Using the Pool for Children Portraits
by moonjeong

Comment:
While you might get voted lower for not being a 'studio' portrait, I reallylike it. I love the blue of the water. It makes her face really stand out. Great eye contact (and an adorable little girl1). I would have cropped more off the top(maybe including some off the top of her head). It would bring her eyes up higher in the frame, and eliminate the distracting line coming out of the back of her head.

Menina
by anthonyczaja

Comment:
Beautiful. I love her pose and her model stare. I love the lines of her arms. I would tone down the hot spot on her left arm, especially her elbow and shoulder; they distract from her face. The one big earring is also distracting. 7 from me.

Are you being served?
by Majanka

Comment:
I love the angle, tilt and perspective on this shot. Very cool and fun. The lighting and white backdrop are very well done as well. The only thing that detracts for me is the black tray/light yellow shirt/black apron. My eye sees the tray first, and then down to the apron and misses his face. Regardless, this is one of my favorites. 8 from me.

Low ride
by ergates

Comment:
I love the idea of this. The long shadows are great and I love the way they lead from the lower corner up to her feet. The backlighting is cool and the angle works very well for the shot. I really dislike the power lines going through the subject's head. The background in general isn't very well suited. The lines of the background, the building, the trees, the snow banks, get muddled with and distract from the lines of the subject. Compositionally, IMO you could crop a little more off the top and the right hand side, to exagerate the motion away and out of the frame. Reshooting this at a better location would be very worthwhile, I think. Nice exposure for the backlight.

Hope Waiting in Shadows
by saracat

Comment:
Very nice soft light on her face. I like that we can see both eyes, although the near side of her face is very shadowed. I like the touch of light on her cheek, too. Wonderful job keeping shadow detail in her hair. Her bare arm in the lower right hand corner is distracting to me. It would have been better to cover it. I think that a tighter crop, with a not so centered compostiion woould be stronger; I would take off some of the spacwe above and to the left of her. WIthout the basic editing restrictions, I would suggest burning down her chest a little, it is brighter than her face. Although I like the lines of her neckline, covering more of the skin on her chest would make the face a stronger part of the image. 7 from me.

Bond. James Bond.
by Leok

Comment:
Cool effect and nice composition. The highlights on the right side of his face are blown out and missing detail.

"A Boy and His Dog" by Harlan Jay Ellison
by cloudsme

Comment:
Very cute. I wish there were a little more room on the right, around the boy's eye, and on the bottom. He seems just a little too close to the edge of the frame.

THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN by Ian Fleming
by Marc923

Comment:
Great idea and well executed. I think more dramatic lighting (more shadows, even a little)would have enhanced the mood. -7

Little Red Riding Hood
by fadedbeauty

Comment:
Very nice. I love the muted colors. Maybe burn down that right spot on the right in the background. It distracts my eye away from her face. -7

Arabesque
by woohoopepper

Comment:
Stunning! I love the lines and composition. I like the selective color here (and I often find it overdone). Bumping to a 9.