Alison

I like the second version much better (if I can say that in the shark forum?). It might be interesting to crop in (or move in) even more on the dog’s face, really focussing on his eyes and slightly moody expression.

This photo doesn’t do anything to me– looks too much like a corporate postcard from the university. I agree with @Admin, there doesn’t seem to be a real focus and I’m not sure where to look. I think something interesting in the sky and a nice reflection on the water (eg sunset) would help.

I would try shooting from lower down so you get the flowers against a sky (maybe an interesting sky at sunset?) and no background trees. Also focus on a main flower in the foreground, so the eye knows what to look at.

Thank you. That makes a great improvement.

Any thoughts of the depth of field? That is something I’m still trying to work out.

I agree that the foreground is problematic. I’m also having trouble with the framing with the tree branches– I think maybe because they blend in the foreground too much (I like the idea of framing, it’s just not working for me here). What about shifting the angle slightly so you get a bit more of that tree in the front to add some foreground…[Read more]

I was photographing up here last weekend and I was thinking about how I would photograph this place (but ran out of time). What I was thinking was more canola (about 2/3 the picture) and move out for a wider shot, with the barn towards one side of the photo rather than center. I agree that something in the foreground would be great– perhaps one…[Read more]