Amanda
by naomik

Comment:
A few things are holding this back, IMO. For starters the background has "clumps" of color that I can easily see. That tells me you brighten the background a lot in post, which is fine but the execution looks a bit sloppy. Also, the hair is a bit oversharpened. The rest of her however looks fine in that regard so perhaps pixelated hair was more of a result of the resizing down to 640 pixels? Lastly, the face could use some fill lighting, which a reflector would have fixed nicely. Overall not bad. The sheen in the hair looks really good and the model is very attractive.

Greetings from Switzerland !
by Noel_ZH

Comment:
Not that your score was lacking but I bet those hot spots kept this from scoring over an 8. Since the original didn't have that problem you could have used a mask with a low opacity brush and "undo" the tone mapping a little bit in those hot spots or use the clone brush. Anyway, not that you need the help with this great result.

Weather is here, wish you were beautiful
by MichaelC

Comment:
This got one of my 8s so that means this was terribly underrated!

In Harmony
by LalliSig

Comment:
Larus Larus Larus!

Greetings from Switzerland !
by Noel_ZH

Comment:
Amazing transformation. Btw, I just looked it up and you are the third highest score to not ribbon.

Autumn Sunset
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Got one of my 9s. Quite underrated.

Rhode Island
by nico_blue

Comment:
Such a cool sky and the font work is perfect for the shot.

Natural Bridge Zoo
by SJCarter

Comment:
Very nice touch with the bordering.

Pelican Waters
by sherpet

Comment:
This would make an excellent postcard.

Visit lake Vonterra
by Cam

Comment:
I thought this was really good and scored it a 7. Shame that subtle gets dealt such a bad hand in the challenges.