High-Key Bouquet
by Judith Polakoff

Comment:
Lovely and romantically played. Alstromeria was my wedding flower choice--so I'm endeared by your photo. Quibble with the upper left corner where the one blossom is too dark for the rest of the composition--it pulls the eye out of the frame.

Pink buds
by blanceric

Comment:
You spotted a lovely subject, but then...

The water droplets are a bit distracting--if applied, then a bit heavy on the mister--if not, then a paint brush would help reduce and refine them before shooting. DOF shows control, but the vertical stem and far leaf show color fringing--perhaps a processing artifact. Pink frame fights for attention--it's not just a DPC thing--use frames to contain your subject and subtly enhance and you'll do better.

Look Ma - new sunglasses!
by TrollMan

Comment:
Lovely picture of a swan--nice detail in the feathers, well exposed, nicely composed. I just fail to see how this meets the challenge.

Now where did I leave that ball?
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
I fail to see how this is a faceless depiction of a human engaged in "normal human activity."

Julies_DSCF0055color.jpg
by Beagleboy

Comment:
Lo me gusto mucho! Los colores son caliente. Los detalles en el pelo...perfecto. La expresion en su cara--que hermosa!

Que es el instrumento? Es tipico de Jazz Latino?

Only Words
by pottersclay75

Comment:
Sweetly posed. All the technical elements seem to be in place except the cropping. The lower left and upper right corners draw attention away from the subject.

Zen Garden
by breckinshire

Comment:
Your subject has potential. Because the 2 items are separated by so much non-descript space the don't have a strong compositional relationship to each other. And, though you've cropped out most of the harsh shadows beneath the head, it seems that adding another light source would help. The background and shallow depth of field is on the right track, but lack of a sharp focal point hurts the overall effect.

The World's Longest Race
by slim

Comment:
What a lucky find you have in your subject! I'm sure they didn't pose for long.... It seems the exposure could be better--perhaps burning in on the heads would help? There's a great amount of detail lost in the highlights on the shells, as well. A decent family portrait, it just lacks punch.

Autumn
by Koriyama

Comment:
A pretty scenic! I like the way the colors play throughout the whole. The background shadow and the stream nearly make a pleasing S shape, but something about the composition just doesn't feel balanced to me. I do like motion blur on long exposures of water, but I think this is perhaps a little too long, making the stream silky does create an interesting contrast with the hard and immobile stones...it just feels overdone. Still, a pleasing image on many levels.

Shades of Scarlet
by Wobble

Comment:
What expression! The high-key really enhances your subject and composition. However, I think the skin tone is unsettlingly yellow. Would this have worked as well (or better) in a duo-tone? Still, a beautifully captured expression--the life-lights in the eyes draw one in.