Kate Lindfors

Kate, nice shot. Because Imogen (blue shirt in foreground) is so prominent, it might be nice to crop her to the edge of the right side of the frame, especially since she is facing away from the camera. Nice image.

I like this one as well. If the focal point of the stick were up in the upper third it would allow my eye to follow the curve of the branch longer but nice photo.

The rock could move a little more to the bottom left, especially since the part closer to the camera is a little our of focus. Nice photo.

The focus is a little soft, but nice composition.

My eye feels like it wants to see a bit more of the background. Not in focus, but by moving the composition a bit to the lower left corner...

Nice shot. The "R" brand in the lower right should be cropped out or brought a bit more in to the frame. Otherwise, nice depth of field.

I think moving the eye in to the left third and rotating around the head to the right (show more of the eye from the right side) it would be a better photo.

Claire's last photo of this horse ran into a similar problem. The most intetesting element of this photo are the white whiskers against the red hair. So my eye wants to see all of them, but several are cropped out of the bottom. Pulling back a bit on the zoom can accomplish this. NIce narrow depth of field.

I like this photo. The focal point of the leaves highlighted by the sun is effective. Look at your edge elements and vertical lines, ie. the silver bolts in the edge of the image are disappointingly cropped out and slightly off vertical. Did you use a high F-stop? Depending on your zoom, that would have brought much more of the scene into the "acceptable focus" we were working on.

Nice example showing a deep depth of field. Think about balance in your composition. It looks like you could have shifted the composition a bit to the left and gotten both ends of the arch to land in the bottom corners. My eye wants to see the entire arch instead of a cropped top. Finally, if at all possible, try to get the leaf out of the lower left corner of the composition.

There are a few distracting elements like the the log and stick in the foreground, but otherwise this is a strong image. In an ideal world, I would find a similar composition without the grass that highlights the difference between the leaf litter and the forest in the background. I don't know if you intentionally under-exposed the image, but I do like the dark feeling in the photo.

Nice example of a deep depth of field. Composition wise, imagine if you swung both your position and the camera a little to the left. It would capture more of the leaf-covered path (which I think is the main focus) moving across the frame of the image. If you put the sunny opening in the top third it would really lead the eye through the photo.

Pretty good depth of field example, but the image is pretty chaotic with nothing specific that holds the eye.

The photo is a little dark, but otherwise shows a good use of a long depth of field. I like the balance between the vertical and horizontal logs. I might crop the left side of the image so there is no sliver of light along the left edge.

I like the framing of this image. Though the assignment was to show a long depth of field (ie have both the concrete AND the graffiti in focus, I do like the way you framed this image. However, what is the main focus of the image? Perhaps it would be better to put the main focal point on the wall of graffiti in the background.

Bump your exposure up so the elements are not so dark. Were you trying to isolate the background with a narrow depth of field?

I like the composition of this image showing the eyes and grassy background. It is a little dark so check your histogram while shooting.

A high F-stop (F 22) would enable you to capture the entire sign in focus. If possible, look for a different perspective that will allow you to compose the image with the entire sign in the frame.

Kate, I made a similar comment about another greenhouse basil photograph. Would it be more effective, and tell more of a story to include the blue fish tanks that feed these floating basil beds. It's a composition/story question, but just an idea. Otherwise, I like the narrow depth of field on these basil.

Tricky light in this image. Hard to say if it is a little dark ass all the information you really need is there. It captures the casual atmosphere of SAGE as well as a curious photographer? in the background on the blue bus. The composition could shift a little to the left to balance the dark boarders...

The color combination is nice here. I would like to have better light on the leaves (you can do this in Lightroom/Photoshop) but i like the composition and how it leads eye to the doorway into Raven 2.

Nice narrow depth of field, but the main subject still evades me...? What are you trying to highlight and how might your composition help convey that to the viewer?