Sky's the Limit
by jerowe

Comment by jdannels:
nice use of fill flash, but her arms appear a little too dark. Also I think getting closer and shooting from a lower angle would have made this shot more interesting, although I am sure the bride liked it. :)

Sky's the Limit
by jerowe

Comment by downtherabbithole:
looks like you used on camera flash

Sky's the Limit
by jerowe

Comment by Chinarosepetal:
It's a different perspective and shows off her dress nicely, but the lighting is too harsh. :)

Nature's Beer Run
by jerowe

Comment by smardaz:
lol not sure whats going on here but its funny /6

Nature's Beer Run
by jerowe

Comment by MattO:
Looks to have a colorcast issue or white balance issue.

Nature's Beer Run
by jerowe

Comment by rebis:
Going to be hard to get your deposit back on that keg!

Nature's Beer Run
by jerowe

Comment by signal2noise:
The lighting hurts this shot as the shadows are too heavy on the lower thirds. It would've been good to get the tiger looking up. Its eyes would give more personality to the image.

Sneak Attack
by jerowe

Comment by travis_cooper:
You are a victim of the Critique Club. Again!

Your Confident shot was my first critique as a member of the club and now I've got you again. I must not have got it right the first time.

Pros
- I love that you chose to do this as a B&W conversion. It really adds to the emotion of the picture. It seems to be a good conversion too, it isn't too flat from what I can see.
- The composition is another strong point with this shot. The kitty isn't centered in the frame, the line coming from the arm of the chair (is that a chair?), this is just a well framed picture.
- Again, as I mentioned in your confident shot I am glad to see some catch lights here. Especially in animals they can really look dead without them, but I'm sure you don't need to be taught about catch lights.

Cons
- I would have listed the DOF as a pro, but I was having a hard time finding things wrong with the picture. I really like the DOF except for the left, the kitty's right, side of the face. I just wish the entire face was in focus, although I really like that the rest is out of focus. Maybe changing to a 3.5 would be enough to get just that last little bit in focus. Again this is just nit picky so I can give you something to work on.
- Some of the shadows are a little distracting to me. The shadow in the kitty's left eye is a little bit, but mostly the shadow from the chin is the one that draws my attention. With your setup, I'm not sure how you can get rid of this one, if the soft boxes are above that kitty then they will produce that shadow, so the other option is getting the kitty further away from the arm of the chair, but then I think it would hurt the composition more than it would help with the shadows, so I don't have any good suggestions on this one.

Sorry, I really struggled to find things for you to work on in this shot, I think it is a nicely done shot. Hopefully I will get to critique some more of your shots as I learn from them as well.

Nature's Beer Run
by jerowe

Comment by h2:
funny capture, but contrast is too high and white balance is wrong (blue cast)

Nature's Beer Run
by jerowe

Comment by toddgray:
Looks like he is having fun, I may have crooped it a little different