Posted by Jack Garrett on October 23, 2010 at 9:26 PM
I am trying to get a friend of mine to join the forum. He has some great images and I thought if I showed one for critique, maybe we could push him off the fence. I have his permission to post this and hope it's ok with the forum. The full size image is pretty awesome. He took this a couple days ago at Lake Irwin. C&C welcome.
Posted by John Mumaw on October 23, 2010 at 10:04 PM
This is an excellent portrait! Love how the fox is looking right at the viewer.
I have a couple of suggestions if you can spare the pixels.
I think that cropping out the black object on the right would remove a distraction, as there's hardly any detail there. Looks more like a black border right now. Then cropping in from the left to make this a vertical might be a good idea. If that's not feasible, then burning down the bright areas of snow in the upper center would reduce the distracting brightness.
Hope your friend considers joining. He's got the chops, and we don't have enough wildlife photographers here (never enough, IMO ).
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on October 23, 2010 at 10:33 PM
I love the intense stare. A great portrait.
I played with screen cropping it into a vertical and eliminating the black area on the right.
John's suggestion works for me.
Posted by Todd Caudle on October 23, 2010 at 11:59 PM
This SUCKS! Tell your friend to move along, nothing to see here.
(translation: Wow, this is a very sweet shot! Tell your friend to come on in, the water's fine.)
Posted by Ken Wyatt on October 24, 2010 at 12:52 AM
Very nice! Ditto the above.
Posted by Koveh Tavakkol on October 24, 2010 at 10:07 AM
A beautiful shot, and the only comment that came to mind immediately when looking at this is the same as mentioned above. Since there is no detail in that right dark area, you should just eliminate it entirely.
Posted by Momo Vuyisich on October 24, 2010 at 12:24 PM
I love the pose. I also agree with John's crop, but would also warm up the image. As it is, it seems to have a bluish/greenish cast on my monitor. Thanks for posting.
Discussion
9 repliesI have a couple of suggestions if you can spare the pixels.
I think that cropping out the black object on the right would remove a distraction, as there's hardly any detail there. Looks more like a black border right now. Then cropping in from the left to make this a vertical might be a good idea. If that's not feasible, then burning down the bright areas of snow in the upper center would reduce the distracting brightness.
Hope your friend considers joining. He's got the chops, and we don't have enough wildlife photographers here (never enough, IMO
I played with screen cropping it into a vertical and eliminating the black area on the right.
John's suggestion works for me.
(translation: Wow, this is a very sweet shot! Tell your friend to come on in, the water's fine.)