curios horse
by JohannesFrank

Comment by muggle_girl:
beautiful, aren't horses eyelashes lovely.

curios horse
by JohannesFrank

Comment by dwterry:
The images that always suffer from a lack of comments are the ones that are right in the middle ground. Everyone comments on the awesome shots. Some comment on the bad shots. But the middle ones, very few people say anything. So here I am to explain why I voted a 5:

Actually, you pretty much have me stumped on this one! This image has several of the classic examples of what makes a macro or close-up: larger-than-life image, shallow depth of field, sharpness where it needs to be, etc.

So what's wrong? Again, I'm having a hard time figuring that out. I think it has something to d with the eye. I like how the eyelashes are sharp. I like how the hair under the eye is sharp. But the eye keeps bugging me and I don't know why. It makes it hard to look at the image for some reason.

So while I can't fully justify giving a 5 ... I'm having a hard time justifying giving a 6 in spite of the "macro aspects" that I do like about the image. Perhaps this is my least helpful comment of the bunch... I hope maybe it helps a little. (and in the end, my 5 will probably only matter for about 1/300th of the score anyway, but now you have some comments that might be worth more than just the score)

curios horse
by JohannesFrank

Comment by ubique:
Not the most flattering view of a horse, but it is an interesting view & a technically very crisp image. And it's not a flower or bug. 7

Once used every day
by JohannesFrank

Comment by mikala:
very nice. the red on the roof appears slightly over-saturatated. perhaps having the wooden barrel a little to the left and showing a tad more barn.

curios horse
by JohannesFrank

Comment by macrothing:
8 - I really like this photo and the eye/lash detail and color. A tighter crop, cutting out some 'nose' would have been better. Not sure if title is deliberate or sp.

curios horse
by JohannesFrank

Comment by whiteroom:
good shot

curios horse
by JohannesFrank

Comment by Kavey:
Shallow DOF works well to focus attention on the beautiful eye and lashes. Lovely crop - really perfect.

curios horse
by JohannesFrank

Comment by SJCarter:
Really nice reflections in the horse's eye and I love the eyelashes. Nice work.

curios horse
by JohannesFrank

Comment by dmmmd:
Fine detail.

curios horse
by JohannesFrank

Comment by aboutimage:
a curiously good photo! 8