Boczek (150k).jpg
by smyk

Comment by pawdrix:
The light here looks a little flat. Could use more warmth. I would suggest using back or side lighting with some bounce card reflecting down on the opposite side to remove/lessen the shadows.

King of The Pond
by smyk

Comment by msizer:
May I make a suggestion? Please don't take it as criticism, but I've take an few shots of mute swans, and I find that if you boost the colour saturation the neck seems to change to a pleasing bright yellow. I think if that if the cropping were a little less boxed in and the water ripples (which are very nice BTW) were level, it would make a lot of difference. On a brighter note, this shot seems to have some sort of a "purity" to it. I'm not sure how to better describe it, but I like it.

King of The Pond
by smyk

Comment by pidge:
I think it's the darkness of the head area that gets people saying it's too dark. People expect swans to be pure white (not that they really ever are). The result (on my crappy laptop montior) is the eye get lost. The crop is nice, but I think it's a bit tight. My .02€

King of The Pond
by smyk

Comment by noraneko:
Nice focus and good job with keeping the details in the whites. Looks a bit cool, though - I think you could ramp up the exposure 1/2 a step and make this pop a lot more.

Anthropophobia
by smyk

Comment by pidge:
So was the mouse a pet or food for a snake? :)

King of The Pond
by smyk

Comment by Haneck:
I love the water, but the border isn't working for me... or maybe it's just cropped too much. Nice shot though - keep it up!

King of The Pond
by smyk

Comment by CapeSail:
Nice photo, though kind of dark in the head area. Playing with the light settings I think would have made this even better.

King of The Pond
by smyk

Comment by raish:
Right then, joke's on me as I now have to plough through 564 images and bump them all (yes, all of them) up. There'll be a third run through for fine tuning. It's day two three now and I'm running late, sorry.

Dark at the head. 5

G7(150k).jpg
by smyk

Comment by nixter:
I love this! So glad you chose B&W, it really helps with the mood of this shot. Great composition and although the houses look abandoned, the smoke/steam tells me otherwise. Excellent!

G7(150k).jpg
by smyk

Comment by Czet:
What a great shot!!! I am often in places like this, but I only now know how hard it is to get a perfect shot like this one! I can't wait for you to tell me more about your trip!

Cheers,
Chris