How did i do?

[NENEBAILS]

Any suggestions this is just a mixture of a couple
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/Lovepuppy/IMG_3473.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/Lovepuppy/IMG_440668.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/Lovepuppy/IMG_3360.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/Lovepuppy/dennis_christmas_pic.jpg

[Robert_Lay]

Welcome to the POTN.

#1 - Would rather see some action instead of a head and shoulders portrait, but it's a good capture.
#2 - Nice layout although in execution it would be better with a deeper depth of field.
#3 - Missed the exposure here. In such harsh light you have to doctor up the exposure to make sure the highlights are not getting blown out - as they are on the right hand dog.This problem doesn't plague you as much if you find Open Shade for your portraits.
#4 - The boat is very nice, but you lose points for clipping off the bow and letting the horizon tilt downward at the right.

[DerekSimon]

I like these ones, my only suggestion would be to maybe find a different watermark on 2 and 3 when presenting them in the future, if you do.

[tonydee]

#1: Unusual angle adds interest. Good colours in the background. DOF encompasses the subject well. Slight blue cast on parts of the dog...? All up, a good result.

#2: Agree with Robert: DOF seems unhelpfully shallow. Also a bit sombre... all the rings united with the page 55 years later... what're we supposed to think? Would probably prefer the cover or previous page not being vertical... this "walls" off the top of the shot for no obvious reason or benefit. I like the lighting, keeps the emphasis on the page and rings while still providing a sense of depth and context (though exactly why it's lying in the grass is also an interesting question).

#3: Like the two dogs, but not the background or lighting. Still, getting down low and up close with a wide angle lens gives the distortion that characterises the shot, so a higher angle wouldn't have worked as well. Perhaps a shallower DOF?

#4: Good shot... chopping off the left really attracts attention (in a bad way), but you seem to have made the boat look a lot bigger than I assume it is. The bird's a nice addition. Either needs a huge tidal wave at left or a counter-clockwise rotation to ring true. Pretty good effort with the exposure... clipped at both ends but inoffensively so. Good choice to be angled onto the boat, as it successfully leads the eye along the side and then back to the beach.

Cheers, Tony