Bird
by jduffett

Comment by Cantique:
Good portrait.

Bird
by jduffett

Comment by violinist123:
Cocky looking bird. What's this guy have to be looking so cocky about? Probably thinks he's better than me. Look I could kick this birds ass, make no mistake about it. Let me know where I can find this overdressed parakeet and I'll teach him some humility.

Mosport
by jduffett

Comment by atupdate:
Hello from the Critique Club,

Nice job with the panning in this image. The car has considerable detail and the background blur helps provide the motion feel needed for this kind of image. The technical aspects of this image are pretty well done. I would suggest spending a bit more time in post processing to see if the detail in the hood area could be better defined. I'm not sure if the lighting, too high of contrast, or over-saturation, is the cause for the loss of detail in this one area of the car. Even with better detail in the hood, this image still might not have scored in the 6's. The problem being that the image just doesn't have enough DPC "wow" for a 600+ free study challenge. Over 40% of your votes were 5's. That, to me, signifies people looking for literally 2-3 seconds and saying, "this picture isn't bad (so I can't give 4 or less), but it doesn't do too much for me (so I can't give 6 or more). 5".

I think you achieved your goal when shooting this image of getting better at panning. You did a nice job and achieved an image you can be proud to have in your portfolio.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique.

Tim

Mosport
by jduffett

Comment by arjunas:
The definition on the vehicle's hood and trunk are lost. Perhaps a light bit of sharpening applied to the car itself would bring that back out?

Mosport
by jduffett

Comment by jmlelii:
my neighbor has a blue one of those. Good capture.

Mosport
by jduffett

Comment by heathen:
perfect background blur

Mosport
by jduffett

Comment by baco99:
Looks like fun!

Mosport
by jduffett

Comment by Bankson:
nice job panning.

Mosport
by jduffett

Comment by lynnmarie:
Well done on the motion in the background, the car is nicely focused.

Mosport
by jduffett

Comment by mist:
Well executed movement shot with good colour.