Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Domestic Horse Against A Sunrise

Domestic Horse Against A Sunrise


This photo was taken at Gisborne South, Victoria, Australia in the early hours of a summer morning. I'm not sure that it's encyclopedic, but I think it's a pretty good picture. I'd like to hear everybody else's thoughts! Comments: Seconder:
 * Self-nominate and support. Ackatsis 10:32, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, kind of interesting and pretty, but if you're thinking about putting it up for FP it's got no chance whatsoever (in fact you'd probably cop a bit of abuse from the less accommodating voters). --jjron 11:44, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * To be honest, I never thought it'd ever have a chance of being a FP. I really just wanted some idea of what others thought about it... You sound like you know something about photography. Can you offer some pros and cons about the photo? Ackatsis 11:53, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Hope no one minds if I jump in and give my thoughts about this image. I just have a few recommendations. It might be nice if the horse (or at least its head) was in more of a profile angle. There's nothing wrong with the angle right now, it's just sort of a personal preference. The other thing is that it would be nice to have a "cleaner" horizon with fewer trees, which are somewhat distracting. -- Pharaoh Hound  (talk)  17:35, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Can I ask what you mean by a "profile angle?" I'm not too learned in the photography terminology! Ackatsis 22:42, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Hope I'm not intruding. "Profile" just means from the side, so this is profile, but this is not.  Dar-Ape 03:40, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * OK. Thanks! Ackatsis 05:19, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry if I was a bit terse. I have to say I am quite impressed by the quality of this photo given the camera you were using and the conditions it was taken under. I assume the quite fast shutter speed was due to the rising sun fooling the sensor. My main problem was (as you said yourself) the lack of encyclopaedic value, i.e., this really tells me nothing about horses, or for that matter Gisbourne South. It's simply the nature of this type of photo. I don't particularly mind the trees, although the half chopped off one on the left looks awkward. Perhaps if you had taken it a step forward and a step to the left you would have got a better profile on the horse and the cleaner background that Pharaoh Hound mentioned, although that may have affected the position of the sun and lens flare. --jjron 09:52, 31 October 2006 (UTC)