"The Maltese Falcon" is a novel written by Dashiell Hammett.
The Maltese Falcon itself is a valuable golden statue encrusted with rarest jewels from head to claw. For the purpose of concealing its real value - it was covered in black paint...
Here I took a picture of a falcon. I wanted it to look like a statue.
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Place: 119 out of 130 Avg (all users): 4.4596 Avg (commenters): 4.8750 Avg (participants): 4.2500 Avg (non-participants): 4.5385 Views since voting: 763 Views during voting: 265 Votes: 161 Comments: 10 Favorites: 0
First Impression: The background is what upsets me in this shot and makes me think it was more of a 'grab' shot than a well thought out composition for the challenge?
Composition: Other than the background I like your composition and (for me) the best part by far is the oof head. I'm guessing many of your voters just perceived this as a poorly taken image but since I am able to see your comment that it was intentional then I'm more impressed. Here at dpc sharp and shiny most often prevails and if the basic 'rules' get broken (intentionally or not) you tend to get hit with low votes.
Subject: I've already mentioned the background bothering me but overall its a compentent take on the challenge (even if its not from Malta lol). I'm guessing for your oof head to have had more impact the entire wing being in sharp focus would have helped.
Technical: Back to the bg again, the t-shirt is quite blown as is the birds neck and the overall image is a little flat.
Final thoughts: I admire your effort for trying to add another dimension to your image, something that is not often appreciated by the masses at dpc though you may find a few lovers of breaking the rules for 'arts' sake.
It's a shame the depth of field is so narrow that the head is slightly out of focus. I might have liked it more either cropped for the head (although that might not have been that great with this particular shot), or cropped wider to show the full bird.
I love the framing of the falcon with the head almost hidden, This is one of those images that people will either love or hate. Personally I like it because I could see this as a book cover, the soft focus brings a little mystery to the shot. Good Job.
I'd love to give this a higher score but you have to get the eye(s) in focus. It reminds me so much of one of mine I'm taking the liberty of showing it here:
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