Brothers!!!
by mexico

Comment:
The background is quite distracting, particularly the bright blue thing that leads me to look outside the frame. With a shallower DOF this would have been a better image.

Worrying Skies
by Matthew

Comment:
This looks very posed, and therefore not particularly convincing.

Don't Leave Daddy
by ericsuth

Comment:
This is a really powerful shot. The blurry hair in the foreground is quite distracting, but the subject exemplifies the challenge topic that I'm willing to overlook it. Very nicely done.

Getting the Giggles
by Tallbloke

Comment:
The light is a little bit harsh, and the hand sticking into the right side of the frame leads my eyes out of the image. Since advanced editing was allowed in this challenge and your background is a solid color you might have been better off burning out her hand.

Sad is not the right word.
by willow_zzen

Comment:
I like the use of flesh tones throughout this image. The only thing I think that I'd change is to remove her bracelets; they seem to be the only thing in the picture that doesn't look organic. There are discolorations on your model's arms and legs which look like faded bruises. But because of the mood conveyed by the pose, this is probably an asset in this case.

Happy!
by mycelium

Comment:
Nice DOF. I like the detail on the wings. I was going to mark this down because dragonflys can't smile, but it really does look like this one is.

Puberty
by Philos

Comment:
Although adolescents can certainly be moody, I don't believe that 'puberty' qualifies as a mood. A catchlight would have improved this image. As it is I can barely see a difference between his iris and his pupil.

Overwhelmed
by scrum8

Comment:
This looks more like 'annoyed' than 'overwhelmed' to me.

Hymn To Joy
by Drake

Comment:
The 'if George Lucas did stained glass windows' perspective doesn't really work for me. Because of the angle, most of the detail from the windows are so foreshortened that the figures are hard to make out. If you had softened the focus to make this look more abstract I think that I would have liked it better. Shooting something in the foreground (a praying nun, statue, crucifix, etc.) and letting the windows serve as the pallet for the resultant bokeh might have worked even better, as you'd both have a clear subject and still make good use of the colored glass.

Delight
by Zoomdak

Comment:
This is a nice photograph, but I fail to see how it conveys a specific mood.