Hatched
by sangeeth

Comment by posthumous:
I don't see a connection to the challenge, but what a gorgeous photo!

Hatched
by sangeeth

Comment by TheStick:
This is a nice image and technique is good. I think (IMHO) this might suffer score-wise because it doesn't have some of the "wow" factor others in the challenge have and some voters could view this as a stretch on the challenge topic.

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by sangeeth

Comment by sevilduvarci:
nice dof.

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by sangeeth

Comment by sangeeth:
Thanks Sandy.
Now that winter/rains have started in these parts (india), this is a regular happening. Almost every weekend I climb up to the terrace I see this happen.

High speed maneuver
by sangeeth

Comment by atupdate:
Hello from the Critique Club:

For what it is worth, I rated this image as 6. Although the pose looks like the bird is gliding, the blurry tips of the wings indicate that it was actually flying. So for that it definitely meets the challenge. This image does have a few technical issues, some of which are mentioned in the comments from the voters. First, the image lacks any kind of detail to hold the viewers attention. Part of this is due to photographing a black subject against a gray sky. The gray sky has no details to highlight and being significantly lighter than the main subject makes it difficult to capture detail in the bird. What little detail is there is not very sharp (like the beak). You might want to wait to use USM until after you have resized your image, as some detail is lost during resizing. Another alternative is to use USM before and after resizing and if things start to look a little odd after the last USM operation, reduce the strength of USM to 50 to 70 instead of 100.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Tim

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by sangeeth

Comment by SandyP:
Wow! I love these sun ray photos, and this one is especially striking! I love that darkened black sky. It makes the rays even more beautiful! Great job!

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by sangeeth

Comment by otisXmike:
not your typical squirrel shot! Nicely composed.

High speed maneuver
by sangeeth

Comment by Blackbox:
I still think it's beautiful no matter what anybody says...thanks for your work and photo!

High speed maneuver
by sangeeth

Comment by Dave Gordon:
Nice shape, but no detail and not a great subject for a silhouette.

High speed maneuver
by sangeeth

Comment by DemonLlama:
Too stark for my tastes. When I see something like this I think more of a glide than "action." I know the title says high speed, but this doesn't do it for me.