The technicals: Well done. You did a good job managing the sun directly in the shot. We have nice gradient in the sky instead of vast amounts of blow out.
The feel: I think the composition hurts here. I do like the clouds as an addition and would keep them, but I would have moved so the tail fills up more completely the frame (that is, less negative space in the direction of the sun). Personally, I don't like the speedwing detail. I like to have objects either have a good dynamic range of detail or be compeltely sillouetted. This is sort of a quasi-world in between and that usually fails.
The game: Yes, a subtle shot for DPC. Don't worry about the score on a shot like this. However, I do think you could have made some improvements (as mentioned above). |