Good or No?

[elordi]

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
Exposure: 0.077 sec (1/13)
Aperture: f/10.0
Focal Length: 45 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

I am a newby to photography and would love to get some input on some pictures this being one, and anything you have to say good or bad would be much appreciated. Thank you!

[ChrisPhilip]

The horse looks great but the bg is very blown out. I find it hard to get good detail in a dark subject, especially on a bright day without this happening.

[LeeR]

This is a really tough situation. The horse looks great and clearly it was the horse your camera exposed for. Unfortunately, the rest of the image is WAY overexposed.
One of the first hard lessons I had to learn when I started taking pictures was that I had to pay attention to the things that were in the image that I didn't care about. Just because you don't care what is behind the horse doesn't mean you can ignore it. How do you solve this problem? The easiest solotion would be to try to position yourself so that you have a dark background. Often a step or two to the left or right will put a shaded area just where you need it. It can make a huge difference.

[SriMesh]

Wonderful focus and capture of the horse

Do you have photoshop to try some experiments with backgrounds scenes removing backgrounds

[Visions]

Well done for getting such good focus on the horse, take note of LeeR's suggestion on how to avoid such bright background when the light is from in front of you and you will do well.
I would like to make a little suggestion for the next time you take a shot of any living thing that is in profile (looking in one direction), try to allow more space in front of the eyes than behind. I suspect you cropped to remove some of the brightness so be aware next time you use the camera.
AJ

[tan2sie6]

Nice capture....the details are great.....

[denskii05]

The horse is sharp and very detailed. Yet background i think is quite over exposed. Try using Picasa to blurr the background or better yet try to do a B&W version.

For me this is a good picture.

Cheers!

[M Riley]

Even if you don't shoot RAW, Photoshop (or Elements) will allow you to deal with blown out backgrounds (and many other things) using levels. Experiment - have fun. It's those light bulb moments that make it all worth while.

[crockny]

Actually I think I would have used a larger aperture for a smaller depth of field to make the background recede even more ...

[pilgrim4now]

Does anyone think it might have helped if the flash had been used on this photo? I'm new to photography and was just wondering/trying to learn.

Thanks