Praying Player
by jstnknight

Comment by graphicfunk:
Nice b/w study. 7

Praying Player
by jstnknight

Comment by Traff:
Just my observations - take what you need and bin the rest...
Would praying not be a pre-match rather than post-match activity? Well, I'm a Brit and I'm not sure about the protocol here - so I'll give you the benfit of the doubt on that one. :)
I like the crop taking out part of his boot - just saying that 'cos I'm guessing you may get picked up on it by others. I'm not saying they're wrong but for me it adds to the off-centred feel and gives it a bit of edge somehow.
Think I might consider a slight crop from the bottom just to remove the white line bottom right (distracting once you've spotted it).
Not sure what the partial saturation achieves here - for me it takes away from the overall mood of the image since I notice the team logo more than the activity of the player.
Nice exposure and the patterns in the grass work well in directing attention towards the players bowed head.

Praying Player
by jstnknight

Comment by mosa:
A beautiful photo. Yet the challenge expresses: ��after the game is over and the players and people have gone home� :(
5

Praying Player
by jstnknight

Comment by drwranger7:
DNMC..."and the players and people have gone home"

Praying Player
by jstnknight

Comment by VWJetman:
I like this it reminds me of times when I thank God for his help in my life or ask for some.

Praying Player
by jstnknight

Comment by GrayGhost:
Looks like a player is still there. Nice selective desaturation, I think that shallower DOF would give better isolation and blur out the grass distractions. Also would like to see the whole foot. Hope that it's a prayer of thanks.

Praying Player
by jstnknight

Comment by Prof_Fate:
DNMC - i see a person...

Praying Player
by jstnknight

Comment by L1:
Nice use of selective desat; interesting and appealing image. I'm sure you're getting hit with the DNMC votes. I would suggest not cropping out the foot if at all possible; it makes the image feel "amputated" if you pardon the pun.

Praying Player
by jstnknight

Comment by PDXKim:
This image sets a mood and I think the conversion to B&W was a good choice.

I would have liked this image better if the boy's foot wasn't cut off and perhaps you moved him down to the bottom of the frame. Being in prayer, I think leaving all the space above his head (like a church with the open, lofty ceilings) would feel "right". This images also has more of a "before game" feel to me - I'll admit to not having watched any youth football games but it seems prayer tends to come before the game; regardless, if his uniform (and/or dirty skin) had shown the effects of having played then that would have been moot.

For me a big part of this challenge was how to make an image (of a sports venue) compelling and interesting without people. I'm marking you down based on my interpretation of the challenge criteria.

Thanks for sharing.

Praying Player
by jstnknight

Comment by lauraodom:
Meets Challenge - 2
Lighting/Processing - 2
Composition - 1
Overall Impression - 2
"WOW" factor - 1
Score: 8