Photo Critique Forum

Please post no more than five images a day and respond to as many images as you post. Critics, please be constructive, specific, and nice! Moderated by gahspidy and mtbbrian.
Featured Photo
Photo by hminx

Photo by hminx
Featured Photo Archive >>
By posting on the Photo Critique forum you agree to post only your own photos, be respectful, and give back as much as you receive. This is a moderated forum and anything abusive or off-topic will be removed.
Results 1 to 10 of 10

Thread: Ode to the Cow

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    banished Don Schaeffer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Huntington, NY
    Posts
    5,816

    Ode to the Cow

    Nairn Avenue
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Ode to the Cow-thecowsm.jpg  

  2. #2
    Junoir Gopher seifen's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    Woodside, NY
    Posts
    37

    Re: Ode to the Cow

    Don:

    I really like the lighting on the cow, as it really does seem like it is moonlit. I do wish that the moon was a tad bigger (it looks like a speck relative to how much light we all believe it gives off) to make a nice compliment to the cow. Also, the colors of the store and canopy seem slightly washed out -- it seems that it would be beneficial if they were brighter and had more contrast (especially the top slope of the canopy, where it would be receiving most of the moonlight).
    <span style="color: skyblue;font-weight:bold;">Sony Alpha A-100 -- living the Minolta LeGaCy</span>
    <a href="http://seifen.gotdns.com/gallery2/main.php/v/howell" style="text-decoration:none;color:gray">My Pictures Site</a>
    <span style="color: orange;"> <i> "I'm not only fat and juicy, but i'm tasty too." </i></span>

  3. #3
    Senior Shooter Greg McCary's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Location
    Rome Ga.
    Posts
    10,550

    Re: Ode to the Cow

    You made me laugh Don. Good job......
    I am like Barney Fife, I have a gun but Andy makes me keep the bullet in my pocket..

    Sony a99/a7R

  4. #4
    project forum co-moderator Frog's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2006
    Location
    wa state
    Posts
    11,195

    Re: Ode to the Cow

    I don't think that's the moon, siefen.
    Keep Shooting!

    CHECK OUT THE PHOTO PROJECT FORUM
    http://forums.photographyreview.com/...splay.php?f=34

    Please refrain from editing my photos without asking.

  5. #5
    banished Don Schaeffer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Huntington, NY
    Posts
    5,816

    Re: Ode to the Cow

    It's the winter sun (actually added artificially--the sun is to the south of the photo). The pic was taken through a bus window (bus moving).

  6. #6
    MB1
    MB1 is offline
    The Skeptical Photographer MB1's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2004
    Location
    Washington, DC and Clermont, FL
    Posts
    3,144

    Re: Ode to the Cow

    I think this is a nice composition but you know me.......

    I'd crop from the left to the base that the cow is standing on.

    The addition of the winter sun looks completly natural, you did a really good job on that.
    No, I DON'T need that.

  7. #7
    Grumpy Old Man Overbeyond's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2004
    Location
    Ireland (Now in London)
    Posts
    2,372

    Re: Ode to the Cow

    I love it Don, almost as it is. A little Curves and maybe a small blast of saturation on the reds and yellows and Bobs your uncle. The moon/sun/sphere/football/disc/flying saucer/ball can have strange effects, ask the cow. Reminds me of a story I used to read to my children when they were very small; about a teddy and the moon.
    Very well seen Don.
    http://www.overbeyond.com


    I have a total lack of respect for anything connected with society, except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper, and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer. Brendan Behan

  8. #8
    Senior Member readingr's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Location
    Basingstoke UK
    Posts
    4,564

    Re: Ode to the Cow

    Don,

    Lovely shot and the introduction of the sun makes this photo.

    Roger
    "I hope we will never see the day when photo shops sell little schema grills to clamp onto our viewfinders; and the Golden Rule will never be found etched on our ground glass." from The mind's eye by Henri Cartier-Bresson

    My Web Site: www.readingr.com

    DSLR
    Canon 5D; EF100-400 F4.5-5.6L IS USM; EF24-70 F2.8L USM 50mm F1.8 II; EF 100 F2.8 Macro
    Digital
    Canon Powershot Pro 1; Canon Ixus 100


  9. #9
    Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    usa
    Posts
    68

    Re: Ode to the Cow

    nice composition and good eye to throw that together especially on a moving bus, though I'm not sure what to make of it as a whole haha. Looks almost pink floyd album coverish ;)

    I thought a slight crop on the left would help, though to me not all the way to the base I don't think. The others may be right on the colors, but if that's how it looked, that's how it looked, it has a mood all it's own. At least for me I don't like to PP things to make them look drastically different than they did in reality, I want to represent it close as I can to how it was. If I don't like the way it was in the first place, I don't take the shot. Getting off topic now sorry. Again neat shot
    but then...what do I know

    Eric

  10. #10
    banished Don Schaeffer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Huntington, NY
    Posts
    5,816

    Re: Ode to the Cow

    wow thanks guys. I did highlight around the cows face to make more detail visible.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •