Good Day Sunshine
by Luci11e

Comment by mrbig65:
hehe,,,, love happy farm,,,,,, nice,,,,,,,,

If I Were Still Lorena
by Luci11e

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Well, you had ME thinking your name was Lucy for a while! Focus appears to be on the tree in the background rather than your face. Maybe a pole or something you could focus on in your place could help. Then hit the self timer and switch. As long as I am beating up on you, the details in the hat are overexposed and blown. If not for those issues, this would be a great portrait.

If I Were Still Lorena
by Luci11e

Comment by bassbone:
very pretty lady - i wish the details were not blurred out so much

What I Saw In My Dream
by Luci11e

Comment by bmartuch:
I really like the processing on this. I hope you're not getting beat up on this one. Nice job.

If I Were Still Lorena
by Luci11e

Comment by Louis:
Your portrait needs something of interest -- either an interesting use of the natural light, a clever (though still restrained) pose, something that tells us about what you are, etc. The portrait is too soft, especially at the eyes, where a viewer connects. The background is truly a mess. It would have helped to be in the bokeh, or at least shot from a more interesting angle. 4

Out For A Walk
by Luci11e

Comment by spiritualspatula:
Hello and greetings from the Critique Club-
The first thing that strikes me about your photo is that it seems a bit washed out. A lot of the different tones seem a bit flat, which is likely due in part to the focus, but seems more pronounced than it should be given the scene. Beyond that, I can̢۪t help but agree with Michelle about the relation to the challenge. I feel like the misplaced focus is simply added into a photo, and I̢۪m left wondering why. Or perhaps how it benefits things?
An alternate way of looking at this, though, is what would have made this scene more fitting the challenge?
Did you consider maybe getting closer down to the ground, opening up your aperture a bit more (maybe F/6.3 or 7.1ish to decrease the depth of field a bit more, and focusing up very close at the grass? This would make the horses seem bigger, and more looming, as well. Plus, the foreground (grass) does have a connection to the horses as well, and it̢۪s also something that happens to the best of us at times (accidental focus on something that slightly is obstructing out view.
Also keep in mind that with an aperture like f/9, you̢۪re going to have very deep depth of field in general, and also that these horses will be near the infinity focus of your lens, if they aren̢۪t actually at infinity, so they will appear to be in the same degree of focus as any object from infinity to just before what is considered infinity on your lens, so things will all look almost the same.

If I Were Still Lorena
by Luci11e

Comment by TMStamp:
I find the subject's face too blurry (yet her shirt seems fairly sharp). If this is because of camera shake, stopping down would have been better, and if not possible, increasing film sensitivity.

What I Saw In My Dream
by Luci11e

Comment by Cory:
What did you smoke before bed?

As a high-key image I guess this works pretty well... Have I ever mentioned that I rarely appreciate high-key images??

So, I'm on a campaign of appreciation, I'm trying to really vote based on merit, regardless of my taste (well, maybe a bit of a bonus for aesthetics...).. In any case, last week you would have gotten a 3 for this, maybe a 2.. This week? hmm.. So hard. I guess it's nice for what you were trying to do, and it's not overall displeasing.. So... I guess I'll be generous, as I'm sure many others won't be.... You get a 7 on this.

As a side note, have you looked into the printing on aluminum? They say it's best with high-key images, and since you're dreaming about horses, clearly you love them, so this image might be a nice print on aluminum...

If I Were Still Lorena
by Luci11e

Comment by JustCaree:
I think its a bit blurry or something. It just looks a bit hazy. but its a beautiful image!

What I Saw In My Dream
by Luci11e

Comment by dtremain:
Too high key - the shape of your main subject is lost in the wash out.