Family Portrait
by printer4u

Comment:
This is very nice. Nice job with outdoor lighting. The light is soft and directional and you have nice cathclights in the eyes. Very well done. My little critiques would be a) the tree growing out of the smallest girls head (a quick step to the left would have prevented this). b) the older girls arm bent backwards like that is awkward looking. The older your models/subjects get the more you have to pay attention to their posing. c) the older girls feet out in front are a little distorted and look awkwardly big. I would have had her curl her legs back to the side or pose her a little differently so her legs wound up behind the littlies. That would get her white shorts (a tiny bit blown) minimized and just leave the nice pinks and blue in there. These little nitpicks are minor in comparison to the overall nice job you did with color, sharpness and lighting. A very nice group portrait.

Dark Realms
by Atlantis

Comment:
Very nicely done. I love the fiery catchilghts in the eyes coming through the shadows.

solitude
by arsenal

Comment:
I like the sliver of the scene on the right with the cows at the extreme bottom.

Dreamer
by Wenders11

Comment:
This is phenomonal. I love the silohuette of the plan and the profile of the boy. I love hte composition (including the tilt). Two small things I would tweak. I wish the sky either had a little more color in it or was a true black and white. Here is just seems almost brown. Also, I wish that the other foot of the boy was showing, at least a little bit. Still such a cool shot that I gave it a 9.

Shanty Town
by Bud

Comment:
Somehow your composition seems unbalanced to me. Maybe that was your intent. If the shanties are the subject, I think they need a little more room above them in the frame. I like the line of the shanties mirrored by the muddy river, but your camera position/angle just doesn't seem to fit quite right in the frame. I like the textures in this shot. The ripples in the water, the grass, the wood planks on the buildings all work very well in black and white. 6 from me.

Waterdrops
by DiSc

Comment:
I like the OOF petals at the very bottom of the foreground. It makes this shot a little quirky and different from the way we typically see it. Nice job with the colors. 7 from me.

"A whiter shade of pale"
by fredahenry

Comment:
Very nicely lit and I like your post processing. I like the unconventional composition and the lines of her arms. I am not sure that the big hand in the foreground works for me, but I am not sure how yo uwould avoid it and keep the pose/composition. Maybe if her hand was more relaxed so at least her thumb wasn't sticking up there it would help. 7 from me.

waiting for the fisherman
by gazdi

Comment:
Very interesting lines and composition. I like your black and white conversion, too. 7 from me.

darkmum.jpg
by MAK

Comment:
I really like this. On my monitor, you kept detail in the shadows perfectly, including the slightly obscured eye which is awesome (including the catchlight). I think your lighting is wonderful here. If it were me, I would bring up the contrast a little with a subtle curves adjustment. Just to let the highlights shine a little bit more, but without losing your low-key treatment. That is a matter of personal taste, though. I would also burn down the brighter side of the backdrop to have more of a vignette and hold the eye in the frame. Those are minor things. This is truly a beautiful portrait. Nicely done.

"Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky."
by sibeling

Comment:
Beautiful detail and color on the dragonfly. I like the bokeh in the background very much. Don't hate me for saying I wish the composition was more interesting. Maybe putting the dragonfly more in the corner and making use of the interesting diagonal lines (stick, wing, tail) to define the space and lead the eye better. 7 from me.