Countryside view
by SSSS

Comment:
haha, I just posted in the forums I am not liking all the candids I am seeing in this portrait challenge, but then YOU go and bug the hell out of me by entering what is essentially a candid, but then making it one of the best shots of the challenge (so far, about halfway through voting).. You are messing with my head!!

4 or 9, 4 or 9...

dammit - 9 :)

Ladies Rule (Indian Army, Indian Navy & Indian Air Forces)
by doctabrez

Comment:
well, I guess it is a portrait, but to me it seems no effort was made to make it a great shot, more of a snapshot. Grainy, harsh direct flash lighting.. not very good at all I am afraid.. 4

Is everybody ready?
by sniper

Comment:
Quite harsh processing here.. using a wider aperature to blur the background a bit would of seperated the subjects from the BG a little. not really breathtaking. 4

... I Do!
by edmeng

Comment:
Wooohoooo, now I cant have a go here about shoe-horning this shot into the challenge as I have done that with my "searching" entry this week. However, this isnt really a portrait, I wont say DNMC (although it is borderline) I would class this more as Group Candid. Not bad overall. 6

as a subnote - the way that shoulder of the person behind the bride protrudes from her chest makes it look like she has HUGE busswabs. :)

Just Happy
by bigfella

Comment:
Far too much processing here makes the kids skin look very plasticy. I will up you a point or two for doing what a lot of people here forgot to do and that is crop in nice and tight, you did a good job here and managed to omit most of the distracting background. Overall this deserves a 6 - I'd expect this to finish around the mid-table mark.

Five Seconds After "Cheese"
by TCGuru

Comment:
I am not digging the moody look on the kids faces, kids are supposed to be full of fun and frivolity, not looking as though they are in a police line-up. post-processing looks a bit harsh to me. 6

Overhead
by levyj413

Comment:
Not really striking me as a group portrait, more like a group candid, I wont say DNMC, but its bordering on that.. still, a good shot and interesting angle.. 6

From Above
by notesinstones

Comment:
OK am liking this one, the lighting from above works very well. Pity about the tiles on the floor they are quite distracting, but on this occasion I am willing to ignore them and concentrate on the image as a whole.. working well for me here. 8

Bad Girls
by NikonJeb

Comment:
quite a fun shot. Not overly keen on the BW conversion you have got going on here, would of been nicer with a bit more contrast. Try using the channel mixer to convert shots to BW, this has a feel of a "convert mode to grayscale". not a bad effort, I'd expect this to finish mid-table somewhere. 6

Action at the wedding
by kiskat

Comment:
LOL, a scene I see week after week when I shoot weddings. However, poor focus or maybe a slow shutter hasnt helped matters here.. tweaking the white balance a little bit would of bought out the more natural colours. Quite a flat feeling image and not really a group portrait, more like a group candid. so so in my book. 5