It was hard to get through the crowd to get any shots at all. Maybe this could have been better if I was positioned differently in the audience but this was very close to what I envisioned when planning for this challenge. PP was levels, sharpen, crop, noise reduction, unsharp mask, desat slightly and resize for posting. I know the mens faces on each side and the shadow around her head are going to be drawbacks for some and I wish the face was a little sharper but I still like this overall and hope it doesn't get slaughtered in voting. I might have been able to do more in advanced editing but since its basic editing I think I did as much as I could with this original.
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First off, congrats on your best scoring entry to date. It always nice to up that best score and see a new image sitting at the top of the profile page. Also, thanks a ton for including such detailed information. I think that you did a nice job considering the image that you started with. Nice work with the post-processing. I think a 5.5 is a very strong score for this particular entry. More clarity would have certainly drawn a better score.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric
Nice photo. Is slightly out of focus. Those ladies tend to move quite quickly and to capture them is sometimes difficult although I would have thought your flash would have 'stopped' action a little better.
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