Picture for critique

Bryce · Jul 25, 2010

I love this shot but with the clutter and all it was kinda hard to get. People came by laughing at me taking a picture of a hippo butt. Had a few comments during but I think I got my shot.

misstwinklytoes · Jul 25, 2010

Cute! I think I'd crop to make the horizon straight and take the tree out of the Right.

Bryce · Jul 25, 2010

misstwinklytoes said:
Cute! I think I'd crop to make the horizon straight and take the tree out of the Right.

Not sure I understand what you say about the horizon. Kinda looks straight to me. I thought about the tree but was not sure to leave it or not.

misstwinklytoes · Jul 25, 2010

I hope you don't mind, but I did just a quick straightening, unfortunately it cut off part of the sign. But it was just a quick fix, I'm sure you could work with the cropping. And this is just MHO.

misstwinklytoes · Jul 25, 2010

P.S. If you do mind the edit just let me know and I'll be happy to take it down.

Bryce · Jul 25, 2010

misstwinklytoes said:
P.S. If you do mind the edit just let me know and I'll be happy to take it down.

Thats fine. The only reason I have that my photos are not ok to edit is because I was new to the forum and was not sure what to do. I am going to play with the picture myself by your idea and see what I get. I will probably change my thing after a while.

misstwinklytoes · Jul 25, 2010

lol Yes, I was the same way. I just recently changed mine.

Needed help with advice and didn't realize that is what they meant by editing.

Bryce · Jul 25, 2010

I kinda like a little bit of the tree in there but I went in and did just like you did. Using a wide angle creates odd dimensions that I guess I need to observe a little closer when it comes to editing. I have only had this lense about a couple weeks and I am still getting used to it. I may pay closer attention when getting the shot also.