my pal
by lynnmarie

Comment:

Originally posted by lynnmarie: My choice to keep the negative space on the left... may have cost me some votes.

Definitely! You captured a creat moment here with beautiful lighting, but the dark area pulls your eye away from the story IMO. Crop that out and this shot scores over 6.5 easy.

Small Wonder
by whiteroom

Comment:
Personally, I prefer your B&W version. The only thing I can find that looks like pixelization is the uneven lower eyelid (but that's just looking too hard). This could almost pass for a Librodo shot... except that he almost always crops down to the forehead. Good job! My only (minor) gripes are the lack of shadow detail and the somewhat blank expression.

Model Shoot 7
by elsapo

Comment:
Geez... good thing you couldn't have two entries in the last challenge!

The Other Side of
by Cutter

Comment:
Maybe not a ribbon, but certainly underrated in this challenge. Should have been top 10. The people behind those 1 votes probably didn't have their blindfolds properly calibrated.

Harley #6
by nsoroma79

Comment:
I think I like this one better as a portrait, but you certainly nailed Harley in your entry!

Wind Talking
by Qart

Comment:
AGAIN?!? Geez, Rudy... forget about giving others a chance. At this point you need to stop ribboning just for variety!

Angry Sam ready for a scratch your eyes
by mssnare

Comment:
Haha... very cute. "If you give this less than a 6, your stooopid."

Autumn falls into winter
by Sieruken7

Comment:
Ouch... not only the wrong challenge, but in a landcape format it doesn't fit the other challenge either. FWIW, the image itself had lots of potential. I'd suggest cropping about 1/2" off the bottom and showing more sky to get the horizon out of the center. Then I'd frame it and display it proudly as one of the prettiest sub-5 entries on DPC. ;-)

In My Room
by scarbrd

Comment:
Well above average in this group. If it's a self-portrait, you're probably beating photographers with WAY more experience. Nice lighting and color, but I'd crop off the right side- a face positioned dead center like this usually creates a very static composition. Good job!

Some Day My Prince Will Come
by j8xman

Comment:
This seems to me like a "found" moment, where you happened to see the girl in a good spot and took the shot. Unfortunately, it's also a "lost" opportunity. The row of chairs and costume could have worked great if you had only taken it one step further: ask the girl to slump over with her chin in her hands and look directly into the camera with a sad, lonely expression. That would immediately communicate your concept. Then crop it slightly to lose the dark shape at bottom left and crop or clone out the stray leg at top right. Warm morning or late afternoon lighting would have added about a point to the score. As it stands now, I'd guess the dull lighting and lack of expression in a challenge that specifically called for it is probably keeping your average somewhere around a 5. Next time, you'll know. ;-)