A Girl and Her Pearls
by dharmeson

Comment by GolferDDS:
Good angle. Nicely done in B & W.

A Girl and Her Pearls
by dharmeson

Comment by Olyuzi:
This photo has a cold and hard look to it...is that what you wanted? It's not appealing to me. The right part of the woman's lips are cut off and I would have preferred this image in warmer tones and much softer looking. Maybe with the lipstick and pearls in color. Not sure if the focus is off, or the glare producing a blurred look to me.

A Girl and Her Pearls
by dharmeson

Comment by KarenB:
nice angle and close up. would like to see a tad better focus on the pearls. ... maybe even your hand lightly touching them. a bit grey scale..
all this is nit-picky, because I think this is generally a pleasing photograph.

A Girl and Her Pearls
by dharmeson

Comment by Kavey:
Composition is great but focus seems too soft to me.

A Girl and Her Pearls
by dharmeson

Comment by Koriyama:
They go well together. The composition, capture, elements are all fine. I'm not moved by the photo, though. 5

Guide to the Sonoma Valley
by dharmeson

Comment by Rasai:
My Home! I was born here!

Guide to the Sonoma Valley
by dharmeson

Comment by Anmitsu:
I've always liked the wooden signs better than the conventional metal signs. Nice picture!

Guide to the Sonoma Valley
by dharmeson

Comment by carlacryptic:
This is wonderful on the eye, the balance and the colors.

Guide to the Sonoma Valley
by dharmeson

Comment by malfish:
fair

A Night at the Rialto
by dharmeson

Comment by Konador:
Critique Club

Hi :)
This looked like quite a tricky shot to expose. While the bottom areas are dark and not much detail can me see, the white light is a bit over exposed. I'm not sure how you could have improved that under the restricted editing rules that were in effect for this challenge.

The bottom part is very interesting and I really like it. The blurred movement of the person really adds a lot, and the posters add a good amount of interest to the red brick wall. In my opinion, I think you should have got closer to the subject, and not bothered with anything above the wall with the posters on. I think the white area really spoils the photo, and the lights above that don't really add much. Just the person walking past the posters would have been an excellent photo on its own.

I think in post-processing you over-sharpened this a bit. I think this because on the curves of the 'R', jagged lines are visable, rather than keeping a nice smooth edge.

Overall I think this location has great potential, and through experimenting with different compositions could produce a top-notch photo.