I love rugby! That tackle looks a tad high and illegal though!
I suspect here that you took this with your 300mm lens from quite a distance then cropped and re-sized to get a closer image and then tried to compensate with sharpening? This has resulted in an over sharpening that gives the players an odd demonic look - which oddly I quite like. They do sometimes turn into demons out there on the field:)) This has cost you highly with the voters, as you probably realise;)
I like the composition - the players coming in from the right gives a great sense of movement and action. The player’s expressions even with the demon eyes, gives drama to the action. I love all the arms, hands and legs flying about, it gives a sense of the chaos that often manifests on the field.
Cropping out more of the black to make a tighter image would make it more powerful.
I think some voters also felt the failure aspect of your image was tenuous, but I think you got away with it;)
If only you had got closer to avoid the resizing - perhaps next time you could disguise yourself as a rugby player and nip on to the field to catch the action and slip off again unnoticed?:))
great subject matter. the picture looks pixelated and out of focus. I don't know what kind of camera you are using, but it could have been taken it at a higher resloution.
Looks a little oversharpened for one thing. I probably would have tried cropping just the two players that are wrapped up together -- the others are a bit of a distraction.
The image looks very pixelated on my monitor. Great sports capture and strong expressions, but I don't really get a sense of failure. It seems like just a small portion of a much longer game.
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