Board gaming is awesome
by JuliusSart

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An unusual image that contributes to the open challenge

Welcome to DPC! Your entry is commendable for its uniqueness but their are some technical problems with it. The lighting is too severe causing dense hard shadows that obscure what is probably interesting detail on the board. I think you probably missed a great opportunity to take a very different image from eye level with the die excluding the left where the dark shadows are concentrating more on the shapes and translucent effects the lighting has on the dice themselvesâ€Â¦?

DiceEntry
by JuliusSart

Comment by kiwinick:
really think this needs a white background to be effective

vote 5

Defender
by JuliusSart

Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge well.

The composition is good with the goose obviously the main subject in a pleasing scene. What lets it down is that the focus point is actually behind the goose and given the challenge it is essential that it it should be in focus. I think you may well have had it in focus initially but in advancing towards you the focus has remained where it was, rendering the goose out of focus. Its a shame because this has probably impacted upon the end result but it remains an interesting entry, thanks Julius.

Defender
by JuliusSart

Comment by MaryO:
Good idea for an action shot but to my eye the goose is out of focus.

Defender
by JuliusSart

Comment by ubique:
I tried to decide if I liked this or not. Liked won in the end. It's a weird wildlife picture but that's a positive as far as I'm concerned. It's quite an interesting photograph, without regard to the challenge topic, and the rascally duck or goose is just a lovely whacky inclusion that prevents it from being a static yawn-inducing landscape. So what all that amounts to is that I like all the things the picture isn't. Very much. Thank you.