Penn Relays, world's largest annual track meet, attended by 20,000 athletes and 100,000 plus fans.
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Comment by jdannels:
Critique Club
Wow this is my second ribboon I have had to critique in two days so we will see how this one goes. First off congratulations on your Ribbon it well deserved!

To me there are so many interesting aspects to this shot, the point of view from where you are is great with the the bend of track coming into the staggered line of the runners creates a great dynamic and something to keep the eye moving. I like how each individual can tell there own story, from the first runner coming in lane 7 to the poor guy in lane 6 who must be so far behind he doesn't even have his hands off his legs yet. And I think the lighting you captured as well really helps as you get a complementary story in every shadow. It really has almost every thing perfect. I could totally see this in any sports publication from the local paper to Sports Illustrated.
However I do think there could be a couple things improved. One is the crop that you chose cuts off the runner in lane 8 and is really noticeable as that is the main line running through the photograph. You could have possibly zoomed out more to have included the runner in lane 9 also so that you didn't have this mysterious shadow reaching into your photo. But that is it really in terms of composition that I can see could use improvement. The second thing is that title is way too long, and I am not trying to be mean or rude but there are more words and/or numbers in this title than I have ever seen in any other entry on this site. You probably should have stopped after the first comma, or maybe you could have said it was the world's largest annual track meet, but other than that this photo has enough of a story in and of itself that even glancing down at the title like I do with some entries it would take me a few seconds to try and register all of that information that I stop looking at the photo.
Well congratulations again on your ribbon your photo is excellent. If you have any questions or comments just send me a PM.

The Long Sleep
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Comment by BernieBl:
Great Idea for this challenge. I like the lighting, composition and that you found a stone that was so old with a person that lived over 100 years. good job

The Long Sleep
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Comment by ddobson:
Like the depth of field but find the tombstone in the middle a bit distracting.

Sliver of Moon
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Comment by Mambe:
From the Critique Club :

Congrats for your ribboned photo in Photojournalism II.

Now about this one , during the voting time I left you a short comment.
Does it meet the challenge ? Yes , of course , it was a free study ! But maybe because it was a free study , viewers/voters expected something more.
Your entry was too minimalist for this challenge (in my opinion) , this moon maybe means something special or important for you but you haven't given clues in the title.

The colors are nice.

For reasons unknown for me , generally people don't like if the subject is centered , sincerily I'm not sure that this photo would have scored higher with a different composition like the moon in a corner.

Please feel free to email me about this critique.My name is Mambe and this is my first day in the Critique Club.

The Long Sleep
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Comment by NoellaSue:
Very nice, over 100 years old.

The Long Sleep
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Comment by Jaded_Housewife:
the sideways headstone in the middle is so distracting, and it seems like its all focused on the left side then cut down the middle and out of focus on the right. odd. love the left side, not so much the right. 6

The Long Sleep
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Comment by david1707:
Love the titel and the lighting.

Penn Relays, world's largest annual track meet, attended by 20,000 athletes and 100,000 plus fans.
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Comment by jdannels:
Great job on this photo, congratulations and way to get a ribbon for all us D50 owners!!!

Hurdles
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Comment by JUSTCALLMELADY:
Nice action shot. Not a single persons feet are on the ground and the shadows are a nice detail. The repetion here is nice as well.

Penn Relays, world's largest annual track meet, attended by 20,000 athletes and 100,000 plus fans.
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Comment by mpeters:
Ribbon number 1, congrats.