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All photographers have their own unique way of seeing the world.  I used to work with a wonderful photographer who saw scenes completely different than I did.  We would go out on a shoot and when we got our images back, even though we had been standing side by side during the shoot, our results looked like we had been in two different counties. 

This image starts with an interesting scene.  This old bar has a lot of potential for interpretation and graphic design.  It is not always necessary to shoot the whole subject to get the idea across.  I like the way the roof line of the barn echoes the mountain in the distance, this sets up an interesting pattern.  There is a significant tilt to the subject in relation to the bottom of the frame.  This may be because the structure was sitting on a slopped surface or the photographer could possibly have been trying to actuate the dilapidated condition of the building.

I would like to make a few suggestions.  The legs of the horse in the lower right hand corner have been cut off at the feet.  You may wish to leave a little more room so we can see the entire horse plus a little room beneath it.  Along this same line the edge of the barn on the left side is at a tangent with the frame.  Perhaps leaving more room at the edge or cropping in so we don’t see the vertical corner would be a better choice. 

I would like to note that the texture in the tree is nice but the sky has little to hold our attention and could be reduced by quite a bit.

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