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Comment by salmiakki:
Greetings from the Critique Club

It's been a while Susan, since I've done a critique :)

Well done on the top 30 placing with this image.

I assume you were using a tripod also to get the nice blur of the water.

As far as composition is concerned, I think placing the subject in the centre of the frame has cost you a few points. I have a feeling that if you had chosen to use a horizontal orientation and included a little bit more of the river to the right of the frame you may have had a more dynamic photo which could well have pushed you over the 6.

Overall I think this is rather nicely done. Good job!

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Comment by LadyK:
hey look its snaffle's boy!

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Comment by MaryO:
:-) Great expression on the horse's face!

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Comment by spiritualspatula:
Hey there;
Here's a belated Critique Club visit!
You took a somewhat different approach to a lot of the entries in this challenge, and I mean that in a good way. Traditionally, when one thinks of windows, they think of a void, something which is defined not by its substance but by its boundary. With this approach, the focus is clearly on what is seen, and is almost a concerted effort to subjugate the window itself to an afterthought at best. Instead of this approach, you have put far more emphasis on the window itself by employing a window with both opaque and translucent properties and relegating the �view� itself to a secondary support role (which is doubled upon by your choice of basing your title on said secondary element). I like the slight tilt and angling of the window relative to the viewer, and the manner in which the chimes themselves are broken up by the diffraction is nice too. Had I been shooting this, there are a couple things I might have tried messing with to see the result. First, I would try to align the round portion of the chime with the center of the star in the window. Secondly, I would decrease my DoF and focus either on the chimes or just slightly past them so they are still acceptably sharp but that the window is lurking at the edge of the focus. This would soften the contrast on the stippled glass a bit but still keep things defined enough that the window itself is still a prominent subject. Nice shot as it is though.

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Comment by Photorico:
thats great

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Comment by wkdesigns:
Cute

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Comment by abranton:
Hilarious!

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Comment by disassociation:
great capture! i love their expressions!

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Comment by joeyz101:
Cute picture.

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Comment by Melethia:
He's totally nuts. :-) Nice finish - I show 7 across so this shows up in your top row!