Thai Boat Silhouette
by michael_p

Comment:
The composition is perfect, but the colors are not. I realize that there's little you could do about that, and it looks like the post processing has attempted to mitigate this with some success, but I remain unpersuaded by the tints. 7 from me.

Dog Days of Fall
by jezzie

Comment:
It looks like an artistic filter has been very tastefully applied to this composition. The effect is brilliant. You need to print this one out on canvas or a couch throw or something...it would be well worth the 100 bucks or so to do it, and this piece is just begging (no pun intended) to be shown off in an interior decor. 10 from me.

Magical light
by arpita

Comment:
Breathtaking. Simply amazing.

Early morning
by Kaizer

Comment:
This is quite lovely. I think it suffers from a bit of what I'm going to call "under-effect" that I suspect is probably the result of somewhat less-than-striking composition. The colors of the water and the mud on the shore being essentially the same has a lot to do with this, I suspect. If I were you, I would draw greater attention to the leopard's (is that what atht is?) colors by experimenting with greater saturation of the subject and some selective desaturation of the surrounding environment. That, I suspect, could take this lovely composition and turn it into something truly fabulous. 6 from me.

Noemie & Fee Rousse [pARIS]
by FrancoisB

Comment:
The high key of this one definitely works. One small request: consider lightly burning the lips to give them just a bit more definition, and this one would be a 10 for me.

You may kiss the Bride
by bruiseman

Comment:
Needs to be darker...looks very overexposed.

Black and White
by NikonJeb

Comment:
Nice interpretive take on the challenge.

Life's Work
by hvaux

Comment:
Man...this is definitely one of my fav's. It looks like something that should be on the book jacket of a novel, don't you think?

Quiet spot in loud place
by zeolite

Comment:
DNMC. No living subject, no portrait orientation...heck not even a title to try and persuade me.

Portrait of Past and Present --> (Horses and Cars)
by meetpd

Comment:
Very nice composition. Burn that left horse's features and the reins to contrast it better against the light, and maybe blur that background with the vehicles, and I think you'd have an even stronger and more striking piece of work.