Ready to Pounce
by al1989

Comment by Teafran:
The unfortunate issue with this very nice image is the grass sprig cross ing the eye on the right - ruins the whole effect. When you add in the ghost grass moving from middle to upper right and vertically on the left spoils what I feel you were trying to achieve.

Ready to Pounce
by al1989

Comment by malenurse1979:
really cool shot - just wish the grass wasnt going in front of his eye!! :( still a good shot though.

Night Walk
by al1989

Comment by Limescope:
Your entry may have been taken at the end of the day, but that's it, the timing is right but your subject doesn't convey the concept of "end" to me in any way I could think of.

That said - and challenge subject aside - I could imagine this photograph hanging on my wall here or, indeed, framed in an art gallery. The composition is intriguing, I feel drawn in and fascinated the longer I look at it. There is some visible noise that could have been minimized by using a lower ISO and longer shutter speed (tripod), but apart from minor technical shortcomings, this is a great piece of fine art. It was just a really, really bad choice for this particular challenge topic, which is probably why it got voted down. Nonetheless, a very good debut on DPC, in my opinion.