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SJ.Butel

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on the run
« on: January 06, 2011, 03:52:05 pm »

Hello,
Hope everyone had a good christmas & new year.  All the suggestions on my last photo i put up gave me a lot to think about, I'm slowly getting to improve my eye and b&w conversion and appreciate any advice, comments or critiques.

I found this sheep alone and high up in a reserve, it has obviously been avoiding the muster for some time.







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Re: on the run
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2011, 04:12:28 pm »

Very nice. Try cropping the top of the photo so the dark cloud goes right to the edge - I think you get a much more interesting image.
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Re: on the run
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2011, 04:23:31 pm »

Butel, Don't listen to the croppers. The light above the clouds balances the light on the waves. It's essential to the compositon.
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Re: on the run
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2011, 05:19:18 pm »

It's a really beautiful shot. Love the composition, the stance of the sheep, the tones and what I think is low cloud cover behind the sheep.  I completely agree with Russ. The form of the top of the clouds need room to breath if you like. Cropping would destroy that. Well done

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Re: on the run
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2011, 06:42:40 pm »

Much as I hate to agree with Russ yet again, I think he and Enda are right on the mark. Nice photo!

Eric
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Re: on the run
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2011, 07:33:11 pm »

My 2¢ - don't crop this one.
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Re: on the run
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2011, 01:02:03 am »

Wouldn't change a thing.  See, Russ, you've started a trend!  For this image anyway...  ;)

Mike.
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Re: on the run
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2011, 03:59:47 am »

Butel, Don't listen to the croppers. The light above the clouds balances the light on the waves. It's essential to the compositon.
Russ, my enlightenment continues apace. I agree. It's a fine shot as it is.

I did wonder, though, if there's a way in which the sheep can be made a little easier to distinguish from the background.

Jeremy
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Re: on the run
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2011, 04:09:37 am »

Hello,
I found this sheep alone and high up in a reserve, it has obviously been avoiding the muster for some time.
The landscape is great, but it would not be much without the sheep...

This is a "Monarch of the Glen" picture... with the sheep in the top spot rather than a Stag!
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Re: on the run
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2011, 12:10:20 pm »

Very evocative shot; love it!

(So much nicer than having yet another climber in a red jacket!)

Rob C

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Re: on the run
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2011, 02:57:24 pm »

Thanks all, really appreciate the comments and ideas.

 
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Re: on the run
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2011, 11:01:28 am »

Wouldn't change a thing.  See, Russ, you've started a trend!  For this image anyway...  ;)

Mike.

Mike, I can't help thinking that what's happening is people are taking closer looks at the balance of masses and tones. That was one of the huge advantages of a view camera. Looking at the world upside down on a ground glass was a better way to evaluate a composition than was making a snap decision as you concentrated on the right-side-up subject itself. Unfortunately I've never figured out how to use a view camera for street photography.
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Re: on the run
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2011, 05:02:14 pm »

Mike, I can't help thinking that what's happening is people are taking closer looks at the balance of masses and tones. That was one of the huge advantages of a view camera. Looking at the world upside down on a ground glass was a better way to evaluate a composition than was making a snap decision as you concentrated on the right-side-up subject itself. Unfortunately I've never figured out how to use a view camera for street photography.


Simple Russ: you use it like an organ-grinder's monkey and take the pix with the Nikon.

Rob C

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Re: on the run
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2011, 03:06:11 am »

I like the photo very much just as it is now.

However, if it were mine, I would like to make the sheep stand out a bit more over the background; in my humble opinion, the tonalities of the animal are too similar to the ground and the rocks. Just my two cents.
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