Staring Down Fame
by elemess

Comment:
This really cool, I like how the fame sign sticks out so much.

by arsenal

Comment:
sweet dyptich, I love the yellow overtones

Marnie
by printer4u

Comment:
the lighting you have on the model is great. did you use a reflector or flashes or anything?

The edge of the world
by good_ham

Comment:
This is very cool. I though at first it was a wave at the beach. love the graphic quality

Perspective
by silverscreen

Comment:
really cool composition. you don't even notice that the diagonal line goes right through half of the image. very strong image.

Carrie In The Bath
by EvetsStneer

Comment:
E'vets, pay no attention to those that make derogatory comments about the model. It is rude and unfair and shouldn't be tolerated, period. I am sorry some people find it necessary to put down models and not judge the photo. There is not much you can do about it, although if I was a model and saw these kinds of comments it would make me think twice about allowing photos of myself to be used. I noticed a couple things that may help you with your entries. First I noticed on your three entries so far that your file sizes are all very small. On this image your file size is 78 kb, where as the limit is 150 kb, this mean that small details would have had twice as much detail and smoothness and less jagged details in the fine areas of the photo. If you look around Carrie's necklace you will see it gets pixellated because the file size is small. I don't know what software you use to work on your image but if you use a version of Photoshop, here is a tutorial that will show you how to get the most detail and accuracy for your challenge entries. If you don't use photoshop then try to find a way to "Save for the Web" with your software. It will get rid of hidden data on your image and use the file size only for image quality. As mentioned before in general you want the eyes to be in focus for any portrait, although I could see on this one why you may have not focused on the her face and focused on the bubbles given the challenge. The lighting in your image also appears to be flat possibly from the overhead lighting being used, so I used a curve to try and give the photo some more contrast. Here is what I did and I put the curve that I used. I hope this helps you some and sorry about the rude comments. I hope you keep entering challenges.
Joe

Sideways Action
by GIS_boy

Comment:
glad to see you pop back in and get in a challenge, welcome back :)

fluidity
by yanko

Comment:
I think this one may have scored even higher, smooth tones, I like it.

Sheep
by gisli

Comment:
Wow this shot is pretty unbelievable!! It looks unreal, nice work.

Tower Bridge in the morning
by kevip6

Comment:
I think if you would have moved over a few steps to the right the image would have a better presentation as I find the sun dial blocking th subject of your image distracting. The other technicals like color, contrast, etc are all very good.