High Five
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by Melethia:
Eye-tattoo sticks - poke these in your eye to create pleasing natural and permanent bokeh shapes....

High Five
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by Ja-9:
the tools that you use to stamp metal/leather

Two Shots At Every Pedestrian
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by cowboy221977:
Hello from the critique club...

Interesting shot. It almost feels like a field of signs. I think overall well done. I like the sky. The scene has plenty of detail. Really nothing much more to say about it. I think you scored nicely. 5.5 isn't too bad. Happy shooting

High Five
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by MEJazz:
Some kind of stamping bits?

Plumes De Poulet
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by salmiakki:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I can totally relate with you on the challenge topic, not a fan of feathers either for the same reasons.

I love the composition of the delicate feather it works very well with the square crop and the colours are lovely too.

Others have commented already, but I'm quite shocked how much noise has been added during post processing. As a fellow D800 user I know that at 100 ISO you are not seeing much noise at all in a Raw file, so can only assume that this has happened is as a result of post processing.

With that lens/camera combination I would have expected the in focus parts to be tack sharp but they are not for some reason and I think that detracts. The blue/green fringing is certainly another distraction mentioned already.

Without the grain/noise issues I feel sure this would have scored a lot higher.

Sarah

High Five
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by giantmike:
Prehistoric humans sure were small.

High Five
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by rodfulk:
leather tooling?

Plumes De Poulet
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by bohemka:
Such grace. Working textures to our pleasure, the plume is delicate and refined, not overly defined. Grain enhances the atmosphere. Sweet stuff.

Purple Haze (R.I.P. Jimi Hendrix)
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by cowboy221977:
Hello from the critique club...

Special note* I had almost forgotten that Jimi was buried there. I am also a Hendrix fan.

On to the pic...The colors are quite nice. I like the contrast between the green grass and the purple flowers. "purple haze" For the most part the detail is good. However, the clouds seem a little bit blah to me. Also I like your crop. I think that turned out nicely.

Happy shooting

Plumes De Poulet
by Dr.Confuser

Comment by Bensted:
Beautiful composition