Not let little things get in my way
by markwiley

Comment:
Love the idea and nice shot. Seems oversaturated...? It seems like the lights on the left take away from your subject too much.

Confidence, Competence and Mastery This Year
by aircooledguy

Comment:
Another lighting person! Let's start a lighting club! I still need to figure it out more.

Practice More with Lighting
by illini75

Comment:
Nicely done -- Let's work on it together! How did you avoid hot spots, or did you fix them in post?

Just a moment
by timfythetoo

Comment:
Ha! Just looking through the challenge for the first time (been taking a break), and thought this was a great shot! Then looked at the name and though "no wonder it's a great shot!" :) Good to see you!!

The Quilter
by nam

Comment:
Just going through for a peak, and this one stopped me. It's really lovely. I love the lower contrast on this. I would have made it more contrasty, but that would have been so wrong.

Soft and beautiful.

Diana's Private Confessions
by Judi

Comment:
This is incredibly beautiful. I'd love to see the unedited original and how you got the beautiful softness of the colors. Stunning!

Dear Papa's Cabin
by snaffles

Comment:
What a creepy movie name! It's awesome!

Dating Psycho Charlie
by flaherma

Comment:
Whoa -- now he's creepy!

Distinct Palpable Clinch
by mitalapo

Comment:
Love the light and the hints of things around the edges!

Second Tuesday Every Month
by Lydia

Comment:
I really wish you hadn't done the toning on this one. I think it takes away from a spectacular impact. With everything being so much the same other than the people, just doing a B&W or sepia, of something that made everything feel like the same scene, would have given much more of an "oh!" when I got to the people. I think this could have rated around an 8-9, but it ends up as a 6 as is. Just thought I'd muse out loud... It is a great find -- especially the line going straight across the faces.

(btw, this photo just made me create a whole new "dpc bugs the crap out of me" thread. All because of the lines going through the faces. I found myself irritated at the line. finding it to be lousy placement, finding it to be a problem in the photograph, and then finding it to be fascinating. Realizing how unimportant faces are. I always knew this. I love the photos from behind, photos where you're not seeing the faces. But I never realized just how good it was to obscure a face through unconventional means. The photo is still a 6 because of the toning. But I wanted you to realize just how much I'm enjoying the discoveries here. :)

Ignore all of this if you'd like. Just thinking out loud. :)