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Comment by Grainey:
great shot- I really like it - well done

An American Barn
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Comment by timfythetoo:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

First off congrats on a great score and placement in the Free Study.

You have a great image here. A great feeling of Americana. And your editing style enhances all the cool features of the image. The barn looks great, the windmill stands out strong, the white fence is balanced in well and the John Deere is just vibrant enough to be seen without the saturation being too much to ake it silly. And on top of all that the flag looks great. I don't hink you could have asked for anything better had you requested each piece to be placed. The only shame is that you can't see the weathervane. That would have been a nice touch.

Not much to say about how to improve. Had the sky been blue it could have been nice, but you deal with what you get. Some may not like the processing, but I think it works well. You just have a very nice picture here. It would probably go over great as a print.

Looking at your portfolio I see you need to enter more challenges. You do very good work and I (as I am sure others) would like to see more. Good luck!

Tim

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Comment by parallax:
i would preferred a shallow DOF to eliminate the distractive background.

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Comment by pgirish007:
nice capture, it would be good if ball is further close to him. One thing I must say the the eye of the player is following the ball and that really makes this photograph come up front.

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Comment by corinne:
Very nice. You captured the essense of this challenge quite well. My suggestion for an even better photo is to have cropped out the net ref to make this photo less 'busy'. Great effort though!

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Comment by tjbel05:
wow!!!!

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Comment by Man_Called_Horse:
NoBody???

this is a well executed sports shot.

great comp, great color, great lighting, excellent capture, great emotional value, the only thing I can say is that is bad of this image is two things. The advertising, and not enough shallow DoF. After all, it is about the player and not the ads or the fans.

Great Work

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Comment by jonfrommk:
Magnifcent capture of an athlete...Great coposition and a stunning expression

An American Barn
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Comment by Haneck:
I like your processing - cool shot!

An American Barn
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Comment by TheStick:
I wish the sky was a little bluer.