Favourite choice on the Carousel
by xsnrg

Comment by TabbyCat:
Without the title, it's hard to see how the picture fits the theme by itself. However, it's an excellent concept and an adorable model! Might be better if the busy background was more blurry (shorter DOF) to help concentrate the viewer's focus on the child and the horse. And the picture is slightly crooked, so it needs to be rotated a bit to the left. Nice shooting!

Brig o Doon1.jpg
by xsnrg

Comment by dccloss:
Very nice! I like the bright colors, and the repetition in the evergreen trees, the poles (for the chains) and the park benches. I also like how the walk leads you into the photo, and makes you want to sit down and stay awhile. I've added this to my favorites!

Brig o Doon1.jpg
by xsnrg

Comment by theodor38:
beautifull...

Don't fence me in
by xsnrg

Comment by tyrkinn:
*** Greetings from the Critique Club ***

Hi there. A few words on your photo:

Challenge
Submission meets the challenge as the wheels are the dominant factor in the shot. I would have liked to see a little more work on it though to make it more interesting, it's a bit lifeless for my taste.

Composition
This factor is a bit weak I'm affraid, this angle makes the fence look a bit cluttering and uninteresting for my taste. Positioning at a right (90°) angle would be better, the small angle standing a bit nearer the leftmost wheel is a awkward. Better yet, shooting from one side could produce some interesting results. Shooting from the left corner showing both sides of the fence could be nice, or shooting from a few inches away from the fence along with it making the wheels more dominant. Making the cattle more a part of the image could have been good too. In situations like these it's best to use a digicams biggest advantage and shoot a whole bunch of shots from different angles and deleting the less interesting ones. Try everything that falls into mind, often this ends with really good shots that you didn't belive in at first but gives something extra. Crop is rather tight as well, the rightmost wheel is just on the edge and the leftmost one is too tight as well. I would have included either more or less of the sky, often it's better to put the horizon either two-thirds up or down, middle seldom works best.

Lighting
The lighting is smooth, cloudy and even. Your exposure did good (it's often the best weather to shoot outside photos)

Camera work
Very nice, no blurring and the dof is wide enough for this type of shot.

Post-Processing
Image looks little or not processed in Photoshop or similar software, good thing, this type of shot does not need much processing. How ever a few things could be better, working with levels a bit (not too much could boost the rater dull colors up a bit (you can do it more easily with saturation). Sharpening a bit could do good as well.

Title and Info
Title is good, but the info isn't very informative. It's a good rule to always include aperture, ISO and Shutter settings and preferably something about how the shot came about and how it was done in the "comments" area.

Overall (my opinion)
I think you could have made a more interesting shot out of this, it's rather monotone and the composition isn't very striking, needs the so-called wow-factor, something unusual or striking. Your final score indicates though that many people like it, and maybe it's just my taste.

Hope this helps (excuse my english, I'm Icelandic)

Best regards, Tyrkinn

Natural Power
by xsnrg

Comment by BillE:
lose some of the sky as it doesn't add to the subject or message. zoom in on the water and capture detail of the foam.

Natural Power
by xsnrg

Comment by bitfarmer:
Some croping could had make it more expresive... I would had croped off the top-bottom stripes to let only from the middle of the white bubbles up to the clouds and a little more, like if it where shoot horizontally. Just my point of view, eh! I like the shoot as it is also.

Natural Power
by xsnrg

Comment by heida:
I feel like there is a lot of unesesary (cant spell that) space in this picture, I think it could be better if you cropped out the left site after the tree there and the sky just above the clouds, and put some more contrast in it, with levels and color balance it, it looks just a bit too green/yellow, Good luck :)

Natural Power
by xsnrg

Comment by SharQ:
Image seems to flat, and does not really convey power. Those 30 cm the water falls is hardly very powerful.

Natural Power
by xsnrg

Comment by missile:
Try getting less sky in the picture. Maybe taking the photo from a lower angle filling up the shot with the edge of the water by zooming.

Natural Power
by xsnrg

Comment by maciupiciu:
The horizon is a little bent and too centered. Though the subject is impresive, maby you should have piked another hour of the day, so the water wouldn't look soo dark