NYC
by nutzito

Comment:
VERY GOOD! I love that mug shot expression :)

Suffragette
by gfied

Comment:
Oh, this is GREAT!!! And. . .you look beautiful no matter how bad you look :) 10

Just Not Very Bright
by banmorn

Comment:
:) !!!

She Done Me Wrong
by escapetooz

Comment:
This is awesome! My favorite so far. And I must say. . . you are the most photogenic, handsome mug shotter. I guess that's the key: look great no matter how bad you look :)

Winding
by charmayne

Comment:
Woo Hooo Charmayne!!!! This is so awesome! You chose the right one. The fence is just so interesting and artistic -- but the combination of the dramatic sky and light -- this one could NOT be beat! Congratulations on 1st prize!

shell
by ScooterMcNutty

Comment:
This is verrrrrry nice! I do agree also with Codys about the issue of opening your aperture all the way up to 1.8 and 2.2. It's tempting with those 1.8 lenses because you can get so much more light in -- BUT -- I have found that it is HARD to get an entire subject in focus when I open up my aperture up that wide, so I use it very sparingly and only when what I want in focus is clearly small enough that it fits the photo -- like a single flower in a bunch.

You are awesome, Sofia! Welcome to this community. You are going to fit RIGHT in!!! :)

branches
by ScooterMcNutty

Comment:
See??? This one really pops and is so striking because your sharp branches in the foreground are clearly the subject of the photo. There's not too many distracting things grabbing for your eyes to rest on. This is so pretty. I love those dark rich tones and colors. And I think that pretty little bokeh light finishes it off :)

End-of-Winter
by ScooterMcNutty

Comment:
Sofia, I see a very distinct style devloping with your work. It's a style I'm drawn to lately and is very popular and beautiful. It uses dark tones to create an amazing richness. I am really looking forward to seeing more.

The only thing about this one - and this is something my first photography instructor mentored me about -- is that there seems to be that there is no real, dominant subject. I think for a photo to jump out and grab its viewers, there should be something very distinct that the rest of the photo is built around. This one uses really pretty soft blur with parts of several stems peaking out of them sharp and appealing, but I wonder if you had only had one branch in the photo and specifically focused on just that one branch -- and had the rest of the photo in that soft dreamy blur if it would have really popped.

I'm going to go look at your other two because I think you totally fixed that issue in those pictures. I'm excited for you, Sofia because I think you have alot of talent and I am really looking forward to watching you grow here :) I think you certainly should be shooting circles around your high school peers :)

Pipe Dreams
by MAK

Comment:
MAK!! This was yours??? I LOVE THIS!!! I had it picked for a first pager! I LOVE LOVE your processing on this photo!

Wind Chill Factor
by xianart

Comment:
My only surprise is that you are surprised that it did better than you thought! The photo is incredible! Well. . .I have another surprise: that it's not on the front page with a score closer to 7 than 6!!