jerowe

Comment by ludde:
hehe, very nice bokeh :) 7

Confined
by jerowe

Comment by JeniY:
Wow - I really like this one.. he looks like he has something to say...Great shot!

Confined
by jerowe

Comment by tolovemoon:
Moooo, this is great..