Flight Of The Heron
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Comment by fisheye:
Nice composition. I like the shape formed by the wings.

Flight Of The Heron
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Comment by glad2badad:
Nice stop action shot. These herons are spooked easily!

Flight Of The Heron
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Comment by oscarburd:
A very good one!

Flight Of The Heron
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Comment by Gallatin:
Beautiful colors

Still Standing
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Comment by MinsoPhoto:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First Impressions:

Is that it is just a shot of an old building, nothing special to see here and I am ready to go on to the next shot.

Technical (Comp, lighting, color, focus):

The building is framed well but it is cluttered with a lot of brush. I agree with the commenter that I would have cropped out the thin line of snow at the bottom.

The lighting is ok and you captured some nice detail on the subject but the top left is a bit blown out. The color is pretty bland and some of the red/bronze hues are not that pleasant to look at. I think this shot would look nice as a Black and White.

Focus seems just a tad off. The whole scene is soft and I̢۪m not sure that is the best route to take with this type of photo.

Challenge:

This meets the challenge well and I like the route you took with it.

Artistic/Emotion:

I̢۪m not really getting much of either on this shot.

Summary:

This shot just doesn̢۪t grab your attention and I think many voters quickly voted and moved on to the next one. You got quite a few 6̢۪s and a handful of 7̢۪s and 8̢۪s so there was an audience that appreciated this shot. I think a tad sharper photo with a dramatic Black and white tone would bump you up several spots.

Keep at it and enter more challenges and you will continue to grow and get better.

Still Standing
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Comment by Luci11e:
very nice :-) I love pictureS like this; if this were mine I think I would have cropped out that thin line of white there at the bottom as it gives a feeling of a boarder and there is actually none there; it's just a little distracting

Still Standing
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Comment by cwalmye:
I wouldn't submit this photo. It's not sharp...really at all.

The Love of Annie
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Comment by rlewis:
out of focus

The Love of Annie
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Comment by paynekj:
This would be a good picture of a dog, but for me it's just not sharp enough

Please - Can I Get Down Now?
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Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Very cute shot, Patches really, really, REALLY casting a wistful eye at the floor. Lose the flowers and this would have been a much stronger shot. As it is I would give it a 5; sans flowers, probably a 6 if not a 7, because as a professional horsewoman I know how much animals can move during a shoot!

On the other hand the flowers do echo the colours used in the chair so it's not all bad. But in this case they halt the flow of the eye, from the dog to the chair. I also would have tried to shoot a bit wider, to give everything some room to move as it were.

FWIW, in pp I would have tried some shadows/highlights to help bring out the other eye, here Wigglebutt looks a little piratical, unless (s)he really does have just one eye.

Overall not a bad attempt, the idea is very sweet but needs to be simplified, and in terms of exectution you just need a little more light, and if possible more distance between subject and bg. If background blurred out, not too bad, but if so then either go for bokeh or at least ensure that subject is in focus.

Feel free to PM me with any questions,

Susan