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sigrun_thComment by L1: Greetings from the Critique Club! :)
I will attempt to critique your image on four basic areas. Keep in mind I'm not a trained professional. ;)
1. Composition: The composition of the image is fine, with the focal point being off center. There are also three different planes of visuals that you can discern, with a foreground, a middle ground, and a background. The image suffers, however, from a lack of interest in the top half of the image, as the subject stops dead center in the vertical sense.
2. Technical Details: Your commenters mentioned the grain/noise issue. I won't go into that other than to say that many at DPC do not like grain or noise of any kind. I'm not like that, because I have a fair amount of shots that are quite noisy and grainy because I like them that way. :) HOWEVER...the grain in this shot doesn't add much in the way of mood or emotion, because the subject itself is rather devoid of mood or emotion. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Also, the focus is a bit soft on the subject itself, which DPC voters don't like either.
3. Aesthetics: This is a love-it or hate-it shot. It's rather abstract in nature, which might turn some voters off. It doesn't have the "wow" factor that DPC voters crave, which explains the score and placement.
4. Relationship to Challenge: There is some contrast, but overall the tonal range is rather muddy and the noise really detracted from the contrast in general.
Overall, your image has some strong points and some points in which improvements can be made. Keep shooting and submitting and I look forward to your next entry!
Laurie :)
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