Forever in peace may she wave...
by ratha1004

Comment by dartompkins:
I think this would have been better taken as portrait rather than landscape. The lower flags are too close to the edge of the frame. Color and focus are good. 5.

Forever in peace may she wave...
by ratha1004

Comment by Gatorguy:
I think I would have cropped the image much tighter from the sides to get rid of some of the negative space. At the same time, I would have liked to have seen just a little more of the flagpoles of the lower two flags.

Forever in peace may she wave...
by ratha1004

Comment by vontom:
Composition: 5, Technical: 6, Appeal: 4, Challenge: 5, Overall Calculated Average Score: 5

I don't care for the horizontal crop you have here. A verical crop may have really focused the attention onto the flags without so much emptiness.

White Sands and the mountains, all getting rain
by ratha1004

Comment by LobsterClaws:
nice simplicity, could use just a bit more contrast to bring out some more shadows.

White Sands and the mountains, all getting rain
by ratha1004

Comment by vtruan:
A bit more contrast would have helped

White Sands and the mountains, all getting rain
by ratha1004

Comment by Hye5:
Interesting image, but there doesnt seem to be a subject which draws my attention and I find myself looking around too much.

White Sands and the mountains, all getting rain
by ratha1004

Comment by gaurawa:
Nice one.. i personally feel it needs more contrast to bring out the blue color of the sky.

Local kid pitches perfect game
by ratha1004

Comment by squirrel:
local newspaper perhaps. cute action shot, could be a bit sharper

Local kid pitches perfect game
by ratha1004

Comment by Shakey:
I take a lot of BB pictures as my kid plays as well so ... This shot would not make my keeper file unless it was the only capture I could muster.
Why? well focus the subject is not sharp a faster shutter speed was needed or a slower one for a motion blur. Lighting looks like it was in a good area but your position captures the shadow part of it. Background is more in focus than the subject. Your auto focus cheated you from a nice shot.
If this is your child? If so take heart in that when I posted a BB picture of my kid in a challenge it was one of my lowest scores ever. But I did not care I was still proud.
I scored you a 5.
Good Luck

Cheers

Local kid pitches perfect game
by ratha1004

Comment by nicoledb:
Not bad, but could have improved by having the action captured a bit earlier (yeah, I know, that's the difficult part :-), and a better focus (the fence is in focus instead of the kid).