i love this as an image but, as a test of your photographic prowess at the time, let's talk about it. the color, form, action, comp are all exceptional qualities, your execution is very lame especially if this is going to be judged by dpc'er for a best of a year. This is all about criteria, if you entered it into a blur or even an action challenge you would be no where near a brown in fact for either of those challenges IMO you could receive numbers closer to ribbons. so, don't fret my friend i think this is an exceptional photograph. IMO this one is far superior than the other pixel mess.LOL
oh, um, well, a little out of focus, a little grainy, but would have been a great shot otherwise
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You have totally got a great shot here. It is just very very soft, you need a faster shutter speed to help with this and then unsharp mask will help too.
I still think this is a great shot, just needs more work on it.
I think your equipment failed you here. You have excellent timing, a good composition, and great colors, but you seem to have been too far away to capture the scene without cropping it way too far. It might be time to upgrade as it appears you have an eye for photography.
A great action catch. It's probably already been mentioned about the grain and resolution. I suspect this may be a severe crop. Maybe some noise reduction could have helped some, but I'm not sure.
This must have been amazing to witness. It's such a shame that it is not sharp enough. This looks to me to be a fairly small crop of a larger, soft original. Either way - not enough to work with to produce an image that does the scene credit.
They really can fight can't they :O You've caught a great piece of action there and the composition is spot on. Have you had to enlarge quite a severe crop or did you use a digital zoom? A lot of the detail has been lost, or more likely wasn't there. Maybe set your camera up on a tripod with a remote cord allowing you to be a bit nearer to the action - you've got some great subjects there :)
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