Watch your wing!
by ajschel

Comment by LN13:
Spiffy!

Watch your wing!
by ajschel

Comment by gmitchell:
great capture... i never thought these little guys would make great images :)

Watch your wing!
by ajschel

Comment by bernmay:
ohhh nice capture! 7

Watch your wing!
by ajschel

Comment by laug:
I think taking it on a different day could have made that picture look better.

Watch your wing!
by ajschel

Comment by ArpeggioAngel:
Great capture! Wonderful that each bird is in focus. I can almost hear the one telling his buddy to "watch his wing"...actually lauged out loud when I saw the shot after reading the title.

Chulo
by ajschel

Comment by Prof_Fate:
Critique Club checking in.

Very nice photo, excellent representation of grain, and the desat/toning is just about perfect, to me anyway. Nice and sharp where it has to be, well exposed and good use of DOF, although it is subtle in this image.

The eyes are in focus, as they should be in a portrait. One eye has 3 catchlights, the other I see none. Each eye should have one, to be 'perfect' that is.

Compositionally I like this - the eyes are centered, but the whiskers lead my eye to the nose, and then they go up to the eyes and stay there. By croppping the ears the way you did I know the cat is not deformed (so my mind is not distracted trying to understand why) and that the easr are not important to message you are trying to pass along.

You are proabably bothered by your score, especially since I fond no real issus with your photo, huh? Two things come to mind - since the challenge specified the grain to be an 'integral part of the message' I think that is where the voters fond this image lacking. The second is the title - not very esciting or dynamic, no tie to the challenge, so it could be better - perhaps "NightStalker" or "The Hunt Begins".

Again, a nice photo you should be proud of!

Watch your wing!
by ajschel

Comment by seriocomic:
Great capture - nice sharp detail - well done!

Watch your wing!
by ajschel

Comment by graphicfunk:
An awesome image filled with wonder.

Chulo
by ajschel

Comment by loseme:
Well personal I think it should have finished higher, I voted much higher. I think the image was eye catching, maybe just a little more color to give it an edge.

Chulo
by ajschel

Comment by joezl:
I voted it a 5. I felt it was a very well taken photograph with a cute subject and good dof. The grain worked well. However, it didn't strike me enough to lift it beyond being "a good photograph". A number of things could have done that - lighting, expression, unusual pose, humour, etc. but there is none of that.

What bear has done lifts the image and gives it more oomph but IMO still does not endow it with that special something to lift it above the crowd.