Just my observations - take what you need and bin the rest... Would praying not be a pre-match rather than post-match activity? Well, I'm a Brit and I'm not sure about the protocol here - so I'll give you the benfit of the doubt on that one. :)
I like the crop taking out part of his boot - just saying that 'cos I'm guessing you may get picked up on it by others. I'm not saying they're wrong but for me it adds to the off-centred feel and gives it a bit of edge somehow.
Think I might consider a slight crop from the bottom just to remove the white line bottom right (distracting once you've spotted it).
Not sure what the partial saturation achieves here - for me it takes away from the overall mood of the image since I notice the team logo more than the activity of the player.
Nice exposure and the patterns in the grass work well in directing attention towards the players bowed head.
Looks like a player is still there. Nice selective desaturation, I think that shallower DOF would give better isolation and blur out the grass distractions. Also would like to see the whole foot. Hope that it's a prayer of thanks.
Nice use of selective desat; interesting and appealing image. I'm sure you're getting hit with the DNMC votes. I would suggest not cropping out the foot if at all possible; it makes the image feel "amputated" if you pardon the pun.
This image sets a mood and I think the conversion to B&W was a good choice.
I would have liked this image better if the boy's foot wasn't cut off and perhaps you moved him down to the bottom of the frame. Being in prayer, I think leaving all the space above his head (like a church with the open, lofty ceilings) would feel "right". This images also has more of a "before game" feel to me - I'll admit to not having watched any youth football games but it seems prayer tends to come before the game; regardless, if his uniform (and/or dirty skin) had shown the effects of having played then that would have been moot.
For me a big part of this challenge was how to make an image (of a sports venue) compelling and interesting without people. I'm marking you down based on my interpretation of the challenge criteria.
A good moment to capture, but doesn't this normally occur before the game? Cropping the dark grass off the bottom seems to make a better composition I think, but the dash of color is nice.
My first thought when viewing this shot is my grandsons. They play football (highschool) and it makes me think of the coach yelling "take a knee"!!
You cut his right foot a bit too snug but the focus and desat is very nice. Good luck in the challenge.
Wonderful choice of desat IMO. If this challenge was about the players it would score highly. Unfortunately, I thought the challenge is about capturing a photograph AFTER the players and people have left. :( Again, wonderful image (really!) - not quite right for this challenge IMO however. Best of luck to you.
love this except for the selective desat. I think the prayer is the point, but the red makes me try to make sense of the team mascot, or logo, or whatever that is.
More contrast in the B&W would make this stronger.
Meets Challenge: 8
Lighting/Processing: 6 (white uniform appears a bit blown out on my monitor)
Composition: 6 (would go with 7 if the grass in the forground wasn't bugging me)
Overall Impression: 5
"WOW" factor: 3
DNMC.
Great shot, although I don't think you need the selective use of color helps here. Some more contast could really make the player stand out better
The image istelf is good but too tightly cropped on the right as the players foot is cut off. I presume selective desat to keep the red - if so then that is done well. The sadu bit is that as the challenge said "the players and people have gone home" I have to DNMC this: 3 - sorry :(
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