M&Ms... mmmmmmmsssss
by MEJazz

Comment by snaffles:
nice to see a child enjoying candy, but we need a little more candy and a little less kid! Still a nice try.

M&Ms... mmmmmmmsssss
by MEJazz

Comment by giantmike:
Seems like this photo is less about the food, and more about the kid. Not necessarily bad, but the hand movement subtracts in my opinion.

Silence is Golden
by MEJazz

Comment by MEJazz:
I agree that the off-focus hurt the score - A LOT! i was too lazy to re-take the shot, just cropped and used what i shot earlier. The tight crop revealed the focus offset that was not apparent in the full image.

Message edited by author 2012-11-02 23:29:32.

Silence is Golden
by MEJazz

Comment by bobnospum:
I can only assume such a low score is from the "you took a picture on someone else's art" crowd. I like the way you cropped the angel. Nice lighting and shadows. Slightly out of focus on the eyes may also have hurt you here. The DOF is great just needed to move the focus point a bit.

Watch out for the buds
by MEJazz

Comment by Neat:
I assume the softness is on purpose, fits the challenge, very pretty.

Watch out for the buds
by MEJazz

Comment by albrix:
Miss the focus in this image? Where has it gone?

Evening Goose
by MEJazz

Comment by FrankRobinson:
Hi Mansoor, welcome to the Critique Zone!

Clearly this shot left the voters a little cold - I guess the question is why? (noting that all of this is subjective - so I hope some of it is of interest)

Technically: This is a tricky one - it is fairly sharp around the back end, but doesn't seem so sharp around the head and eyes, the traditional focal point. I suspect that this is a result of your really large aperture (f2) and a fairly small Depth of Field. Personally, with a 5DII, I would be happy going to about ISO 800, allowing an aperture of at least f7.1 without compromising your shutter speed. That would probably give you razor sharp bum and head, with room for manouevre.

Artistically: It's really a taste issue, so this is just my opinion. I think that it needs to be cropped differently: either with the scale as you have it but the goose to the bottom left, giving it 'space to move into', or with a tighter crop. As it is, the goose is just too central in a vast expanse of space. I would also recommend trying to find a different perspective - in life, we look down at stuff like geese (physically!) so a photo which does the same lacks impact - perhaps vertically down (difficult) or from on a level, or even up at the goose? Something to shock the eye and show something different. Just my thoughts.

Anyway, I hope that there was something in there of use!

Happy hunting,

Frank.

Evening Goose
by MEJazz

Comment by tjbel05:
The swirls in the water are interesting. I like the water droplet on the beak of the goose. I am not crazy about the crop. I would have come in a little tighter to the back and bottom.

Gears & Springs
by MEJazz

Comment by bsluijk:
Composition Is confusing, with the hands in the way, and the copper piece very centric I get no clues where and how to look. Is the image about the black screw?

Gears & Springs
by MEJazz

Comment by Cory:
Swirls and whirls, gears and screws, these are the parts that watchmakers use.

Seriously though, not a bad shot, yet it leaves me wanting more DOF, and more noise reduction.