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Permalink Reply by Katie Vanderhaeghe on June 27, 2010 at 6:35pm

I love the second photo of the flower the most. There is a great amount of detail, and although the right side is a little dark I enjoy the contrast of the image and the colours. I might try and see if there is any details on the dark sides of the leaves and lighten only those few spots a little tiny bit.
But, you can't learn with all compliments! The photo of the horse is pretty good, but the cropping at the top is a little distracting (how it cuts off at the horse's mane). The blue of the sky looks a little strange, I'm not sure if you adjusted the colour too much or over sharpened (these are just my guesses because you can see some haloing around the tree branches). I would also try to bring more attention to the horse's eye by lightening it up a bit, but thats really just a minor detail. It looks like you have lots of details in all the photo though, so it still has lots of potential!
The last photo looks a little dull, maybe bump up the contrast a little bit. The sky is also really blown out, which could be from editing or because it was over exposed when you took it.

Of course, these are suggestions only if you are trying to get traditionally nice, "appealing" photography, which not everyone wants. So, take everything with a grain of salt.

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Permalink Reply by Kay on June 27, 2010 at 6:47pm

Thank you Katie, I love your insight! I appreciate the input, I will take the suggestions and see how they look..thanks much..K

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Permalink Reply by Kay on July 1, 2010 at 2:59pm

Thank you Katie, your feedback is appreciated,

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Permalink Reply by Hecky Soebroto on June 28, 2010 at 12:45am

My humble opinions:
1st photo: a nice moment, shutter speed looks enough to capture the move. Quite right angle but little bit too dark, you may averaging with LR. I suggest to have wider frame.
2nd photo: what is the concept?
3rd photo: good idea - tried to capture pattern, wasn't it? the execution might not in the right time, too many people on the frame, too low angle, etc. Wider lens, low speed shutter (<1.6s) at evening, may give the fantastic result. I wish ...
Cheers,

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Permalink Reply by Kay on July 1, 2010 at 2:58pm

Thank you Hecky..appreciate the input..K

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Permalink Reply by Earl E. Gibson on July 1, 2010 at 4:25pm

Hello,

I to like the first photo the best. Sure there are things I would adjust in lightroom, but overall it is a nice shot. The second shot of the flowers I just could not find the focal point. What was it you were trying to show here. I also agree that the second shot would have been better if you could see all the way to the end. The people just obscured the view. Just my opinion.. ;)

Thanks,
Earl

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