Ponderous
by dagills22191

Comment:
First - your title needs to be changed. perhaps English isn't your first language. The dictionary definiton of ponderous is 1 : of very great weight 2 : unwieldy or clumsy because of weight and size
3 : oppressively or unpleasantly dull. An elephant might be ponderous but I think you meant thoughtful.
Second, the picture is wonderful. (actually it does have some weight of sadness to it) The lighting is perfect, the mood is so strong, ugh- to be a teenager again, no thanks.

Pleasant thoughts
by awpollard

Comment:
I think in a portrait the eyes should be a center of focus. Her eyes are nice and bright with good catch light but they are they same brightness as her finger tips, Well, it is a nice french manicure but unless she was the manicurist or particularly values her hands, I think the fingernails command too much importance. The best light falls on her hand also and the jewelry is ver interesting, That leaves her face with a secondary importance. What about cropping just below her knuckles, that looks more balanced to me and makes her lovely face stand out. I do like the way you have left more space on the left, leaving room for her gaze to be part of the picture. Maybe the white balance is too pink?

Serenity
by LindaE

Comment:
ohhh - lovely lovely colors

GEB
by mara

Comment:
odd - somehow I think this would have been for effective with a deep depth of field instead of shallow.

Double Spires
by BeeGee

Comment:
Perfect lighting, perfect composition, extraordinary duplication of design.

A Rainbow's End
by readme

Comment:
The rainbow is nice but there's not much else here to make it interesting.

Big Mouth
by boomer

Comment:
There are some stunning leading lines in this photo. It reads easily from left to right, high to low/ The top pelican points to the greedy one (love his shirt collar). the pattern of scallops on the roof repeats in the sape of the wings. the building lines contrast with the organic forms and feathers. the mouth is perfectly positioned to be the central focus. I think I would have increased the contrast and saturated the inside of the mouth.

My Love...
by toddhead

Comment:
I think I would move her to the lft a little and leave an uneven amount of black. whatever she is staring at or thinking about is also part of the image and he needs some room too. The extra negative space on the right implys that there is another part to her life, but the extra negative space on the left is just extra space and doesn't contribute. try it

Captain George Highlighted.
by graphicfunk

Comment:
Great face! great triangluar composition! Lots of wonderful leading lines, cheeks, arms, shirt folds, makes a nice flow for the viewers eyes. lighting is a bit harsh and I find the cloth under his elbows distracting. also that dip in his next commands too much attention, soften it out?

The extraordinary skill of the spider
by train

Comment:
Happy Halloween. The contrast between the sharply focused web and the completly out of focus background is very nice/ The over processed look works well here, even the grainy background. It is a sylized image of a spider web, you can than the spider for the wonderful repeating patterns in the lines. You can thiank yourself for mimicking the radiating pattern in the leaves of the background. I like the way the image reads from top left to lower right and the center of the web draws the eye back into the scene.