Yellowstone series critique

[Lackoffunding]

It was really overcast, and this is my first real attempt at large animal photography in nature. Most of my stuff is urban and grungy all that, so it is a big jump for me. I would love your feedback.

Also, these are all square crop B&W's. I have been really interested in medium format photography lately so I decided to try my composition. This is all shot with a 5d with a 24-105. I edited with gimp, which is something I am not good at compared to PS (the raw conversion thing sucks!), so the edits are not ideal but the composition will remain the same.

I am thinking about pushing these to local coffee shops and stuff, so I really want to get an honest professional critique. So yeah, enough writing.


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http://flickr.com/photos/gmacmt/

 

[twoshoes]

I think 3 and 5 are really powerful, moody images. Great work.

 

[SympL]

For me, the 1st and 3rd images are the strongest of the set.
In the 1st, I think you could dodge up a wee bit more detail out of the shadow on the subject only. Nice composition and exposure throughout the rest of the image.
In the 3rd, I feel the overall image could still use a slight bump in contrast. Wonderful atmosphere to this image.
Good job on the set.

 

[Lackoffunding]

Thanks for all of the replies and the editing tips! I will try to get some of that done today.

 

[jv08]

#5 is my favorite.