Frosty Morning
by aberration

Comment:
Back to comment: One of two 10's I gave in this challenge. Exceptional post processing. Congratulations on a great image.

Gerbera
by betsypdx

Comment:
The background color doesn't work well with the color of the flower.

Bandit
by zaflabout

Comment:
The skin tones looks a little funky. Did you over saturate the red?

Rothko Red
by rasdub

Comment:
Nice texture to this image but the subject matter doesn't much to hold the viewer's attention.

grapefruit
by henning

Comment:
Nicely done. However, I bet you get hit pretty hard for not being red enough.

Time to Call it a Day
by JonathanJ

Comment:
Sorry but the red in this image does not look natural at all.

So noisy, SHHH!
by ivisionphoto

Comment:
Hello from the Critique Club:

What a lovely candid photograph of a very lovely little girl. However, there are a couple of things about this image that probably hurt your score a little bit. First, as mentioned in many of the comments you received during the challenge, this image doesn�t really convey the feeling of hate. Even a technically strong image will score badly if the voters think you do not meet the challenge (DNMC) description.

On the technical side, your black and white conversion is pretty good but the white of the dress could have been a little whiter to help expand the dynamic range of the image. Another problem with this image is that the focus appears to be sharper on the girl�s forearm than on her face/eyes.

The composition has a couple of things that could also use improvement. I glad you cropped this image to help bring the focus on the little girl. However, the cropping could not remove all of the distractions in this image, like the dark object in the lower right of the image or the object in the back with the letters on it.

And lastly, another problem with cropping this image is that it increases the amount of noise that is visible. When you shoot at high ISO because of the low light conditions, you need to use a noise reduction program before you start your post processing of the image. There are some free programs available on the web if you do a search.

Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this critique.

Tim

The Ring
by MAK

Comment:
Back to comment: A creative idea for a portrait but the eye could have been a little sharper. The interesting thing about your composition is that with the eye looking up, the image conveys the �why do I have to pose� attitude. If the eye would have been straight forward, it would have conveyed anger or stubbornness. This is really effective compositionally and I�m going to give you a bump.

The Look of Innocence
by islandpaddler

Comment:
Back to comment: Very nice work with the B&W conversion. The lighting is well done and the eyes are sharply focused. The only things stopping me from rating this higher is that the background has a few distractions in it. You might also want to clone out some of the catch lights in the eyes so there is only one in each pupil.

freedom of choice
by nixter

Comment:
Back to comment: I'm betting this image is pretty close to what you were trying to achieve. However, the limited depth of view doesn�t work very well with the head gear, what ever it is. The lighting is pretty decent but the guy�s left eye looks too bright for the amount of light on that side of his face. I�m assuming you did a separate levels or curves layer for the eyes and processed them at the same time.