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[pebbleheed]

I'm quite chuffed with how this photo turned out over the weekend. So I thought I'd throw it in for my first request for critique to see where I could have done better.


Me and my Dad by Pebbleheed, on Flickr

[Thumper]

(I had to look up chuffed to see what that meant as I am not familiar with that term.    )

 

 

I rather like that shot.   Nice silhouette, nice colors. I don't know that I have the skill to grade it technically, but I know what I like, and that shot is pleasing to look at, for me.  

[Eagles1181]

Personally I think it is a great shot.  

 

Eagle

[pebbleheed]

Thanks both. Is there anything that stands out as a minus point or that you would change for the future?

Chuffed is a Yorkshire term by the way

[Merco_61]

I like the silhouette and the colours. I, personally, find the car on the right distracting and would crop it out. A 5:4 crop gives the bonus of de-centering the composition a bit.

[pebbleheed]

Thanks.

[Jerry_]

I consider it a great capture.

Hard to improve, except for cropping.

Maybe - but only maybe - try to ligten slightly (!) around the legs.

[TBonz]

I think it is a great shot...cropping would probably improve it...i might even try a vertical crop to see how that worked...

[Ron]

I also like this shot.... a lot! But then I'm a sucker for backlit photographs. I love the drama they impart to an image.

 

If I had to quibble about anything it would be the way the horizon seems ever so slightly tilted. No one else has mentioned this so it may be my imagination. Peter mentioned the car as being a distraction but frankly, until he pointed it out, I hadn't noticed it. The composition does a very good job of pulling the viewer's eye toward the subject. And, I like the current crop ratio. I suppose you might try to crop out the car and see how that works but I don't really think it's necessary. Maybe a vertical crop such as TBonz suggested. I think that would work better than a horizontal crop. 

 

Good job! 

 

--Ron

[etphoto]

A very nice shot and wish I had taken it. The colors are awesome. I don't like the car on the right. Either photoshop it out or crop. Very good shot.

ET

[TBonz]

I think the actual horizon is fine...I understand the point as there is a rise to the ground towards the right of the frame that can give that impression...

[K-9]

Overall, a nice shot. If I were picky, I'd say the white horizon line crossing right through his mid section is more distracting to me than the car at the far right, which I feel adds a little substance to the otherwise flat and barren background.

[pebbleheed]

Thanks all. Good to see others views on it.

[deano]

Also to me the car is distracting, but it can be cropped out.

Pleasing to look at.

[pebbleheed]

I originally cropped the car out but I put it back in as I liked the reflection on the side of it and also felt it added something to the photo. Since then however I tried again without the car and it works better without it.

[deano]

It works either way, so what pleases you is more important.