I love this image but you already knew that! This is fun, active, colorful and would make a great picture for the front page of the entertainment section or even the front page.
The colors are wonderful and the timing is also very good. The only thing I might have changed looking at it closer , since it is an advanced challenge would be to clone out the spots on the floor. Not sure if it's debris or light spots from a disco ball but they are touch distracting. Other than that, I love this shot!
Hope my comments help and OF COURSE Good Luck in future challenges!
I like this pic:)
The composition is good.
I like the contrast of the lighting and also between the size of the elephants ant the trainer.
Good focus.
Maybe sharpeing could help a bit but that could just be me...
Nice one:)
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Disclaimer: The following crits are personal opinions, not photographic dogmas. Please see them as suggestions, not claims of mastery nor a show of hauteur.;p
First Impression: Haha, amusing.:) 6, disregarding the technicals, because it amuses me to no end.
Composition: 5. A wider crop, which would've showed more of the ring, would've worked for me. Didn't like that you clipped the ringmaster's feet and the whole thing feels a bit too heavy at the right.
Subject: 9. Because it's fun.
Technical: 5 or 6. The less than stellar focus has done you in, IMO. I'm not sure I like the light disparity between the subject and the background but it's nothing a little selective desat won't fix.
Improvement: Recompose to the left and below, some burning and dodging, and a bit of color tweaking, I guess.
Summary: It's not that hard to imagine seeing it in a small town daily and it does jolly one up so good work. I'm a number too short on screws in the head so please do not be offended.;p
This isn't a bad shot for a small town newspaper. The elephants are in a good pose. I think this would be nice with a tighter crop to just the lower 2/3 of the photo, eliminating the too-dark background. We don't need to see the circus logo to know what's going on. Focus on the elephants. This will also help us to see the trainer, who currently is so small in the photo that he gets lost amongst their legs. I also wonder if a little sharpening might help?
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A well deserved "over 6" score.
Plus:
1. This picture is in good focus
2. Lighting on the elephants skin is good
3. The "blue guys" in the back are well placed
Minus:
1. IMO it would be better to crop differently. Crop below the band playing or over the sign. Also show a bit more of the bottom. More likely you didnt get it all in the picture. So you should maybe had to take the picture portrature.
2. Lighting on the left elephant "blue sign" is a bit to harsh. You could have darkened it a bit.
3. The wire in the top right corner distracts and would have been nice to clone it away.
really wonderful.
Like the composition, very dynamic and the crop is OK.
The colors and white balance is great, in a dificult conditions, I guess. The sharpness is good.
The subject is funny, you captured the moment very well and you include all the important things in the shot.
To improve: sorry, but I can't think of anything. like it this way.
Well done.
This is a great shot... makes me want to go to the circus!
compostion: If you had panned out just slightly so that the crop wasn't so tight, I think it might have looked a bit better. As is the feet of the trainer are cut off, and the elephants look slightly off balance.
suject: this is great. You caught the elephants at a great moment.
technical: I'm sure the lighting was tricky, and this turned out pretty well. I know nothing about PS, so I can't make any comments about post processing.
This shot does a great job of capturing the 'essence' of the circus, which is what photojournalism should do.
OK, yeah, this would make the paper. The guy is getting lost in the leg of the elephant though, making him kinda hard to see. He's especially get lost in newspaper print.
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