Meet Big Tom....

[Jake T.]

Hi all;
I took this shot of my daughter and a draft horse named 'Big Tom'. I like the shot but, the fact that I didn't get all of the horse seems distracting to me. Would the shot have been better with the entire horse in the shot?
thanks;

Jake T..
pentax k100d
f.l. 50mm
1/125
f/5.6

[Chance Gibboney]

IMO, I find my eyes in a battle to stay on the photo, and not to be drawn off the left side by the horse.

Otherwise, it has vibrant colors.

[windrider86]

I would go for a totally diferent angle. Maybe get the horses face more into view

[wmbtaylor]

I too am drawn to the back of the horse. Maybe because it is cut off awkwardly in my opinion in mid shank.

The colors are nice but there are parts of the mane where I cannot tell where it ends and the background begins. A little blown out.

I think a tighter crop cutting the horse mid body would work better.

It kinds of seems that the focus is on the horses underbelly.

[Jake T.]

Thanks for the constructive comments. I agree that the pic looks unbalanced mainly due to the angle and the bad crop. Thanks again, Jake T.

[MSidPhoto]

Wow, thats a big horse..