jacked
by MisterMarcus

Comment:
Great pespective, great framing but needs more contrast.

snowbeard
by posthumous

Comment:
Interesting perspective but you lost the focus.
Great tones too.

Wild Tenderness
by Kathe

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club ;)

Cheers Kathe

Lucky me that I got this photo for critique as it's a picture I really enjoy looking at.

Artistic Merit
Pros:
* Beautiful subject. Beeing a nature photographer I'm sure you really enjoyed making this picture.
* Good cropping on almost all corners (I'll get to that ina moment)
* Good job at balance of masses of both subjects. None is more important than the other, they function as a whole, dividing the attention of the viewer.
Cons:
* A tighter crop on the left, hiding the left tiger's leg, might have given this photo more spatial continuity. Even though there is almost no leg to see, it should have worked better with either no leg (my preference) or with a bit more (adding closure to the white space).
* The black frame IMHO doesn't suit it all that well. A brighter one would have worked better. I know there is a need to border the snow but in these cases I find that just a one black pixel inner frame with a thicker white border outside works well.

Technical Merit
Pros:
* Good exposure on an otherwise dificult metering and lighting situation. I'm curious on how you managed to keep the snow from blowing high and still have so much shadow detail.
* Good isolation with pleasant bokeh.

Emotional Merit
Pros:
* To capture such a tender moment from one of the wildest beasts in the animal kigdom, goes straight at the viewer's throat without asking for permission. This is a photo that makes a hit on the viewer instantly.
* The environmentaly cold of the snow also contrasts beautifully with such a warm moment of affection.

Result
Let's get it right:
* It's in the upper tenth of the lot.
* It's your personal best.
* It's a significant step in the direction of one of your goals.
* I liked it best over about one third of the ones that were in front of it.
AND ALL OF THIS IN A FREE STUDY!!!

I'm sure this photo will make you proud for days to come. I know I would be.

All the best
Duarte Bruno

Message edited by author 2010-02-12 20:30:23.

soul speaking
by njsabs

Comment:
Incredibly beautiful portrait.

Beautiful model, beautiful lighting, beautiful expression. All these elements together are just rare.
And that magnetic look, it's almost impossible to take my eyes off her's, I can't remember such a strong visual black hole.

This deserved much higher placing.

Squared 360
by tbangert

Comment:
Not the best lighting.

The sea shore of the city
by el3radii

Comment:
I can't see how the perspective dramatizes this photo.

Hayat-Bakhsh-Bagh
by dougi555

Comment:
Good framing but slightly over corrected distortion.

Calling out all werewolves!
by sarampo

Comment:
I must say I would have voted this at least 3 votes over your first try:
, so it's got to be a 10*.

I can't really understand how this one hasn't scored better than the first when it's so much better technically and astisticly.

Message edited by author 2010-02-10 07:36:29.

" V O T E at least 7 ! ! ! "
by Miep

Comment:
The perspective is all wrong. If you are looking for ways to increase the feeling of perspective, there are a few tricks that you can use, namely:
* Place directly lit subjects close to the camera and dark ones further away.
* Same as above but with contrasty subjects on the front
* Same as above with focus on the front
You went against all of these so it's easy to understand where the eye of the viewer is going to rest. IMHO this is a fortunate side effect as the viewer's eye will rest on the background because sincerely I can't understand all these mixings of kids and guns, but it must be me.

Good exposure, good use of B&W, excellent composition and fantastic model.
4* for those.

Escaping from heat
by liangdawei

Comment:
Amazing shot, but why on Earth didn't you crop the bottom third?
I'm so divided I'll have to vote later.
Is that an owl?