first love
by whiteroom

Comment by bongo:
Lesley: Congrats on your second place win!
Excellent job.

Randy.

first love
by whiteroom

Comment by graphicfunk:
Congratulations on your Red.

first love
by whiteroom

Comment by skylen:
Wow! How did you do this without a studio or lights? How did you get the great white background?

first love
by whiteroom

Comment by graphicfunk:
returning for comments.
This is very hard task to pull off. Low key inside a high key. However, to a degree it could pass as an artistic effort. I would love to see the left hand, but I know, I am asking too much. Despite my minor complains the composition is nice. Bumping up.

first love
by whiteroom

Comment by Artyste:
my favorite of the challenge, and only 10. Such a great capture, wonderfully lit, and I *love* the upper negative space. The composition is a classic use of triangle, and almost leads me in an X from the bottom of the violin through to the face, down the arm to the hand, and right back up the bow.

It also helps that the girl has such a .. haunting.. look.

first love
by whiteroom

Comment by sagestudio:
The high key here works very well. Lovely expression and tones, I might've cropped a bit more from the top, and left the ends of her fingers in, but that's just me. : )

crater floor
by whiteroom

Comment by nordicgirl:
Good job... like the dark clowds and blue shadows on mountain... and yellow crater.

first love
by whiteroom

Comment by myqyl:
Nice lines... Love the dress blending into the background... Implied triangles are very strong... Solid 10 in my book :)

first love
by whiteroom

Comment by nicoledb:
Lighting is very good in my opinion. I'm not too fond of the empty space at the top, it's either too small (not impressive enough as negative space) or too large (takes away attention from the girl).

lunch decision
by whiteroom

Comment by claudia26:
too grainy for my taste but a nice composition