Two black shoes with high heels and pink feathers.
In Nikon Capture: Curves, Unsharp Mask 82%,5%,13, Color Booster 6. Adw. RAW. Sharp. Normal, Tone Comp. Med High.
In Photoshop, Unsharp mask again, 85,1,4. Resized and saved for Web.
Statistics
Place: 80 out of 110 Avg (all users): 5.1517 Avg (commenters): 6.3750 Avg (participants): 4.9375 Avg (non-participants): 5.2449 Views since voting: 874 Views during voting: 337 Votes: 211 Comments: 12 Favorites: 0
First Impression - the most important one: Ok .. so you are sick of seeing ... "where did you get all those pick feathers" .. I am surprised you just didn't admit killing a pink flamingo!
Composition:
not bad .. I would have like the shows to hit the thirds a little better .. but they are nicely hidden in the feathers.
Subject: Yup meets the challenge.
Technical (Colour and light): Nice lighting ... interesting colour, interesing use of DOF ... some liked others didn't .. . so that is reflected in the voting ... it is however a nice shot.
To grow its vote?: Think about the location of the shoes in the bluster of feathers ... trying a number of different crops till one falls right may also help.
Summary: Your highest score so far - and you only had hours - you are improving .. can't wait to see more of what you manage in a week.
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Seems to be a little out of focus, maybe to much of one thing could be simplified to attract a better visual on the subject. It fits the challenge well though.