Together
by midnightride2

Comment by willem:
I think the the light is rather flat/dull. And I find her expression a bit angry, like "why are you watching me ?!!??"

Spiritual Hope
by midnightride2

Comment by bananashay:
Cropped a little close on top.

Spiritual Hope
by midnightride2

Comment by andrim:
Would have liked to seen more negative space above the candle.

Together
by midnightride2

Comment by debitipton:
She really doesn't look like she's enjoying this at all!

Together
by midnightride2

Comment by DarkRider:
focus is a little soft and I see some double lines on the males shoulders....maybe its not the focus maybe a little over processed not sure...nice clean background and good skin tones.

Together
by midnightride2

Comment by markmyshots:
Just a little blurry

Together
by midnightride2

Comment by frisca:
couple of things made this image not work for me: the look of disdain on the female model's face and the fact that we can't even see the male model's face..makes the whole image seem sordid in an emotionally painful way. As well, the focus being off makes it seem more like a one off shot. I hope this is helpful. I think the idea you were working with is wonderful.

Together
by midnightride2

Comment by Gatorguy:
Kudos for courage! I would have liked her hands to have been in the same relative postion on both sides

Together
by midnightride2

Comment by Gil P:
conceptualy interesting artisticaly worth a 6 but to much out of focus and undercontrasted.

Together
by midnightride2

Comment by jmsetzler:
Setzler Comment:

Some general ratings (1-10): These are some elements that I look for in great photographs, in no specific orderĂ¢€Â¦

Visual Appeal: 4
Subject Appeal: 7
Compositional Appeal: 6
Effective use of color/bw: 5
Creativity: 7
Theme/Storytelling qualities: 8
Title: 10

Additional Comments:

This is a very strong idea. I love the thought process behind this image. This photo needs a little perfection in the exposure though. There is some blurriness that appears to be motion blur which is causing it to be unsharp. "Soft Focus" would be nice here as well, but the 'out of focus' is not quite the same thing. The dark background is a good choice for subject separation, but it could possibly stand to be a little darker as well.