One of the participants of the Fiest Flambeau Night Parade. I was also in the parade with my Boy Scout troop as the Boy Scouts get to carry the torches.
I was experimenting with the 2nd curtain flash
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Boy, voters really didn't like this one. Oh well. Funny thing is that right after I submitted this I saw a similar style in our local paper. Oh well.
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Place: 161 out of 183 Avg (all users): 5.0055 Avg (commenters): 5.5000 Avg (participants): 4.8718 Avg (non-participants): 5.1058 Views since voting: 626 Views during voting: 261 Votes: 182 Comments: 7 Favorites: 0
I liked the motion and ambience you captured here. IMO, a pretty good capture. I would have cropped it to get here a bit off the center of the frame to strengthen compostion.
The title thing is subjective. I like (even as a photo editor) for a title to fill in gaps for me to tell me what is happening in the photo. At least, it should provoke me to look further into cut-line, story, etc.
Would it have scored higher with a different title? Probably not. I think I was in the minority on focusing on titles. But, that comes from my experience in journalsim.
Cropping for a stronger composition would have helped more IMO. But, voting is often on a total package. Never give the voters any reason to mark ya down, and that includes your title. See?
You got a lot of votes in the 4-5-6 range, so you have shown the voters a good technical photo. You just left them a few holes that they couldn't get past for higher votes.
I had a feeling this one was yours. I loved it! I actually was the one who gave you your 1 10 because I loved the motion, the happy look on the dancer's face. I thought it was great.
VERY COOL!!!!! I love all the motion and light. and I'm totally impressed that you got such amazing sharpness on your subject in such a low light situation! Great job!
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