Hard at Work! SPC2
by rjkstesch

Comment:
Great shot, nice set up. As Di mentioned with bounce a tad bit of light from below (you might be able to bring up the mids in PS as well) and you got yourself a pretty nice shot to sell as a stock photo. Great work.

SP2 - Day 2- Million Dollar Me
by idnic

Comment:
Great lighting, very smooth. Great capture. I'd hate to see what the other guy looks like :)

Day 2 - Yes, I do dishes!
by Sunniee

Comment:
Ah...Very nice. Great lighting, love the way the light hits your hair. Great clean (excuse the pun) shot.

day2
by Fayea

Comment:
Very nice, nice job on the make-up especially the lips. They come across very doll like.

Day 1
by talikf

Comment:
Awesome lighting, captivating expression. Very nice shot. I am kind of torn on the brigtness of the pillow, maybe it could be just a little more subtle.

Andy

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by ibkc

Comment:
Awesome shot...but I'm thinking I would straigthen that waterline a bit (clockwise)...

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by dwterry

Comment:
You captured the essence of the model in this one. Great Job. Eyes and Smile tell the story.

My Computer Habits
by _eug

Comment:
Looks like soyo barebones there in the front.

A Stella Dive
by hotpasta

Comment:
Hey there Hotpasta, Greetings from the Critque Club.

Great shot, well executed concept and the border works in this instance as a means to contain the action. The border even acts to push the viewer inward nice subtle touch.

They play on words in the Title is a welcome asset. The colors all work well together, however the more critical dpc'ers may nit pick about how the Green background overpowers the (I believe Stella's come in a green bottle) subject of foreground object.

Possibly your intention (I can see that) was the green water and not the bottle at all. Many weekend warriors of DPC would focus on the bottle/action that is taking place.

To confirm my Observations (Opinion) I will bring a shot down and study it locally, as I did with yours.

I honestly believe the biggest contributor to your score was that it seems a bit soft. Possibly a faster shutter would have sharpened it up a bit, but the shoot as it stands I might have done one more sharpen after the resize to clear up the lettering on the labels, doing so also sharpened the water droplets and that edge (little wave) that surrounds the bottle. Again I beleive that a touch of sharpen might have brought this up a whole point in the challenge.

When I studied the shot, just after the sharpen (which added a little contrast on it's own) I also went into to Levels and darkened just a tiny bit and then added a bit more contrast by sliding the upper right handle in levels to the left just a bit. The greens seemed to jump out a bit more.

This is a really great concept/composition and I know it was a bit of work to get that feel you were looking for. The voters as usual probably wanted to see a little more pop and sharpness.

Still this is a great job at not so easy a subject.

Andy

Sea Otter
by anmldoc

Comment:
Very nice shot, just a couple mods I make would be to heal/clone out the small spot near the top leftish of the shot. It is a tab bit distracting.

You might try adjusting the constrast up a bit to bring up the blue a tad.

Very nice shot...