Southbound, Moonlit
by rathomas

Comment by sophiawood:
nice shot

Southbound, Moonlit
by rathomas

Comment by grahamgator:
One of my favs; love the perspective and the light. (voted earlier)

Southbound, Moonlit
by rathomas

Comment by romil:
Wow!

pipe_array
by rathomas

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Good attempt at meeting the challenge. The tilted horizon adds some dynamism to the shot of a relatively drab subject and I like the leading lines. However, while shooting wide open will give you speed, it will not give you dof, and here the dof seems to have missed the bulk of the curved sections of pipe. Indeed, more of the straight sections and joins seem to be in focus. Once again, I find your ISO to be far too low, and feel that you really need a tripod if you want to do macros. You don't need a $300 Manfrotto at this point, even a $30 Giotto should be more than enough. But shooting fast, handheld and wide-open is generally not the best combination.

Feel free to PM me,

Susan

friends_in_the_afterlife
by rathomas

Comment by RyanW:
Decent composition.

friends_in_the_afterlife
by rathomas

Comment by Tiny:
I like this shot,but the tilt sort of spoils it a bit for me.

Southbound, Moonlit
by rathomas

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
Safe harbor. Not much land to scape here, but I like the scene.

Must Break the Cycle
by rathomas

Comment by rathomas:
Thanks guys! Your feedback is helpful and much appreciated.

Head Down at Sun Down
by rathomas

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Not a bad shot, like the glowing lights reflected on the water, but it definitely needs some work. The diffused flash does help illuminate the goose but also gave you some glare off the white, which makes it look flat. As noted in the comments, the tail/back are in focus, and not the head. The head and especially the eye are all-important for any kind of photo involving anything with an eye. If the eye is not tack sharp, you will get voted down and that's what happened here...a combo of missed focus, too low an ISO, and what looks like too high a flash setting. A tighter crop might have helped.

I have that lens and as with most lenses, it is not at its best wide-open. A smaller aperture, say f3.5 or f4.0 and a much higher ISO (take advantage of the D7k and its high ISO performance capabilities; I'd start around 800, easy) would help tremendously. As would a few slices of bread! Not foolproof but will definitely help cut back on the goose-chasing time :-)

If you get the chance to reshoot, go for it. This time try the suggested changes, and don't be afraid to hunker down and shoot more at goose-eye level.

Hope this critique has been of help, keep up the good work and feel free to PM me.

Susan

Spring_to_life
by rathomas

Comment by grahamgator:
I like the bokeh and reflections.