The Sky is Falling

Hi Bill,

I like the "which one of these doesn't belong with the other ones?" concept you tried to convey here - I think it's always great when someone tries to go beyond the simple documentation of wildlife in their photography (not that documenting a particular species of wildlife is always simple!). I also think the selective focus usage was an interesting technique to use to attempt to achieve your goal.

But for me what harms this shot (even though it's not central to what you were trying to accomplish) is the cutting off of the two kits muzzles that are in the foreground - right or wrong that really stands out to me. I think I see OOF grass in front of one of the two foreground kits, and I'm guessing that is what stopped you from including them in the image (either during initial capture or while cropping)?

But back to what's there: I'm wondering if opening up the aperture a bit more - and throwing the other kits and the background out-of-focus even more might have helped draw one's attention to the in-focus kit even more? Just a thought...

Cheers...

Brad

Really a beautiful image evoking a lot of emotion. The only nit is the kits in the foreground with the obscured faces. it's a shame that you couldn't get it all in the frame - especially since you would have been able to zoom out but perhaps the grass was in the way anyway.

I would play with some comps to see if you can crop out the distractors

Bill, I pretty much echo Brad and Luke on the two in the FG, but love what you were going for.

Hi Bill A very creative composition with the selective focus... but as the others mentioned. if the two lower heads were not croped. you would have a stronger image..

Albert Darmo
Canada

Outside the box works for me Bill.
Apt title that fits the image very well, I like it
High cute factor, great theme