Going for POWERFUL animal.

a5i736 · Mar 15, 2007

I took this in Florida, I was trying to make it look like a powerful animal. LEt me know how I did and what I can do to improve it.

shorty6049 · Mar 15, 2007

hmm... sorry, it doesnt say "powerful" to me... maybe some sort of radial motion blur could a help? more contrast? not really sure, its a nice picture though...

harrisoncj · Mar 16, 2007

Noice

The_Traveler · Mar 17, 2007

Sorry.

The content is static and doesn't give the impression of power - it looks like a concrete horse.

The picture is very flat with few tones.

jimiismydaddy · Mar 17, 2007

hmm, its not a bad shot, but nothing of power is probably gonna jump out of it. Its a good angle and you get that important effect by it kind of towering above, but its still just a concrete horse. Im not sure any PP would change it much.

a5i736 · Mar 17, 2007

The_Traveler said:
Sorry.

- it looks like a concrete horse.

It looks like a concrete horse because it is a concrete horse.

Big Al · Mar 17, 2007

You can only shoot so many B&W's on an incline, B4 they become bland. If your going for powerful try shooting a live animal. Shooting a sculpure is like taking a picture of a painting to me, your only giving your perspective of what someone elses work looks like to you.

Efergoh · Mar 22, 2007

You ,missed the mark on power, but it is still a decent composition, even if the perspective is a tad cliche (but cliche is okay from time to time). My biggest problem with this is the flat contrast.

Is this film or digital? It looks like film printed with a zero filter. Either case, it is crying for more contrast. But, I'm not so sure you're going to get much more contrast out of it considering the gray sky and the gray horse...you don't have any white whites or black blacks anywhere in the frame with which to work.

RMThompson · Mar 22, 2007

Where in FL?

Just curious.

P.S. (Is your signature supposed to say Your camera IS your most fragile appendage? Keep meaning to ask you that.)

Efergoh · Mar 22, 2007

after looking at it more closely, I can see the clouds in the sky...it looks to have been a reasonably sunny day when you took this....might have been just as well to leave this in color if it was digital...

Tangerini · Mar 22, 2007

Is that a PF Chang's horse?

I do like the texture and tones of it, but I agree that it could be a bit stronger to portray a "powerful animal"

The_Traveler · Mar 22, 2007

a5i736 said:
It looks like a concrete horse because it is a concrete horse.

The entire idea of a picture (as opposed to a snapshot) is to bring something to it beyond the actual reproduction of the content.

Tangerini said:
Is that a PF Chang's horse?

That's funny. Using the icon of a chain restaurant to connote power. Next we'll have a triumphal march under the Golden Arches.

a5i736 · Mar 22, 2007

Tangerini said:
Is that a PF Chang's horse?

I do like the texture and tones of it, but I agree that it could be a bit stronger to portray a "powerful animal"

haha yes it is a pf chang's horse.