Rebecca
by Denise

Comment:
Great dramatic lighting - too good not to show off to its full potential; with a tighter crop perhaps to just below the neckline of the top?

Leah
by gsal

Comment:
Brilliant again - I love that high contrast look you use on many of your portraits.

Anne
by daisydavid

Comment:
Very well done - beautiful lighting and I particularly like that you have chosen to include the hands.

Someone Already Took A Bite of My Cookie
by pmichaud

Comment:
I like your slightly downward POV, I think that works really well.

_0322
by MinsoPhoto

Comment:
Excellent expression - if this were my son he'd be pulling a face for sure.

Looking At Me
by gsal

Comment:
This is tremendous. An imaginative and effective crop too.

Rebecca @ f-1.2
by Paul

Comment:
Thanks Leo - I suppose it would be possible to angle the lens so that both eye and mouth are in focus, but when I look through the viewfinder it's difficult to tell what is or isn't in focus, especially in lowish light.

Quite happy to practice though!!

Snow Leopard
by Alain

Comment:
Looks as good as anything that adorns my Apple Mac screens.

Flight
by xianart

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: Fantastic light you have here and your editing has made the most of it. A nice moment captured - I can almost feel the child's excitement from here. Your decision to use a vignette was, in my opinion, inspired - it really, really suits the image.

Critical stuff: Perhaps it need straightening a touch?

Overall: I really like this.

Mamma Mia!
by LN13

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: Larry, I like a number of elements in this image, the clarity of the signs in particular and the dominance of the Sean Combs billboard. The toning is excellent too - you have contrast in all the right places.

Critical stuff: I don't think this is as powerful as your October Free Study entry - the inclusion of the heads detracts from the image for me - I liked the other because it felt like I had just been helped to look up, to notice things.... Here I feel more like on of the masses... head forward, eyes down, move forward.

Overall: Nice, but for, it doesn't compare favourably with the other image.