Critique of Steven's Photos with Text

1.)  The first photo I've chose to critique is the feather picture.  First I like his quote of Walt Disney and the positioning.  He chose to lie the text along the feather's main quill and in this it draws your eye from the bottom left to top right of the picture.  This picture seems to coincide with the rule of thirds in that the feather seems to not be right in the middle since it has the text in the middle drawing your eye in a diagonal line along the feather.  The color is balanced with the soft brown tones from the leaves on the bottom and the harsher darker tones on the top.  The focus is on the feather and leaves on the ground while still incorporating the scenery of the woods in the foreground.  There is slight framing by the trunk of the trees surrounding the feather on the right side.  I like the texture you can see in the bark of the tree the feather is laying on.  The lighting is soft but I would have liked to see the feather have more light focused on it.

2.)  The second photo is the quad-picture of the Caution sign.  He uses framing around the sign and then frame within the frame by combining all four together.  There are diagonal lines that draw you up towards the smaller triangle holding the exclamation point.  His usage of multiple colors gives the tone a very calming effect to such a serious picture/sign.  I would have liked to see the framing more squared up so you cannot see the small black line at the right corner of each picture.  The focus seems to be off at the top of the picture of the exclamation point.  I do not see rule of thirds however, since it is broken up in quarters it feels well balanced.

3.)  The third photo I've chosen is the highways crossing.  This is an open framed shot showing all of these highways criss-crossing.  There are multiple horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines.  It shows rule of thirds in that the road with the text is on the top 1/3 plane of the picture.  The text however is a little difficult to see because it is over the shadow of the ledge of the road.  There is multiple frame within a frame images from all the crossing highways.  There is stop motion in the car that is moving on the bottom road, behind the pole.  It seems to be slightly over-exposed and a little bright.  I would have liked to see the outline of the building in the background more and if the blue highway sign was in focus.  I like the blue pop of color though that the sign gives.  It does seem balanced by the green grass at the bottom and then the white sky at the top.