Face2Face
by MAK

Comment:
I really like this, except for the title :)
A bit of extra light on the right eye would have made me a little happier I think. But I like the centred and face-on composition. 7 from me. I likes :)

Emerging from Morning Fog
by MargaretNet

Comment:
I've only looked at 17 images so far, but this is spectacular. I reckon you have a high probability of being close to a ribbon with this image. There's no doubt in my mind who this is either. Might get your fourth ribbon. And with a free study too!

Jamie
by fotomann_forever

Comment:
Well deserved score and ribbon. I'm not always a fan of your work but from processing to lighting to the tones to desaturation to the pose was really something.
No cheese though?:-)

vintage two
by bspurgeon

Comment:
One of my favourites of the challenge. Gorgeously lit and grain is wonderful too.

Score chart
by william88

Comment:
The problem with scoring so high is that you need so many over-average scores to counteract a 1. With your score only 2 options would bring up the score, while the others would all pull it down. So recovery from trolls are slow. It's a sad trend! All the time going down. Congrats on a wonderful entry, score, interesting chart and perplexing setup!
(I didn't vote, but I'm nearly sure I'd've brought up your average)

What Lurks Beneath
by markwiley

Comment:
Love this. 10 and fav.
Hah! Forgot to fav it :)

vs.
by geinafets

Comment:
I thought this was a nice picture. And I gave it a 6.
I don't see the crop doing a whole bunch for it, though. I think with how the picture is flowing from right to left it might have benefitted from a crop omitting most of the foliage to the left (from about a third of the way from the left). That would give the photo a flowing composition something like this (rotated, of course) which is something I find very pleasing.

It didn't have much else that I could see to warrant giving it more marks, sorry :) Nice shot, as I said. And my views on it are completely personal, so you don't have to agree with me! :D

Tina
by Mike

Comment:
As I said I liked this image a lot and gave it a 7. Tones in the background are nice. Brings out the face. There is a potential point of 'concern' for people voting whereby they may justify bringing it down as a result of loss of detail/textures in the face, and as it's a little difficult to find the edge of the nose. Eyes are nice. Not overdone. Nice detail in the iris. Sharpness is great.
A 7 is a good score. I can't fault it :) But nor could I vote it higher as it didn't have that zing that I think a photo needs to get higher for me.

outpost
by BrennanOB

Comment:
How odd. The flag is blowing, but the wind vain isn't... you get an extra point for bizarre physics.

The Catch of the Day
by vawendy

Comment:
I hope this does well. It's such a great capture!