Reluctant Model
by scrum8

Comment:
To me, the fuzziness around the subject detracts from this shot. It looks like you may have been attempting to remove the background? Better to try and get the background close to what you want at exposure time if at all possible. The lighting looks a bit flat as well, especially the bright area on the forehead. If you can't move your flash off the camera, perhaps you could try some natural light portraits with some white foamcore as a reflector for fill on the opposite side.

Kidnapped Radiance
by frumoaznicul

Comment:
Sorry, but this is way too much "digital art" for me.

Veronique
by sahko

Comment:
Great model, nice pose! On my (calibrated) monitor, this has a "yellowish" tone to it that seems a little strange, so I wanted to mention it. (The grayscale on the voting page looks nice and gray in comparison). Adding a little bit of blue to the picture might help balance out the tones? Other than that, good job at meeting this challenge.

Dad
by GinaRothfels

Comment:
I think this could have been a good portrait, but the post-processing or in-camera effect has turned this more into "digital art" than a photograph.

Model in daffodils
by KevinRiggs

Comment:
First, let me say great model, great pose, great location for an "environmental" portrait. Meets the challenge very well. My only comment would be that the lighting looks a little "off". From the location of the catchlights in her eyes, it looks like you may have been using a direct flash? This could be part of it, or maybe it is just that the flash was too strong and didn't allow enough "ambient" exposure for the background? In any event, nice job.

Little Princess
by Sonifo

Comment:
Great subject for this challenge! My only comment is that the image has a greenish-cast on my (calibrated) monitor. Not sure if that was intentional or not, but wanted to point it out just in case. Other than that, can't think of anything else I would change! Nice job.

Tascha
by johnm

Comment:
Great attempt at meeting this challenge. The backlit-hair thing can work very well in a portrait situation, but to me it looks a bit over-done here, so much so that it has turned a large portion of her hair yellowish-white. I also probably would have cropped this to a portrait orientation. I think with a little diffusion on the backlighting, you can end up with a great shot!

Sam
by Jacko

Comment:
Hmm, I have NO idea whose entry this might be, so let me just say: what a cute kid! The exposure is spot-on and looks great. The expression is perfect and the little yellow dog? moose? whatever? is a great modifier in this shot. The only thing I might have done is cropped it a little closer, but I'm not taking any points off for that. Great job!

Anastasia
by nborton

Comment:
This is an excellent capture. I can't think of anything I can suggest changing. The tight crop works well here, and really shows off those great blue eyes! Nice work.

My Camelia
by mariomel

Comment:
Great model! The lighting on the left side of her face (the right in the picture) is a little too harsh. Not sure if the exposure was bumped up to bring out shadow detail or not, but perhaps a reflection on her right side (to the left of the camera) could have put a little bit of fill on the left and allowed for a little better exposure without the stark highlights. Or perhaps the light on her right side just needed to be diffused a little more? In any case, still a very nice capture!