Sid
by gadion

Comment by Wishingdove:
Wow....what kind of insect is that? Incredible how close it is...great job

Sid
by gadion

Comment by arm66:
I get the title. You must have kids. lol

Green Toe
by gadion

Comment by richhansen:
I like your idea but I feel this has been post processed quite a bit. I might be wrong, just feels a bit overdone for my tastes.

Green Toe
by gadion

Comment by KarenNfld:
Cute set up but I can see the area you erased on the bottom.....a slightly darker black than the rest of your background. You need to be careful with that.

Green Toe
by gadion

Comment by front_element:
Nice idea, but it is let down somewhat by the details. Black background in particular is uneven.

Mask
by gadion

Comment by Jedusi:
Pretty model and interesting eye make-up but the picture doesn't really seem to engage or send a clear message . .

Are we looking at the interesting and unusual hat ?
or the interesting and unusual eye make up ?
The eye catching blue blouse that provides the only strong colour in the picture ?
Or the fact that the blouse seems to carry on being open out the bottom of the picture . . which many would find interesting :- ) ?

Lots of different elements and many of them really quite good - but no single focal point to focus on.

Perhaps a square crop and a background of either white or black would lift this and focus the viewers attention more ?

Good luck though.

Mask
by gadion

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Reminds me of the Coneheads from Saturday Night Live. (What's her skull shaped like?) Even the lighting seems like it would work for SNL.

Lights of nature
by gadion

Comment by FourPointX:
great subject and composition maybe would have kicked up the blues a bit but still nice shot 6

Lights of nature
by gadion

Comment by mrturtell:
beautiful picture

Pitching
by gadion

Comment by sfalice:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Hello! It is my turn to say "Welcome to DPC." I see you have only been a member for a few months and already you have a ribbon! Congratulations.

Also, I salute your courage in getting out on a windy night, setting up a tripod and working hard to find an image for this Perspective Challenge. Had it been raining as well? Anyhow, I think that if you had gone for a longer exposure, your tripod would have had wind movement and the subject might be blurry.

In any event, your comments tell you that your image is quite dark. Actually, it is dark and mysterious. Oh, for a hooded figure in the foreground to add to the mystery. Had you converted this to black & white, you certainly could have made it more readable, but then you would have lost the mystery.

So, about all I can say is: "Good Try!" This one didn't work for the viewer/voters but your next one might.

Keep 'em coming. I h ope this little critique was helpful to you.

Alice