Final Approach, Flaps Down
by GeneralE

Comment by bod:
The bird seems too soft and noisy, and the B&W makes it blend into the background too much. A great 'pose' but the bird really needed to be sharper to pop out at the viewer.

Final Approach, Flaps Down
by GeneralE

Comment by PaulMdx:
Nice composition. Looks a little oversharpened - not too keen on the bright outlines of some parts. I like the B&W here - good choice. Well done.

Macrobiotic Diet
by GeneralE

Comment by HBunch:
*Critique Club*
While I do appreciate different aproaches to things, I don't think that it works well for this shot in my opinion.
I do have to agree with the others that I think it would have been more effective with the focus more towards the front of the shot, or either have all of the beans in focus.
If you did the focus this way because you thought that the beans in the back were more interesting, than you could have shot from an opposite angle.
Your focus is really good in the back though, we get to see lots of nice detail and sharp lines, and I like that. I'm a huge fan of detail, and we get to see a lot of that here.
I like the arrangement of the beans. I think that you seperated them well except for one little orange bean that sneaked into the white beans near the front. He's bothering me a little cause he's so very much out of place there. shame on him.
Overall, I think it's a great subject for macro.
~Heather~

After the Impact
by GeneralE

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Paul, I like this one, too. Here's the rub as I see it, the DOF IS very narrow, with the focused range nearer the back (lower 1/2 seems out of focus to me). I might have liked this a bit better were the focused part more towards the middle. I think I might have gone 7 on this...I see the challenge aspect, but it might not be "enough" for general viewer. Rob the Swash

After the Impact
by GeneralE

Comment by Imagineer:
Yup I like this too, but it's just too much effort for some people to veer off the well trodden path. DOF is a bit too tight but the concept carries it nicely.

After the Impact
by GeneralE

Comment by irockstars:
Wow this deserved better... or maybe I'm just "artsy", but I really enjoyed this one! I gave it a 7.

Final Approach, Flaps Down
by GeneralE

Comment by Swashbuckler:
May I assume the high degree of grain was purposeful? Focus seems indeterminate (can't find the focused area). Framing is good (positioning the subject in the frame). I'd like to see more detail with the subject. 5 Rob the Swash

After the Impact
by GeneralE

Comment by WesF:
The depth of field needs to be brought more to the foreground for this photo to be more powerful, good idea though.

Final Approach, Flaps Down
by GeneralE

Comment by kiwiness:
The graininess works well here, I like it. I'm not sure I like that shadow in the middle though, it's kind of distracting.

Final Approach, Flaps Down
by GeneralE

Comment by pcody:
Did you add the noise? It looks good for this image. It also looks like this is maybe a crop from a much larger picture. Not enough detail to really rate this.