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noitallmr,

You’ve got some very interesting shots there. There’s a lot I could say about them — some in general praise (i.e. they’re great shots) and some in ways that I think they could be improved.

I’ll start with a few…

The sunset picture. It’s a nice picture, but I think there is room for improvement. For starters, you might want to check out the “Rule of Thirds” that I mentioned earlier. In your picture, the horizon is smack-dab in the middle of the picture. See if you can crop it to place the sun in one of the junctures used by the rule of thirds and let me know if you think it looks better.

Easily my favorite shots of the ones you put up is picture 8 — the rainbow with the fighter jets in formation. That’s a very nice shot — it’s visually pleasing and the geometric formation of the jets above the rainbow just looks right. Some of the other airshow shots you have are also very good.

Interestingly, I wasn’t all that crazy about the lion shot. While you might have lucky to get a shot of him, it really doesn’t do much. We can’t see his face, nor do we really have a good idea of what he’s doing. While there’s no “rule” that says that we have to see the subject’s face to make it an interesting picture, I think that if you’re not going to include it, there should be a good reason for it, which I don’t see in that picture. I think the giraffe pictures are much better — we can see the subjects’ faces and have some idea of what they are doing.

Lastly, I like the picture from above the clouds. We don’t get to see that kind of shot very often, and I love the “surreal” look that the tops of clouds provides.

Keep snapping! You’ve got some very good shots there and the more you shoot, the better your pictures will be.

The Wolf