the power in the hills
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Comment by sophiawood:
nice shot

the power in the hills
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Comment by ltlmschrisss:
I like your composition.

the power in the hills
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Comment by Ammie:
Technically there is not much wrong with this picture IMHO, but it isn't interesting or exciting

avian abstraction
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Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I like this, a nice chaotic abstract of bird forms and shapes as your title implies. Why it scored so low? Probably because you have so many subjects in the frame, dpc voters usually like one central figure to draw attention to themselves. There's a lot of front-to-back focus on a lot of birds. Also looks like you shot around noon, which is when the light is most brutal - hard shadows and especially unforgiving on contrasty subjects. In one of my books on exposure, the author pretty much advocates hanging up the camera between the hours of 11am and 3pm for this reason alone. The colours otherwise are quite nice and natural in colour.

That's pretty much all I can give you, hope this critique has been useful.

Feel free to PM me.

Susan

the thrill of roller derby
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Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I don't know the first thing about roller derby but I do see a good attempt at motion panning. Sadly in a challenge like this people want to see a lot - around 1 second or more to get the full effect. The subject is great, but the effect is more of slight blur than panning. As it stands there is a lot of background clutter. Cropping it so you get in the ref pointing at her and the two refs immediately to her left should help a lot.

With an ISO of 2500 there's no shortage of noise but the lighting conditions pretty much prohibit anything lower. At least you had a fast lens with you, that helps!

Keep on shooting and entering, and feel free to PM me.

Susan

the heron
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Comment by scooter97:
You captured this really well. Not sure what species this is but it's a nice looking bird!

the heron
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Comment by hahn23:
Great capture of the Great Blue.9

the thrill of roller derby
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Comment by undieyatch:


Undoubtedly subtle panning, but enough allowed to qualify - grain & colour edit contribute to this marvelous view of a game I can never understand.

every boy loves a puppy
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Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

There were quite a few dog/puppy shots in this challenge, so I guess many agree with you about little boys liking puppies - both are young, rambunctious and get into all kinds of mischief together. I gave you a 6 in voting. This pup does look like he's ready to romp at the toss of a ball or stick. Liking the amount of detail, though I missed the wagging tail originally, it does add to the atmosphere of expectancy and waiting to play.

Technically looks like doggie is backlit and his face is somewhat in shadow - wouldn't hurt to use the dodge tool to bring out the face and eyes, and burn around the ears. Though I don't advocate using massive amounts of pp, I'm not afraid to see it used carefully, especially in an Expert level challenge. The crop is a teeny bit tight esp at the top, but overall a nice shot and very worthy entry for this challenge. Keep on shooting and entering!

Feel free to PM me

Susan

jammer
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Comment by Neat:
Oh yeah this is more like it why didn't you enter it?