Strange Looking Thing

[Gem]

Reminded me of a claw. Ha, I forget what it actually was. It's not as sharp as I would have liked it to have been but...I was in a ravine all by myself and kind of got freaked out at every little sound as I was so sure it was a mass murderer

[AcadieLibre]

Reminded me of a claw. Ha, I forget what it actually was. It's not as sharp as I would have liked it to have been but...I was in a ravine all by myself and kind of got freaked out at every little sound as I was so sure it was a mass murderer

Sorry but that is kind of funny, nice interesting shot, it is a bit soft but overall a nice photo, your eye is drawn to the claw like object right away so it works.

[Marko]

It's an interesting shot but as A.L. said there is a sharpness issue, and to my eye it is a serious issue since the claw is the focal point.

That plus the background being distracting would put this into the 'B' pile if this were my shot.

On the plus side, as far as composition goes, the claw is very well placed.

Hope that helps
Marko

[Gem]

Thanks for the feedback!

I'm aware of the lack of sharpness but I don't have any software to fix it without drastically the noise :(

Marko, what about the background is so distracting?

[Marko]

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Marko, what about the background is so distracting?

Sure - it's sort of hard to tell where the claw begins and where the debris on the bottom right begins. The tops of the claw also go into the background. The claw would simply be more effective if it was against a more neutral background that contrasted against the tones of the claw. I do realize that we can't always make this happen easily, but it is something to be aware of.

Hope that helps,
Marko

[fante]

For the background, what I usually to is try to get it as "clean" as possible, either by moving closer to the subject and/or get some more DOF, which usually provides some interesting results on the subject as well

[Gem]

Wow, I wasn't even thinking about the background when I took the shot. But thanks for that bit of info; I'll try to make a concious effort to pay attention to the background from now on.