Moving Forward

[LeeIs]

What do you think?

[Chunk]

An excellent time of day for this shot - the modeling of the rider and the horse's musculature is great. I like the simplecomposition as well.

[gahspidy]

I agree with Chunk about the lighting of the statue. It is bringing out all the intricate details, especially in the muscle tone of the horse and the wrinkles and creases of the riders clothes. Good framing. I would have liked to see the sky a little more saturated and less grainy here, as it looks a bit washed out. An enhancing filter or polarizer might have helped with that, but i think its still possible for you to bring it out some more in PS. Good

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi Liban,
I guess the horse is in a difficult postion to move forward as indicated by its body language. It also seems that it cannot move backward and what it can do is not moving at all. The shot depicts a dilemma or a very tough decision which no one can help. I am not sure whether right face of the support should be in the shot. Thanks for sharing.
yoyo

[jar_e]

Liban,

I agree with Gary. A little more saturation in the sky would make this shot perfect IMO. I like it as is, the simplicity and the randomness of it is a great shot, but the sky is just a tad washed out.

Great shot.

Jared

[LeeIs]

Chunk, The lighting is one aspect I liked about this also. The faces of the rider and the horse were very well lit.

Gary, yes the sky was a bit washed out. I've never used or even have a polarizer, but I've heard about them enough regarding skies that I'll have to get one for my future bright skies shots. I'll see if I can add a bit more contrast/saturation in PS without overdoing it.

Yoyo, The move forward wasn't so literal, more about the strong sense of pride & progress shown here. I actually tried a crop without the pedestal and it looked fine. But I settled for this as it adds sort of an anchor to this.

Jared, I love to keep it simple. I really think I'm a minamilist. I've always loved simple clean shots far more than the busier types.

Thanks guys!

[ChowChi-Ching]

I have spent alot of time looking at this and the sky kept throwing it for me.....so I kept looking to see if I could offer any helpful critique. I took your picture and played with it over and over and finally decided that I think that this picture looks best 'to me' in black and white. It gets rid of the washed out sky and to me, makes the horse and rider regain the position of being the main subject. (Where right now, to me, it is the sky)

[LeeIs]

You know, I never tried this shot as a B&W. and I did just give it a go and it does work out pretty well. The blown out sky doesn't have as strong an effect as it does with the colour version. Thanks for your suggestion.