Meijer Gardens Study 1

Tell them you need the tripod to protect yourself from this horse who looks so "alive" that it will charge any minute. You've turned metal into flesh. Looks great

This is very good, although you might try burning down the lower left corner and the small white pole a bit more. In any case it works well as it is. The sky compliments the statue nicely.

I think you don't need to excuse yourself for the scan with that one! It's quite the most striking tones I've seen on a monitor in a long long time. I fear you will create a horde of silver bullet chaser who will jump on Delta + PyroHD!

Also, I really like the lone tree at the back, it balances the composition pretty well.

From top to bottom, left to right, a pure compliment of composition and tonality.
Perfect placements of the hoofs. Congrats!

Marvelous tones and tonality. I like the diminutive shadow cast by the tremendous beast. Way to go, John.

All the best,
Daniel

Can't wait to see No2 in this edition. "Perfect placement of the hoofs" I think that was down to the original artist. Good image though.
julian

The original artist was Leonardo da Vinci, in case you didn't know. Kinda hard to improve on that, but John presented the magnificent sculpture very well.

No, I did'nt know that, Leonardo da Vinci was the original artist, how simply marvelous. But, I do know that this sculpture is by Nina Akamu and is titled "The American Horse" and it was created as a tribute to Leonardo da Vinci. Yes, John has presented this image very well, as I've already stated.

Best wishes
julian