Fishing at Twilight
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by rider:
i gave this a 3 mostly caous its so blurry

Fishing at Twilight
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by KarenNfld:
Whoopsie, I was one of your low voters, I gave this a 3. When the blur side challenge was going on I met up with Jeffery Levy in Washington, DC when I was on vacation. He was taking part in the side challenge so we talked about it. I told him I hated blur and did not see the reason behind it 99% of the time. That goes for this photo, sorry.

Fishing at Twilight
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by bassbone:
I thought this was a cool effort. It has a distinct watercolor feel and I think you pulled it off pretty darn well. I probably would have given this a 5 - and here is why....

I think the crop and placing the bird dead center was one thing that I would have done differently - the current crop seems a bit too static - and this contrasts with what you are trying to bring to the viewer. If you were going with the square crop, a tighter one may have worked well to reinforce the motion. Otherwise, placing the bird in more the upper right quadrant to provide some neg space for the bird to fly into and to show the textures of the sea below could have been cool. I think one thing that hurts the image is the low contrast - I am a contrast freak, but I think a bit more separation of the bird from the background may have worked better.

Fishing at Twilight
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by Hipychik:
I like this a lot, Dennis. The only thing I would have done different is the crop. Maybe if the bird was a little farther up in the right side. It really would make a beautiful print.

Fishing at Twilight
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by BAMartin:
Melethia summed this shot up extremely well, and there is not much I can add to what she said. I personally like blur that is intentionally done, as it was here. I gave this shot a 9.

Fishing at Twilight
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by Melethia:
Blur shots, in general, are not well appreciated here except by folks who really like them and do them on purpose. I like this. I'm one of those folks. So to get a better score at DPC, don't blur! But if you are gonna blur, let your own taste guide you as to what you like and don't like. My one nit with this would be the centered comp. Sometimes it works, sometimes not so much. I can't say for sure with this, but it might be worth playing with a bit to see if there's a crop or composition that makes it a bit less static (which is hard to say about a motion captured shot). Oh, and I'd have him bombing out of the shot, which is another DPC no-no. And since I'm a monochrome gal at heart, this is very nearly there but not quite. You could try saturation to bring out the color, or go all the way to B&W with it. I'm glad you chose to enter this.

Hanging Around With My Friends
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by loseme:
I really like the action. Since we see her on the edge I would like her to make it all the way across. Nice work.

Fishing at Twilight
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by jaxsond:
I actually like this a lot ..... I not completely sold on the crop but I'd like to play around with it a bit.....this looks like a series in a fine art show to me......I'm actually sorta surprised how much I like this.....I'm not usually drawn to images like this.........

Hanging Around With My Friends
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by brianz:
great dof and focus. simple yet one of my favorites.

Hanging Around With My Friends
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by Kelli:
Very cute!