The Proposal
by bananashay

Comment by Photonerd:
Congratulations!!! Hope the wedding's beautiful!

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Comment by PaulE:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Hi Shanna,

This sure satisfies the challenge - nice stopped action here. you've managed to capture a really interesting, enaging pose that garbs the viewers attention, and holds those few seconds while they are voting. This is technically very sound - you've stopped the motion with a fast shutterspeed, and kept the apperature closed enough for your required DOF. The main points I would make have already been covered by both yourself and the other commentors. The drab sky isn't attractive, but you could have mitigated this with a closer crop. Indeed a much closer crop could have removed much of the distracting elements in the frame, such as the other people, the metal, etc. And of course a bit of USM on Jason would have help make him pop out from the busy trees behind him.

It is my hope that these insights are helpful and constructive. Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique. And please remember to mark it "Helpful" if you found it so. Good luck with future challenges.

Cheers
Paul

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Comment by corinne:
would consider cropping out the metal on the bottom - other than that, a great shot

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Comment by MattO:
A horizontal crop would have made this a great shot. As its cropped now there are many background distractions. Still a nice entry and great timing.

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Comment by sudanmas:
Plus: Nice stop motion capture
Minus: A tighter crop would have improved the overall impact of the image

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Comment by Dazmat:
Points off for DoF but otherwise a great action capture

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Comment by vikas:
what a nice timing! Great capture.. imo would have worked better if the crop was closer and the DOF was shallower. Nice shot still!

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Comment by jrothlisberger:
I think had you just cropped the jumper it would be cool but the jumper looks a little soft.

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Comment by jonfrommk:
Great shot, love the effect of the subject appearing to look at the camera. Possibly could do with a crop to lose the metal struts of the landing mat

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Comment by Someamateur:
Love it. Really quite funny that he is looking at the camera