Being the recipient of the critique, I would like to say thanks for the honesty.
I do want to know when an image doesn't do the job, but I also want to know what could have been done better, and I realise that there was very little information provided to assist anyone critiquing the image. I have added some more information to the original thread in terms of the camera settings used, etc.
In the educational world we have a little axiom about critiquing someone's work that has served me well. It may be of use in this arena as well, especially as emotions are tied into creating, viewing and responding to images.
The concept is to make a sandwich of the critique. Place the the meat of the critique between two positives.
Be honest because a critique is useless otherwise. however place the meat of the critique in a sandwich.
Regardless of all that, I liked the honesty and I appreciated comment. So many people seem to look and say nothing.
cheers.