Hi Mansoor, welcome to the Critique Zone!
Clearly this shot left the voters a little cold - I guess the question is why? (noting that all of this is subjective - so I hope some of it is of interest)
Technically: This is a tricky one - it is fairly sharp around the back end, but doesn't seem so sharp around the head and eyes, the traditional focal point. I suspect that this is a result of your really large aperture (f2) and a fairly small Depth of Field. Personally, with a 5DII, I would be happy going to about ISO 800, allowing an aperture of at least f7.1 without compromising your shutter speed. That would probably give you razor sharp bum and head, with room for manouevre.
Artistically: It's really a taste issue, so this is just my opinion. I think that it needs to be cropped differently: either with the scale as you have it but the goose to the bottom left, giving it 'space to move into', or with a tighter crop. As it is, the goose is just too central in a vast expanse of space. I would also recommend trying to find a different perspective - in life, we look down at stuff like geese (physically!) so a photo which does the same lacks impact - perhaps vertically down (difficult) or from on a level, or even up at the goose? Something to shock the eye and show something different. Just my thoughts.
Anyway, I hope that there was something in there of use!
Happy hunting,
Frank. |
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