Duck Pond Chaosby
trainComment by amber: Hi from the Critique Club!
Is there a conspiracy to give me all the duck entries?:))
As I said on my last but one critique:A difficult one for me; personally ducks do nothing for me, so for a duck image to get me excited it has to be really special. Critique images are given out randomly so I wish you could have had someone who loves the little darlings, but those are the breaks;)
That said, I find myself smiling at this image.I think if you had chosen the word 'carnage' instead of 'chaos' it might have been more dramatic or sinister:)You have caught the ducks in various stages of flight
and fright, and if it was the opening of duck season then it makes sense. But you must be mad braving a duck shoot just to get an image:))
I wish you had got closer, but I'm glad you didn't if it was gunfire creating the chaos! There is a lovley triangular/pyramid composition going on with the ducks, which is pleasing to the eye. This along with the capture of the water droplets and the various stages of flight does give movement to the image.
The bottom of the image, around the water and grass does seem over exposed or over sharpened, but it doesn't detract that much from those hilarious ducks.And for some reason I can hear the 'Jaws' music playing in my head:))
I have warmed to this image, it's one of those one off moments and feel the score was a little harsh;)
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