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vikasComment by Artifacts: Positives:
Racket ball is a very fast game and hard to capture. You did a great job with this capture. Very well composed and captured sports image with good technicals.
Technicals:
What is most amazing about this image is that you could get such great clarity and good stop action at f/4.2 in a 1/60th of a second exposure.
Sharpness, color and exposure are all very good. Composition is excellent.
The vertical corner of the wall behind your racket ball model is a significant distraction. There are a couple cracks or something in those walls as well behind the player that cause minor distractions.
The Challenge:
Obviously meets the Sports II challenge and not only that it is just one fine capture.
You finished over .4 above the challenge average and almost .6 above the overall DPC average. Voters thought this image good but not a top level performer.
Voters were probably bothered by the vertical corner of wall behind the player. Other than that there is nothing wrong with this image. I wasn't bothered by that line so scored it "10" myself. I still like it and don't see any reason to change my score.
Suggestions:
In basic you can't do this but clone out the vertical corner and other two lines near the player's head and you may find the image even more appealing than it already is.
This would make a great stock image. Some folks might think looking like stock is a bad thing. I'm not one of them.
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