Overcoming Challenges as a Team
by Skip

Comment:
Awesome and invasive PoV :-) This would definitely make Sports section frontpage :-) Good work.

Flyin High
by climbin2thetop

Comment:
Tighten the crop and you'd have what a paper would run. Newspapers generally don't go for minimalism in photos.

Storm Season 'Strikes' the Region
by espy2

Comment:
Almost works. Most editors would want a bit more of the surroundings to give the viewer a sense of where.

Little League Opening Day
by twm122

Comment:
Nice hometown sports capture. You'll see this type of shot in almost all local dailies. Good work.

empty aura
by TOY

Comment:
This is a lovely photo, but where's the news? A cut-line type title would have helped, IMO.

Teen Magazine - Winter's Over!!! - Dance like Nobody is watching!
by troberge

Comment:
It almost works for what you were trying. What doesn't work are the distractions in the background. Crop just a bit tighter and it would work for ya.

Globalization takes off
by arngrimur

Comment:
OK, this works for a feature story. Not breaking news type shot, but I've done this type of shot for feature stories.

Vets on the march!
by Makka

Comment:
This works. Not neccesarily a breaking news photo, but works for the genre.

Russian Empress-Dowager to be reburied this September
by GuGi

Comment:
This says nice scenic to me, not photojournalism.

Essence of India
by DigiFotoBuddy

Comment:
::: Greetings from Critique Club :::

Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.

First Impression - the most important one:
OK, this one one of my favorites in this challenge, so ya know I like it. :-) Detail is exceptional and model is beautiful.

Composition:
Unlike a lot of other submissions, you've gone with a traditional portrait composition. It simply works and works elegantly for your image.

Subject:
Your subject is interesting and your photo brings out her beauty.

Technical (Color, focus, and light):
All excellent. I especially like the defining light shaping the right side of the face.

To grow its vote?:
Force voters to calibrate thier monitors ;-) Seriously, I can't think of a way to improve this image.

Summary:
I love it. Excellent work and I think it should have at least broken 6 in voting.

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy