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Thanks, Team Suck, for your appreciative comments. I knew this was going to score badly, but since I don't care much about my average, I decided to enter it anyway.
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Place: 111 out of 123 Avg (all users): 4.8722 Avg (commenters): 5.2500 Avg (participants): 4.7879 Avg (non-participants): 4.9000 Views since voting: 843 Views during voting: 412 Votes: 266 Comments: 13 Favorites: 0
Hi Julianne,
I like the effect with the red birds and I thought overall it was an interesting entry. However, the fuzziness (seems not quite in focus) was a major distractant for me. I also had trouble identifying a focal point - which isn't always essential - but in this particular shot seemed somehow lacking. Do you have any outtakes? Would be interesting to see.
Best,
Noraneko
Well, I gave this a 5, which to me means "met the challenge, but didn't grab me." Why? Not much I can really put my finger on. Which pretty much means it just didn't strike my fancy, which means you can safely ignore my opinion. :)
You know, I can understand why this shot didn't do so well in "Sky" but this is a GREAT shot. If you would have put this in Free Study, I'll bet your score would have been a lot higher. The fact that the red birds stand out so well really make this a super image. Excellent job.
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