Photo Critique Club

[Gill-b]

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What do you all think of this?

Hi again, Sally


I really like that you went down to the cow's level to take the photo. Good job!

I also like how you managed to capture the second cow in the background as it is looking to see what you are doing. It adds character to your photo.

 

[ChickQueen77]

Hi again, Sally


I really like that you went down to the cow's level to take the photo. Good job!

I also like how you managed to capture the second cow in the background as it is looking to see what you are doing. It adds character to your photo.

hi

thank you!!

I like the cow in the background too but depending on the judge the judge will tell me that you don't really need the other cow there and then give me a lower score for it.
I don't know what they want me to do. Like does the judge really want me to chase the other cow away?

 

[Gill-b]

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What do you all think of this?

Another thing that I really like about this photo is the white of the snow and the black of the cows.

 

[Evadig]

First off... what a fantastic photograph! I am a huge fan of it.

Now please allow me to be upfront with you on my perception regarding your answers to my questions... I percieve that your view of this photograph is more of an emotional one with your attachment to the dogs that are in it? I think perhaps that is why you wish to focus on them?
I would therefore appeciate for you to step back for a moment and take an objective view, and see the image from a 'different' perspective... as a general observer of an artwork.

I believe that the dogs are not the focus of this photograph. Consider how their backs are facing towards us; and consider how unsharp they appear in the image. To me, the most interesting aspects of this image are the tree branches and the vanishing point, as shown with the two yellow circles in the image below:

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• Gill-b
• Jan 12, 2026

I believe that by trying to make the dogs the focal point, you are taking away from the most interesting parts of the image; and this is perhaps why you are not liking the crop that you presented earlier. Let me try to explain some more with this image below:

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• Gill-b
• Jan 12, 2026

See how the dark tree trunks, on either side, frame the image? ...especially framing the tree branches in the above middle?
And look at the beautiful leading-lines below, drawing the eye to a vanishing point.

So, I personally don't think that your photograph needs much cropping, but I played around with a few crops keeping in mind your preferences and reasoning; and here is what I came up with:

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• Gill-b
• Jan 12, 2026

I cropped off the sunbeam going off on the left; and I cropped off some of the road (mostly from below); I positioned the vertical middle onto the thicker tree trunk; I also used two of the leading-lines, starting them off from each of the bottom corners.

However, if you wish to present your photograph as an artwork to the general public, and not as a personal portrait of the dogs, then I recommend that you make a crop that encompasses the image as a whole.

And if the sunbeam, going off on the left, still is not to your preference, then perhaps consider editing the image to tone down the strengh of that sunbeam? Something like this, as shown in the next image, which is also my personal preference to cropping your photograph:

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• Gill-b
• Jan 12, 2026

At the end of the day, the photograph belongs to you, and you must edit it as suits you best. I am just one of the many many beholders. Thank you for sharing your beautiful picture with us.

Thank you! I definitely see where you’re coming from concerning the viewpoint and vanishing point. That picture is difficult!

 

[CCsGarden]

How do you like these?
#1

#2

#3

 

[ChickQueen77]

How do you like these?
#1
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#2
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#3
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I love all of them but my favorite is #2

 

[casportpony]

Love all of them, but one is my favorite.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Love all of them, but one is my favorite.

Same! The angle of the hen's face's the best in that one.

 

[CCsGarden]

How do you like this first photo?
#1

All 3 of my bossy buffs. Which photo do you like?
#2

#3

 

[Squawkers]

How do you like this first photo?
#1
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All 3 of my bossy buffs. Which photo do you like?
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Those are so cute!!! They would be perfect for a Christmas card!