I scored this image low because, while it has the potential to be a good shot, nothing is in focus. It almost looks like a grasshopper on top of a bigger grasshopper, on top of a rock or tree. I am not sure what the curving line is exactly, though it seems to be a blade of grass. This could have been a really neat shot if the grasshopper(s) were in focus. Especially if it is two grasshoppers. :) One other suggestion: One of the edges of your picture should be the largest size allowed by the contest: 640 pixels. Good luck with future challenges!
All i can say is focus, I am sure you are getting that a lot. Perhaps it is due to the extreme zoom which it seems like you used. Composition is ok, and it seems like the color captured might have been nice, but it is hard to be sure because the picture is so pixelated.
Ummm...I'm not sure what you were going for here, but it really fails. If not for the title, I'd have to spend a bit of time just guessing what your subject is. It's really difficult to finely "critique" this picture, but I'm sure you'll agree that, just at first glance, it's not exactly "marvellous." The focus is very off, the whole thing is very "shaken," the subject's being on green just causes it to get lost...it's a poor picture. I'm sorry if this is harsh, but I hope it just comepels you to try harder next time. Good luck in the future.
sorry, i don't know whether it is resolution or compression or noise or all of it, but the grasshopper is almost unrecognisable. while colors seem nicely bright, the overall impression is spoiled by the lack of focus and the noise.
This picture does meet the criteria for the challenge: "non-domesticated mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians". It seems to be very out of focus and possibly over-saturated in the post-processing.
Ok - first the positive. Good colour - lovely vibrant green. But, the focus here is far too soft. If you hadn't told me this was a grasshopper, honestly I wouldn't have guessed. The definition between the bug and the leaf is just not distinct enough.
I can understand why you have not maximised the size of this shot. But the problem is with the current blowing up of this shot it has gone incredibly blurry ..
This is really out of focus, also, I'm just afraid that this will be voted down because of the size, you should use the 640 pixels that we are allowed to use in challenges.
Horrible pixelation...looks like it was taken with a camera phone. Hard to even see the grasshopper. Hard to judge something when the camera artifacts outweigh the surfaces of the shot.
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