Madison Morning III

Jerry,

Great pose on this, plus great light, central positioning does not bother me at all.
Perhaps try to tone down the most left tree trunk?

Certainly the best in the series

Jerry, I really like your bull elk shots. Though I might prefer this not so centered. A little off the left side may be worth looking at if you have the room. Beautiful light, great shot.

Hi Jerry,

I prefer the lighting in your last post a little more, but like the background here a little more. I agree with Steve's suggestion to crop a little off the left to get the subject a bit more out of the centre. I'd also work the "angle" of the main axis of the antler a little differently - meaning that while cropping from the left I'd ensure that the main axis of the antler pointed almost directly at the upper left corner of the image (this might mean cropping a tiny bit from top and bottom to keep aspect ratio of image the same). This produces a stronger implied diagonal flow to the image - just one of the many subtle games that can be played to make the image a bit more appealing (tho' most won't know why it's more appealing!). Geez...giving you all my secrets!

Cheers...

Brad

Thanks for the comments. I re-cropped. I think this is better.