Counterbalance
by mycelium

Comment:
terrific silhouette. Interesting story told in this shot that I love. I predict that this image will do quite well. :)

Cold and lonely
by marvin

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Well first off, I'm glad you had a chance to try out the telephoto for this challenge. Unfortunately, I think this image got slammed, not due to any technical deficiency but rather voters may not have seen the connection to the challenge. I myself see it but there were probably better opportunities to be had.

That being said the itself is OK. Its really hard to get a shot of the moon to stand out. You got the exposure right on I think which is the hard part for most people. I suspect you used a tripod based on the sharpness of the image and the relatively slow shutter speed you used. F/8 might have been a better choice for aperture as that is usually the sharpest aperture on most lenses. (Then again, I think at this size of image it probably wouldn't be that noticeable.)

I think that maybe putting the moon into a cold landscape or somehow reinforcing the cold theme would have helped push this image up a few points. (I can actually imagine an ice cold drink in the foreground with this cold moon in the background. Imagine how that would have looked!)

I'm cold
by kiskat

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club!

It looks like those who stopped to comment really liked this. I think the biggest problem for this image, as mentioned by one of the previous commenters is the focus on the bird. I see that you shot at 200 ISO. If you had shot at 400 ISO you could have use a smaller aperture resulting in more depth of field. With any lens, you lose sharpness when you shoot at extremes (Right at the long end of your zoom, wide open or stopped right down). Its better to shoot about stop less than full to get maximum sharpness. You had a good choice in shutter speed though to help counter camera shake.

The image is a little bit underexposed so a minor correction with curves or levels would go a long way.

As for meeting the challenge? This definitely conveys cold while providing an interesting subject. Ideally, it would be nice to take a step or two forward but with small birds such as these, I am often happy to get any sort of picture let alone the ideal one (in terms of composition, framing, background etc.).

Overall, a pretty good shot with a lot of potential I think.

Oh!
by Retroesque

Comment:
looking forward to seeing how this was done...

Photographers Perspective
by girl_in_ak

Comment:
unique take on the challenge. I like the character of this image.

Dissap-pier ~ into ~ the ~ Distance
by bcenu

Comment:
booo...bad pun. Bad pun. Good picture though. It would be nice to not have the people in the background. I guess since this is basic all you could do is either wait for them to leave or bait them with a hook and hope a shark takes them away.

The Tunnel of Lights
by tamatama

Comment:
Great shot. I like that you tilted the floor a bit. Gives it a bit of a vertigo feeling.

In Through the Out Door
by leonedavis

Comment:
terrific find. I might be a little jealous :)

Blue Windows
by banmorn

Comment:
crazy...I love how you've turned a piece of architecture into something abstract.

On the Other End of the Lens
by Insomniac

Comment:
Creative take on the challenge. I love it.