The Prodigy
by DefyTime

Comment:
I've tried these kind of shots before and they are hard to get right. I find the striped shirt a little distracting and the light is a bit harsh coming from above. If your cameral allows it, using a slow flash with a long exposure can be effective as it provided a sharp, in focus view of the hands in addition to some transparency and movement

Preparing for Xmas...
by gipomontesanto

Comment:
I'm sure you will have heard this before but the lack of strong focus on any of the figures makes this rather weak - and yet it has potential. Try focussing on at least one area and getting it sharp

Sanctuary
by Konador

Comment:
very nice exposure. These are hard with so much contrast and you achieved it well

Portrait
by _wu_

Comment:
I really enjoy looking at this. It is almost liek a charcoal drawing and the eyes are lovely. I would be interested to see a similar treatment with the model looking at the camera as I wonder if that wouldn't have an even stronger connection with the viewer. But this is one of my favorites. 9

Love, Obessesions and Fixations
by mesmeraj

Comment:
ooooh! This is VERY different. One of the few shots in this (huge) challenge that makes you stop and look again!! The Black and white interpretation is very dramatic. Only little nit-pick is the black "tadpole shaped mark on the bottom left. I think this should do well!"

Squared
by Kanntara

Comment:
this is very nice and almost looks like one of those optical illusions. The tonea are great and the exposure is right on

old tooth
by biggis

Comment:
making your shots the full allowed minimum size helps us too judge it much better. Unfortunately this is just too small to really get a good "feel" for the image.

Golden Gate and San Francisco at night
by pcarpi

Comment:
nice shot - maybe a tighter crop would have had mor impact by eliminating the dark left hand side of the picture?

Amber
by alanfreed

Comment:
Surely this is "Survivor" Amber? Beautiful portrait - great tonality

Rasterized side
by aleksi

Comment:
very original. I find the border a bit heavy though