Red Arrows - Battle of Britain Spitfire Tribute- Professional Precision
by wingyisleeds

Comment by bubbles13:
I like the composition. Fits the challenge too.

Red Arrows - Battle of Britain Spitfire Tribute- Professional Precision
by wingyisleeds

Comment by giantmike:
Great entry for this challenge. Perfect symmetry of the planes, and good balance to the photo.

Day Dreamer
by wingyisleeds

Comment by BrennanOB:
This is a lovely shot, but the thumbnail looks amazing while the larger image is only good. On focus I agree with Mike, the narrow focus blurs much of her face, and when combined with the strong highlights on her fair skin, you have lost much of the skin detail that is so essential to a good portrait. Now when someone has a few wrinkles they want to hide, that is all well and good, but why hide her beautiful skin tone?

One other reason for the lower than expected score might be the hue. With her red hair and pink lips shifting away from the reds into the blues might have brought out more color contrast and have made her features pop. My daughter has similar coloring and I blue shifted the hue a touch on this one. I think it helps fair skinned redheads.


Im sorry if this comes off as critical, I think this is a very pretty shot, I was just trying to give you why I thought it might have scored lower than you thought it ought to have, or frankly could have. Same shot with deeper focus, a bit more USM, and a blue shift would have gone top ten IMHO.

Hooligan Twins
by wingyisleeds

Comment by graphicfunk:
Right in the bread basket. The blue against the skin tone is super.

Deadwood.
by wingyisleeds

Comment by Germaine:
Beautiful detail in the sand, wood, and rocks in the post.

The long awaited sequel..never happened!!!!
by wingyisleeds

Comment by whiterook:
great poster

Deadwood.
by wingyisleeds

Comment by grainman9:
your subject is so obvious, it should be centered.

Skidby Turning
by wingyisleeds

Comment by EgillP:
Interesting almost cartoon-like quality.

Skidby Turning
by wingyisleeds

Comment by dahlin:
I like the simplicity.

Skidby Turning
by wingyisleeds

Comment by MacDonald:
Nice composition, interesting texture in the field and the grain in this shot really works.