Morning Coffee with View
by hahn23

Comment by front_element:
Great view. Home or holiday?

Dawn in Moraine Park; River origins, just East of the Continental Divide
by hahn23

Comment by Jutilda:
I love the pink - almost like it washed over the entire image. Congrats on top 10!!

Bighorn Ram Textures
by hahn23

Comment by Jutilda:
I really like this shot. Not so much for texture, but just in general. The DOF is good and I like the angle from which you captured it. I'm a sucker for sheep, coats, cattle etc.

Bighorn Ram Textures
by hahn23

Comment by e301:
from the edge of the Critique Club

This has a certain similarity to my own shot, actually, although the treatment is different. Whilst there is obviously texture here, I think for a challenge of that title, in the eyes of the voters, you really need to pull out all the stops to emphasise it - make that possibly over-emphasise it. A heap more contrast in the fur areas, and a deal of work around the horns themselves would have helped no end - purely in challenge terms, of course. There's also that love of the more stylised photography here, and so I think your placing of the animal in frame also doesn't help you: playing with different ideas of cropping might make things work more successfully.

All if which is not to say that this isn't entirely successful in its own right: the detailing, the focus, the stillness of the animal and that extra ping of the straw in its mouth make for a nice wildlife shot, if not spectacular. It has a strong realism, a real sense of the photographic - that's just not very DPC, I'm afraid. The centre-frame placing of the subject is one of average voters bugbears too, so you were bound to fall down on that a little. Mind you, 5.9whatever is no poor score, by comparison.

Ed

Marking Territorial Boundaries
by hahn23

Comment by mfitch_or:
nice depth

Marking Territorial Boundaries
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Comment by espy2:
I'm not much for receiving or giving comments, but since Candids are
near and dear to my heart, I have decided to give comment on every entry
in this challenge.

Unfortunately, candids of animals are really not what I look for in a good candid. Animals are aware and both unaware at the same time of a photographer, nor do they care either way. Too easy, no comfort zone lost. It's a 2 for me.

Marking Territorial Boundaries
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Comment by Skip:
great capture, lovely colors. if your score isn't where you would like it to be, you might want to read this thread

Marking Territorial Boundaries
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Comment by behindthescenes:
Gread picture and sarpness. I dont agree much on classifying animal pictures as candids.

Marking Territorial Boundaries
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Comment by Rikki:
This has got to be yours Linda ;)

Marking Territorial Boundaries
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Comment by MacDonald:
you are a brave soul..... well done