Motion
by MightyPirate

Comment by ambaker:
Critique Club Review:

Lighting is good, depth of field is just a little bit shallow. Part of the mallet is in sharp focus, but the rest seems a little soft. A darker background would have helped this image pop. Part of your score problems is that many probably did not see this as meeting the challenge. Had this been a stop motion challenge you would have scored higher. The voters can get quite littersl. If you were going for a completely stopped motion, a flash under dim lighting can achieve this. If you wanted a little more motion blur, then a slower shutter speed would have done the trick. As is, the out of focus particles in the lower part of the image make the image look dusty or soft. Lighting from the left or right, as opposed to from the top, would help as well. Not bad at all for a second entry. This image has good bones, and I like the idea of the ice cream cone. Lots of potential here.

Motion
by MightyPirate

Comment by giantmike:
If this had better clarity, it could have been a "wow" shot.

Motion
by MightyPirate

Comment by mcaldo:
Interesting idea. I like the sense of movement and the speckles of ice cream but I think it would have worked better with the bat (cricket? croquet? uhh) more blurred and leaving a trail (slow shutter speed and flash perhaps?). This way, also because the left side of the bat is in focus and the ice cream is on the right side, it gives me the weird feeling that the bat is swinging back towards the left. Independently from the subject of the challenge, cropping so to leave more space on the right (for the ice cream to fly) would have made for a more effective image, in my opinion. Including a two hands grip and a bit of the forearms would have also made the blow look more forceful (poor icecream :)

Motion
by MightyPirate

Comment by blindjustice:
infinity points for using a croquet mallet!

Motion
by MightyPirate

Comment by Ammie:
What a mess and I really don't see the point 5

Thirsty?
by MightyPirate

Comment by jmritz:
Funny.

Thirsty?
by MightyPirate

Comment by jnenvir:
Nice photo; but, I can't see much of the carving.

Thirsty?
by MightyPirate

Comment by KarenNfld:
Fun shot!