Thanks for that Julie, of course you are not being too critical! I love getting input like this. I agree with the first shot, I was using a prime lens and sitting on the ground, turned and just barely got this one, I too would have liked to have included the hooves and a bit more of the jump. I have been staying close in with this lens a lot hoping to get unusual crops, I am kind of going for a more intimate, artsy style rather than the traditional full body poses all the time, but I imagine those are more of what people will want to buy...?

I am going to go shoot (for practice) at some dressage events that are much higher quality than this, this was a smaller schooling event. Glad you pointed out about the horse being behind the vertical, I should have noticed that but got caught up in the photographic moment!

All very helpful comments, please always feel free to critique away!! Thanks!