A Single Moment

[selig1656]

RSF_7992 crop edit by Raymond Friedman, on Flickr

Still working on this and others similar, I will be down as I have a hip replacement on May4.Thanks for keeping my life busy

[Manfred M]

Good luck on your planned surgery.

I have the same comment as I've recently made on some of your other postings; watch what your background is doing. Shallow depth of field does not eliminate distracting elements, it just blurs them. Look for shooting angles that isolates any busy backgrounds. I suspect that will get you stronger images.

[wide2tele]

It's a nice image but agree with the advice above is needed to lift it to another level.

The subject needs to be clear. One way of doing this is to isolate the subject. A little background blur isn't always enough to do this.
Here for example, the background still holds great detail. There is a lot happening and the light elements in the background pull focus away from the main subject. The color and contrast additionally blend with the main subject.

There are a number of ways to greatly improve an image like this. Moving in closer and changing viewpoint would certainly benefit it. Possibly looking for a different background color or even throwing flash on the main subject and keeping the flash off the background would create visual separation.

The great thing is you have recognized an excellent subject and it's only execution that needs a little improvement.

Wish you well with your hip replacement. Have a feeling later in life I might be up for the same thing!

[Wavelength]

Raymond, i too feel the overpowering of the background you had to keep the drop in stronger focus and making everything else much more blurred.

[selig1656]

Thank you all as I will continue to learn, I will down for a while as On May5 , I will have a new hip, running out of parts!! this will give me time to review much of my captures and to evaluate what I am learning this year and hopefully adjust my approach.

[xpatUSA]

I will down for a while as On May5 , I will have a new hip, running out of parts!!

Good luck with that, Raymond!

My ex- in the UK had that done twice on the same hip. No fun at all ...