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Comment by mpeters:
Dial down your exposure. The pic also seems blurry, maybe handheld zoom or digital zoon on a P&S camera???

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Comment by RayEthier:
The lighting, cropping, composition, and subject matter are all rather bland, with the ensuing results being that this image with not fare well in this challenge.

Keep plugging away, for it is only through time, effort and dedication that we can ever hope to improve.

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Comment by annah:
Hmmm...well. I think think the focus is a little too soft for me. the highlights in the wings also seem a bit blown out. a different angle and better focus could make this a really interesting pic.

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Comment by madcrabber:
too blurry

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Comment by michael_p:
The focus could be better.

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Comment by neophyte:
Great idea that needs some more clarity to really communicate what you want. ( My humble opinion anyway..)

Nothing's too good for my horse!
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Comment by Dr.Confuser:
Okay, so I get the concept. But it could be better executed in my opinion. Car in the background distracts from the message. Clip on the money is incongruous. Brights are too bright, and darks lose some detail and color saturation that could have been interesting. Put the girl's face in the frame with more of the horse's head and convince me of a loving relationship set in a pastoral setting ... and I'm almost there with you.

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Comment by Aghris:
Sad, certainly, and probably very desolate, but the photo is very flat and uninteresting. Also, with a shot like this you would want your main subject to be in crisp focus, but it appears the focus is here a few centimeters off. Giving it a more interestin crop could've helped immensely, you don't really need so much dirt arounf the wings.

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Comment by jdannels:
This is a nice find but I wish it had more detail and was abit more in focus. Also I don't know what you use to prepare your images for challenges but you might look at this link. You can get more detail if you use the full 150 kb file size limit, yours is 70kb. Hope this is elpful.

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Comment by taterbug:
Interesting choice of subject. Looks like the focus is kind of off though. Possibly the camera was too close to subject? Inside the minimum focus distance. Or perhaps camera shake from being hand held and lo light?