Faceless Beauty Queen
by sallyjo1

Comment:
That backdrop - what made you choose that?
It competes with the main subject to such an extent it nearly drowns her out. Its brighter and more colourful, therefore the eyes are drawn to it. Meanwhile the lighting on the hair and right hand side of the image is almost dull in comparison. A simple solid neutral colour would have been much much better.

The Uber Geek
by rinac

Comment:
Nice socks

'The Believer'
by talj

Comment:
Decently composed and executed image. I'm never particularly fond of religious images, but this is a better example of the type.

The things that define us
by DogAngel

Comment:
What are they? - the things that define us?
The title is lost on me, I can't associate it with what I'm looking at.

However, this is supposed to be about the image so I'll ignore the title.

Nicely composed with the girl in the corner. Left half of the image is fine, but that big black cross is sort of lost in the big black trees. The tonal range selected probably has much to do with this. It might have been better just a little lighter to allow a differentiation between the cross and the trees.

Portrait of an 1880's Farmer
by timfythetoo

Comment:
Yes, I like it. Nice and colourful. Would have preferred to have had better control of the depth of field in order to make the background reced a little - make the farmer pop out of the iimage.

Absent minded
by Melethia

Comment:
Ahh yes the headless crop. Its an approach many people have taken to this challenge. In all but one or two cases the technique hasn't really worked.

"The Photographer"
by MrEd

Comment:
Isn't that sky dreadful?
A silhouette has to have somethiong to make it pop, and by definition it can't be the silhouetted element. The sky is so dull that the whole tone of the image is just dreary. Sorry

Free and hiding
by Bolti

Comment:
Nice clour, nice pose, nice props. Good lighting, good work.

Lust
by photogrl

Comment:
How can I say this without sounding rude. This doesn't instill lust in me. The black and red top is nice enough, but the depth of field has left the neck and right breast horribly out of focus. The chin needs to be either in or out of the frame, not just on the edge. The skin at the armpit has blown out in the highlights except for that little spot bang on the edge of frame.

There is sooo much you can improve on here. I hope the comments above are taken in the right way and help you understand how to present your work to better efect.

D E S P A I R
by nixter

Comment:
Nice use of light and shadow. Deserves at least a 6 and I may come back to bump when I've seen the rest