Try Again
by Charlene

Comment:
Nice idea, but not really clear enough who you are referring to, as there are people down on both sides of your picture.

If you could have rotated to the right a little so the little girl on the left was framed between the two foreground figures and cropped in tighter from the right this would have made a punchier picture - for me at least :- )

The Midday Napper
by Pug-H

Comment:
I think the idea here is very good, and a fine example of the challenge title.

This is almost a picture of two halves - if you run a diagonal line from the top left corner to the bottom right. right hand side is bright and colourful with the sky, roofs, signs, etc which draws the eye towards it whilst the left hand side is darker and more muted in tone. Then in this darker area there is a person lying down in dark clothes visually disappearing from the picture.

Now in many ways this could be sen as a near perfect example of the challenge title - here is an individual who is very much alone in the crowd and they have further emphasised it by lying on the ground (not a bench or anything elevated) in dark clothes, (to help stay 'invisible) in the shadows. And they are so successful that only one man in the crowd is clearly looking at them.

So I have a gentle dilemma, on the one hand ideally it would be nice to have the individual more visible, easier to connect with - but on the other hand there is a level of subtlety here which makes you work harder to find the person and identify with them which I really like. Good shot.

Lonely american dream........waiting for his owner.......Fidel Castro
by Bogi

Comment:
Hmm .. I've gone backwards and forwards on my thoughts with this one, but I do like the picture. I love the tones and colours, the slightly sad look to the front of the car, and the almost surreal effect of this street vendor and his customers who look (to me at least) like they should all be on the beach, yet here they are in a busy street surrounded by poles and cables and a whole run down air to the area.

In picture terms I think ideally you would have moved the whole picture slightly to the right so we got to see the street vendor, (who i think is important to this picture) and lost the guy half in the picture (who isn't important to it).

m7sre.jpg
by Sonifo

Comment:
Lovely capture, and very relaxed, happy feel to the picture.

I like the use of sepia here and the tonal difference between the girl and the rest of the picture - did you vignette this or just darken the rest ?

Mean Street Smarts
by Herblacklist12

Comment:
I didn't vote in this challenge - but I really like the movement and energy in this shot. Fits the challenge very well.

Starting a long way in life
by mb2006

Comment:
Delightful shot, and congrats on your top five finish.

Ethan 2
by njsabs

Comment:
Very nice shot - lovely lighting, and composition

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by malina

Comment:
Nice shot with lovely lighting and wonderful background colours.

There are a few simple things here which (for me at least) could help the picture. One of these is the tree trunk that is behind your son - being light coloured it tends to catch the eye a little and lead it away from the main picture, and the other point is that the position of the children is a little unbalanced.

He has his arm around her - but she doesn't have her's around him. If she did, it would have brought her left shoulder around to face the camera a bit more. Also he has one thumb appearing on it's own, on her front, and the other hand (on her arm) looks more like he's grabbing her, which by this point of the photo shoot he may have been :- )

But an attractive shot, with attractive children, and a lovely setting.

Gabe
by timfythetoo

Comment:
Tim, nice natural light capture, and great faraway expression.

The placing of the tree is a bit of a challenge - on the one hand it gives a nicely coloured oof backdrop, but against that (for me) the dark trunk is just a little too close to the lads face and there is a white area to the left of the tree in line with his eye that is a bit too bright and draws the viewers eye away from his face. I wonder whether you could clone some of the leaves down and lose it ?

Message edited by author 2007-11-23 15:09:46.

Cover Me
by Pixlmaker

Comment:
"I'll post more of her once the contest is over."

Did you ever post any more shot's of Lauren ?