University of Maryland team takes second place in Solar Decathlon
by JBHale

Comment by geoffb:
Hi from the Critique Club,

First of all, congratulations on your journalistic eye. Sure, technicals aren't perfect in this image, but your timing and ability to predict the shot are what make this image quite a good one. I really like how you captured the expression of the woman in the front looking back at the trophy. Editing rules prevented you from adjusting this image in post-processing, but I think it would look quite good in a newspaper as a tight vertical crop.

I think petrakka said it quite well:

Originally posted by petrakka: while not the best photo, one of the truly photojournalistic shots in this challenge i think. nice catching the moment.

With that said, I think you've done about as much as you could have for the situation. Based on your aperture, it looks like you were at about 50 mm (assuming you were as wide open as possible for the focal length you were at), so you were probably too far away to use on-board flash. Good foresight to maximize your ISO to get a reasonable shutter speed; noise isn't always ideal, but any more blur would have probably made this a toss away shot. (And in this case, the noise is negligible.)

Good job here. You've done your job by capturing the moment nicely.

Regards,
Geoff

University of Maryland team takes second place in Solar Decathlon
by JBHale

Comment by petrakka:
while not the best photo, one of the truly photojournalistic shots in this challenge i think. nice catching the moment.

University of Maryland team takes second place in Solar Decathlon
by JBHale

Comment by Melethia:
I love the energy of this! Not sure if a paper would use it due to the "blur" but that's what makes it a very engaging, energetic shot to me.

University of Maryland team takes second place in Solar Decathlon
by JBHale

Comment by SoulMan1978:
could be a bit sharper for me :-)

University of Maryland team takes second place in Solar Decathlon
by JBHale

Comment by cynthiann:
good pic for the challenge.

University of Maryland team takes second place in Solar Decathlon
by JBHale

Comment by Indieaperture:
haha omg. the girl to the left.

University of Maryland team takes second place in Solar Decathlon
by JBHale

Comment by violinist123:
Shame it's not a bit sharper but this is great for the challenge.

University of Maryland team takes second place in Solar Decathlon
by JBHale

Comment by BarbB:
I like the in focus person in the middle.

University of Maryland team takes second place in Solar Decathlon
by JBHale

Comment by Node:
Yeah great photo fot the challenge!

University of Maryland team takes second place in Solar Decathlon
by JBHale

Comment by svstoltz:
the central focus works, but it would be better photojournalisn style if sharp across the frame