On the Go
by Marjo

Comment by bdenny:
Excellent choice for a B&W

Ornithology - Raptor Research (Pandion haliaetus)
by Marjo

Comment by hotpasta:
There seems to be a great degree of fringing on this. Also, not sure how this met the science challenge in the true sense of the word. Without your title, this is a bird image. The exposure and contrast are also poor...hope that helps you understand why it got voted low

Why are you bothering me?
by Marjo

Comment by BAMartin:
She is beautiful and you caught her in a very relaxed pose. That is not always easy to do. Great job.

Why are you bothering me?
by Marjo

Comment by maynerd12:
Why do cats always look like you're bothng them?

Why are you bothering me?
by Marjo

Comment by JJWoolls:
Good picture of a cat. Colors are nice. I like the DOF. The title is the only thing that makes this connect to the challenge for me though...

I am not a good photographer, I do not claim to be better than anyone, any criticism is meant to be constructive criticism......

Ornithology - Raptor Research (Pandion haliaetus)
by Marjo

Comment by judojoe:
I think its a very good Photo and definately worthy of a Higher Mark as youhave suggested.
To Be honest, although I find nothing wrong with your Photo at all, the voters have probably thought - Oh not another Osprey Photo !
How ever, Dont let it bother you.
As long as you think under the Circumstances, you gt the Best Possible Picture you could, then be proud.

Cheers.
Joe

Ornithology - Raptor Research (Pandion haliaetus)
by Marjo

Comment by chip_k:
GREAT capture. Very high degree of difficulty!

Ornithology - Raptor Research (Pandion haliaetus)
by Marjo

Comment by NstiG8tr:
It looks as though your 70-200 didn't have enough reach and you are cropping in closer. The colors seem to be washed out. Focus is off. Subject matter would be OK if you could've gotten closer and I would've also cropped the pole out.

Ornithology - Raptor Research (Pandion haliaetus)
by Marjo

Comment by BakerBug:
I did not vote on this challenge, but I would probably have given this a 5. It meets the challenge, it is an interesting capture, but not overall impressive. Some things that hurt it are the lack of contrast, and the composition. The sky really put you at a disadvantage. Being hazy gives the picture an overall dullness which there is not much you could have done about. I think a much closer crop would help this though. If you had filled the bottom of the frame with the nest it would have made the viewer feel like he was much closer to the action. However, if you have already cropped off a lot, you may run into resolution problems. A 5 tells me that there is nothing really bad about the picture, but there are flaws that prevent it from being a great picture.

Ornithology - Raptor Research (Pandion haliaetus)
by Marjo

Comment by fotomann_forever:
Compositionally boring. Cropping right below the nest would have added much more impact. Placing the mother and the baby on thirds intersections would have made it even stronger.

Lighting is somewhat flat, but playing with curves could have added some punch.