Out for an walk on a windy evening in the small patch of woods behind my house, this deer popped out onto the trail, stood looking at me for a couple of seconds and then flashed off back into the woods. The light levels were very low as it was just before sunset.
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Place: 192 out of 194 Avg (all users): 4.2041 Avg (commenters): 3.7778 Avg (participants): 3.8904 Avg (non-participants): 4.5135 Views since voting: 1078 Views during voting: 238 Votes: 147 Comments: 10 Favorites: 0
For me, your image quality appears grainy and dark. I think if there had been more light or if you had a longer lens to get closer to the deer itself, I would have scored your image higher.
Composition: 6
Technical: 2 - Sorry, rubbed my eyes raw trying to get past the blur
Creativity: 4
Appeal: 3 - With some painterly effects, it could have some artistic appeal because of the mixture of colors
Challenge: 5 - I only know what one of the three words mean - I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that the other two are real words. ;-)
Overall Calculated Average Score: 4
I find the picture lacking in contrast. And, if the title is to match the picture, I would like to see a close-up of the eyes. The deer is lost in this photograph.
It must have been very exciting to see this animal in the wild like this. The beauty of the moment has not been translated this time. The blur (possibly from camera shake) is too extreme to make this image a high scorer.
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