Cramming
by gfied

Comment:
Technicals: 1/2 - shadows are too dark, her head merges with the background; harsh lighting

Composition: 0.5/2 - too centered; aspect ratio makes little sense (at least to me)

Challenge Relation: 2/2

Originality/Creativity: 1.5/2 - very nice idea!

Overall Impact: 1/2

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Magic Lore
by danielv

Comment:
Technicals: 1/2 - slightly underexposed - no drawing in shadows; sharpening artefacts;

Composition: 0.5/2 - needs more light on the book; crop is very tight, lower POV might have been more interesting

Challenge Relation: 2/2

Originality/Creativity: 1.5/2

Overall Impact: 1/2

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The Nerd
by JacksonGariety

Comment:
Technicals: 1/2 - wrong white balance - too much red/yellow; unpleasant shadows

Composition: 1/2 - landscape orientation makes no sense, negative space is on wrong side; don't understand his awkward pose

Challenge Relation: 1/2 - with this pose and expression he doesn't look smart at all

Originality/Creativity: 1/2

Overall Impact: 1/2

5

Trois Personnes et un Chien Devant la Bibliotèque
by raish

Comment:
Technicals: 0.5/2 - heavy noise, wrong white balance - to much green , slight tilt
Composition: 0.5/2 - centered=boring
Challenge Relation: 0.5/2 - people aren't related to the library
Originality/Creativity: 1/2 - intended motion blur
Overall Impact: 0.5/2
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Mental Osmosis
by got2bgutsy

Comment:
Technicals: 0.5/2 - soft focus; wrong white balance: orange cast; jpeg-artifacting; noise

Composition: 0/2 - centered composition; plain POV; bad crop at bottom; uneven lighting;

Challenge Relation: 2/2

Originality/Creativity: 1.5/2

Overall Impact: 0.5/2

5 (challenge relation overweighted)

Our Future
by Hipychik

Comment:
Technicals: 1/2 - blueish cast - white balance is slightly off, skin tones are greyish; focus is on the leather chair instead of the eyes

Composition: 1/2 - good expression; good crop; good concept for the DOF, but failed to execute (see above); glasses seem to big for him

Challenge Relation: 2/2

Originality/Creativity: 1.5/2 - clever title!

Overall Impact: 1.5/2

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I Like It Hardcover
by labuds

Comment:
Technicals: 1.5/2 - subject lighting is a bit flat, background lighting is undefined

Composition: 1/2 - pose looks a little awkward; a non-studio background (bedroom, office...) had enhanced the image much

Challenge Relation: 2/2

Originality/Creativity: 2/2

Overall Impact: 1.5/2

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Reaching Ethical Conclusions
by amateurboi

Comment:
Technicals: 1/2 - too dark, too much softening

Composition: 0.5/2 - uninteresting POV, undefined crop, flat lighting; additional props (pens, notepad etc.) and content on the screen had enhanced the image

Challenge Relation: 2/2

Originality/Creativity: 0.5/2

Overall Impact: 0.5/2

5 (challenge relation overweighted)

Bored of Education
by mpeters

Comment:
Technicals: 1/2 - DOF looks rather undefined (boy is not enough OOF), skin tone at darker side of face and arms looks unnatural; overall a tad too dark

Composition: 1.5/2 - good placement of the bowl; good expression; hint of the table's surface is visible - had included more or cropped it off, same with the letters outside the bowl

Challenge Relation: 1/2 - connection is rather loose

Originality/Creativity: 1.5/2

Overall Impact: 1/2

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Hard at work
by yansermc

Comment:
Technicals: 0.5/2 - no clear focus, yellowish cast, undefined DOF

Composition: 0/2 - snapshottish, no effort on composition or lighting visible

Challenge Relation: 1.5/2

Originality/Creativity: 0/2

Overall Impact: 0/2

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