Summer Casuals Collection
by amateurboi

Comment by LalliSig:
Well this is not shot in a studio so I voted it a 2 as it clearly does not meet the challenge as far as I am concerned. It´s also framed way to tightly for my taste, you very barely include her toes and there is so little breathing room above her head and on the left by her hand.

Summer Casuals Collection
by amateurboi

Comment by ErinKirsten:
What a heartfelt and warm smile! Don't love the white border, I don't think you needed it.

Summer Casuals Collection
by amateurboi

Comment by nikuser:
Nice use of leading lines

True Love Waits
by amateurboi

Comment by scooter97:
The exposure is good but there is a cyan tint to everything.

Balloon Blossom
by amateurboi

Comment by gymnastmcp:
too fake!!

True Love Waits
by amateurboi

Comment by MarioPierre:
It feels like the WB is off somehow but I do like cool colors. Not sure I like the subject in the middle of the frame, though. I think it takes away from the direction.

Impatient Children at Airport
by amateurboi

Comment by sfalice:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Ah, amateurboi, we meet again! Bangalore International! Must have been a busy place. You were fortunate to find these cute kids there.

As your comments note, your subjects were not exactly the center of attraction in the frame and that probably hurt your scoring quite a bit. I did play with cropping your image and it seemed to center attention on the children more if you lopped off most of the ceiling at the top and some of the chairs at the bottom.

Then, if it had been possible to work a little in your editing program (probably Photoshop?) you might have been able to correct the white balance which shows up awfully blue on my screen. Failing that, a good way out of those difficulties sometimes is to simply make the image Black & White - using the sliders to control values.

Still, if you were traveling, you might not have had access to your editing program and you wanted to send in something. that's what counts.

Thanks for entering this.

Alice

Booze, Fag & Sex
by amateurboi

Comment by amateurboi:
I am extremely happy with this. Avg of 6.7 from commenters. :)

True Love Waits
by amateurboi

Comment by grahamgator:
Waiting for you or him, lol.

True Love Waits
by amateurboi

Comment by daevans:
looks a little blue to me (?white balance)