How I fantasize about my boss when he gives me the stare!by
AlanBesComment by Tej: Hi Alan,
Greetings from the Critique Club!
My standard text :)
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I'm by no means expert in area of photography. My comments are purely based on my limited understanding of technology and art behind digital photography. Apart from doing detailed evaluation of your submission, my intent is to learn different styles of photography by critically evaluating selective submissions. I hope following comments of mine are helpful to you.
Composition :
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Good composition and a funny picture to make anyone laugh. But as many other comments say - this could have been fit for wildlife challenge. I might think of my boss like this (and I do!) but I dont "fantasize" him (might have been different story if it was "her" ;)).
Rest said and done, this is great capture (if theme of challenge is ignored)
Camera Work :
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Camera work is good. Image seems to be properly exposed. But a deeper DOF might have been helpful in keeping the beak in focus. Overall a decent photo ... technically.
Post-processing :
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Okay ...now this needed some serious work on contrast. The image seems to be little flat. Looking at difference between shades of foreground subject and almost even background, proper use of "curves" would have done wonders. Some sharpening and saturation "could" have helped. Also you do not seem to be using maximum possible size limit for the file. Bigger size is normally less jpeg compression and thus better quality.
Summary :
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Overall an above-average composition. I did not voted for this challenge but I would have also given something between 5-6 which is in line with average score. If this image is properly processed it can really be great "wildlife" picture. And off-course, shorter titles always have stronger impact!
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Wish you a great day!
-Tej
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