Tennis action

[Chataignier]

Linda KLIMOVICOVA at the WTA125 Ladies Open in Limoges. Knocked out by Ruzic in the round of 16.

[Manfred M]

Excellent action shot with one of the feet off the ground. There seems to be a little bit of softness on the tennis raquet, which enhances this part of the image by suggesting movement.

The only part that bothers me a little is the face of the person in the background, which in my view draws a little too much attention. A slightly different crop or burning that part of the image down is worth considering.

[DanK]

A great shot. Well composed and perfectly timed.

Re Manfred's concern: I think the entire top portion is a tad distracting. Not much, but a little. The bright red chairs drew my eye more than the face. My first thought was to use a tool I actually use only rarely: a simple linear gradient to darken the top area a bit. If you wanted to get fancy, you could also desaturate the reds in the chairs, but I don't know that it would matter much if they are darkened.

[Manfred M]

Agreed Dan - the saturated colour of the seats, the specular highlights from then and the ball person are all distractions.

A quick edit gives me this:

[Chataignier]

I did the same edit, more or less, and yes, I prefer the result, fewer distractions.