Deception
by stanmoore

Comment by MeMex2:
Really clever and very well presented!

Deception
by stanmoore

Comment by Nadine_Vb:
I've seen something similar a few days ago and I liked it. This one is even better executed.

Deception
by stanmoore

Comment by Luci11e:
I think maybe the light is a bit off - not sure how - just not enough red showing in the apple - still a good shot

Deception
by stanmoore

Comment by sekarmalathy:
Great concept, nice execution and good title.

Raj

Deception
by stanmoore

Comment by phlover:
Great shot. Great lighting. Excellent Idea.

Lost in Thought
by stanmoore

Comment by MinsoPhoto:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First Impressions:

Very bright and vibrant colors

Technical (Comp, lighting, color, focus, Processing):

This shot really seems pretty technically sound. Your comp, lighting, color and focus all seem pretty much spot on.

Challenge:

Being a free study, yeah I think this met the challenge 

Artistic/Emotion:

The colors and the models pose really make this a lovely artistic shot, well done.

Summary:

8 challenges in and you are placing in the top 100 of a free study is not bad at all. You take excellent portraits. I would be very happy with this score in the free study as they are quite difficult to score really high in. Only a few sub 4 votes and they may very well have just been because the voter doesn̢۪t like the color or just isn̢۪t interested in portraits. In the end I think this scored well but the shot just lacked that something that makes the voter want to stay longer or keep coming back. You are off to a great start at DPC, I look forward to seeing your stuff in the future.

Lost in Thought
by stanmoore

Comment by JaimeVinas:
Very Nice! I like this one a lot

Cushion of Air
by stanmoore

Comment by Nuzzer:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

First impressions are that she looks like a doll being wrapped up before being shipped off somewhere.

Technically this is a great shot. The lighting is great, although the catchlights right in the centre of her eyes makes her look even more doll-like.

Artistically this is a great out of the box shot. I keep wanting this to be bigger, or the model to be more prominent but of course if you do that then we will lose the context of the bubblewrap and start to say "what is that on her head". Te dreamy far-away look on her face adds to the lifeless doll fell - I don't know if you were after that look but it seems strong to me.

In summary a great shot that is a little different but not too different for DPC. Well done.

Feel free to PM me if you have any queries.
Gerry

Cushion of Air
by stanmoore

Comment by JaimeVinas:
Way to go Stan!
Grats on your new personal Best. :)

Cushion of Air
by stanmoore

Comment by citymars:
Reminds of a "Pierre et Gilles" portrait. Striking image.