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marcoesquivelComment by duartix: Greetings from the Critique Club ;)
Artistic Merit
Pros:
* Good subject placement, gives us a clear view of it's evolution.
* Interesting and unusual perspective.
Cons:
* The crop is just too tight. The subject has very little space to "breathe".
* It's too aligned with the frame and thus too "stable". Such a photo would benefit a lot from more more dynamic lines and I think a an angular approach works better.
Technical Merit
Cons:
* Sharpness and focus are compromised. With the kind of equipment you were using you should have gotten away easily with a much faster shutter speed without compromising IQ, either by opening up the lens or raising ISO or both. The subject speed required it and you had still had plenty of play.
Emotional Merit
Pros:
* This crossprocessing turned a boring plane picture into something interesting. Quite Warhol-ish as
bcenu has put it.
Cons:
* Unfortunately your choice of colors wasn't the best IMHO. There are only cold colors in this picture and these don't convey the kind of energy expected from such a subject. Complementary colors would have given this picture more punch.
Result
It's interesting to see that similar pictures could get get you from first place:
to middle ground
or bottom of the pack in your case. I voted your picture 5* and 7* on the others, but looking at their placement it's more or less obvious what you got wrong and what they got right.
My take from the comments is that the coloring was missfortunate with the focus/sharpness hitting hard in second.
Keep them coming and don't let those less achieved photos let you down. You are bound to get better.
All the best
Duarte Bruno
Photographer found comment helpful.