Home on the Range
by Shannon

Comment by rmahan:
You'll probably get this comment from several people but I'll say it anyway. I think this would have looked even better if the bison was facing into the picture space. Still, an impressive photo and I could, indeed, see this as appearing in NG.

Home on the Range
by Shannon

Comment by admart01:
Great bison shot, I like where you put him in the frame (may have liked him bigger relative to your background - it's not as interesting as he is!)

Home on the Range
by Shannon

Comment by Sverige52:
I don't think this photo has much too offer.

Home on the Range
by Shannon

Comment by Olyuzi:
Hi S :) Another great shot of Nebraska and these beautiful Bison! I love these creatures, especially thieir colors.

Your horizon is a bit slanted and I don't like the way you've positioned the animal in the frame. First, his/her head gets lost in the rest of it's body and it's dark there, so it's even harder to see detail there. Secondly, I would prefer to see it facing in towards the center of the frame, rather than out, as you have it.

Glad you decided not to use a narrow DOF as I like to see the environment the animal is in. Also, something seems strange with the exposure, as the bison is too dark and in places, and exposed right in others, and your background is washed out looking. Plus, there seems to be a glare coming from center top.

Anyway, I like the shot alot and wish you luck. 7

Home on the Range
by Shannon

Comment by jonpink:
quite a lot of bisons things here. This is one of the best though. Seems to be a red/orange cast?? Well framed

Home on the Range
by Shannon

Comment by C-Fox:
Very nice, it looks like Elk Island National Park in Canada, am I right?

Mr. Golden Sun
by Shannon

Comment by tolovemoon:
Totally Awesome!

Mr. Sun b/w
by Shannon

Comment by tolovemoon:
Very very very very clever!!! One of my biggest collections is of sun moon and star celestial type stuff and so far I have only taken a picture of a moon face! I love this idea you have done great with it and the border is good too! Would make a great print in a frame for decoration! Its even better that it is black and white! LOVE IT!

Ready...Aim...Fire
by Shannon

Comment by Harz_Joerg:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Initial thoughts/My opinion
Oh, what happened here: looks like an enlarged thumbnail. Lot of action, but to be honest: I don't like guns.

Content/Composition
I don't want to address my disliking of guns here, because that completely my personal taste.
You captured of course a moment of great action: there is almost nothing having more action in the sense of speed, sound etc. than a firing gun. Also that you captured the gunfire and the smoke is very well done: how many shots did it take to get it right?
The way you presented the scenery is well made too: the way you cropped it is well thought out and the balance between the sky and ground is good. Also having the gun horizontally is good.

Camera work -technically
Exposure seems OK although the man's shirt is a little bright, but it adds to the mood of the image. Regarding the focus I can not say much due to the extremely low quality.

Digital Processing - Technical
Of course I have not seen the original, you probably needed to crop out a small section out of it. However, the image is simply dominated by digital artefacts coming from need image and maybe from the jpeg compression. A smaller size might have been better here or a strong artistic filter might have helped to overcome the technical shortcomings.
BTW: I really would love to see the original to see if there couldn't be another approach to increase its quality.

Fits the challenge
Of course it fits very well.

Personal Remark
That it did so bad could have honestly be foreseen: DPC-voters, especially in member-challenges are very much looking for the image quality and vote everything down that comes short here, no matter what subject is shown. I had this experience too with my Cliché entry.
By this I learned that if an image is below a certain standard, it's better not to submit at all.


Good luck for your further submissions

Lunch Time
by Shannon

Comment by inspzil:
Tough shot. THe background is overexposed, the face of the beefalo or bison is underexposed. It's like a multiple choice question with no right answer.