Middleton Doll
by Melethia

Comment:
Congratulations on your first blue! Much deserved!

Momir
by ralph

Comment:
This is the coolest natural light portrait of just your average guy I have ever seen. Bumping up to 10.

Into The Light
by acukur

Comment:
Wonder if a narrower, vertical crop would have made a difference here. Something about the square crop just makes the composition look empty. Still, this is simply superb imagery. Love the water, the light and the wonderful lead in.

Porcelain Doll
by timfythetoo

Comment:
Geez, you're a master at this. Those eyes are doll-like indeed. I like the tilted pose, the directness of the gaze, the crop and the borders to polish it off. But the one thing that bugs me a little is, oddly enough, the very thing that was required for the challenge. With the loss of detail in the eyebrow and the line under the eye, there's a strange illusion of the right eye being smaller than the left. Really just a minor issue for me, and this is still an exquisite, intimate child portrait. Kudos.

Behold! The White Wizard approaches...
by inshaala

Comment:
Now this is truly stunning. The low down perspective was a good plan. Well done, can see this printed as a mural.

cast away
by ytshuva

Comment:
What a great subject to use. Simple and altogether brilliant.

Mist
by dougi555

Comment:
Wonderful vision! Love that I can still make out the top of the tree and it doesn't hurt my eyes ;)

Adorable
by bspurgeon

Comment:
She is that indeed! Great child portrait and I appreciate that you didn't go overboard with exposure and left us some detail here and there. Nice.

mates
by liberty

Comment:
Congrats!! What I loved most about this image was the soft pastel palette. And you could almost be tricked into thinking there were two lizards swimming under water. Very cool.

Yeah, weird thing that reflection...

Happy
by Retroesque

Comment:
This is such a really cool feel-good image, congrats on 9th!!!