So Sixties ...
by GeneralE

Comment:
Thanks -- as I mentioned in my notes, her outfit and look made me think "Sixties" immediately, and was the inspiration for this.

While the pose/expression were great, the lighting and background circumstances were not. Since I was going to be making radical tone adjustments anyway, and since "color" was supposed to be the "point" of the challenge, I went ahead and tried to make it look like something you might see on one of the "Acid Rock" concert posters common in that era.

Here's an unadjusted original:

The Sparkle Of Innocence
by sajin

Comment:
Nice job with the lighting, use of unusual angle.

Blue-Eyed Blonde
by Nobody

Comment:
Nice job with the BG and the vignette effect, though I think you could have brought it in even a little tighter. I don't think the lips need to be quite so bright, either; though I like the small splashes of bright color overall, less is more in this case. : )

Almost there!
by siggi

Comment:
Unique, humorous presentation : )

His Royal Highness
by bandit

Comment:
I'd consider cropping from the right to a square crop ... or else include the whole stretched-out body. Good expression and isolation of subject from background.

working late
by fitmpdnsthtr

Comment:
Could've titled this "Average DPC Member" : )

Dainty Gem
by Sonifo

Comment:
Wel-done lighting "natural selective desaturation" effect. For a "portrait" I'm always tempted to crop in closer, to focus more on the subject than the context.

Little Miss Serious
by redmondson01

Comment:
Well-captured "Shirley Temple" look : )

Unknown, 2005
by pawdrix

Comment:
A great combination of effective portraiture with anonymity -- the amount you can tell about the person without being able to identify who it is.

Owl Portrait
by mexico

Comment:
Fine lighting and detail -- well-done.