A Universal Language
by isonaj

Comment by smudgeSMJ:
The language of music. I find the brown bottom right corner to be a bit distracting, I think this would not be a problem for me in black and white.

A Universal Language
by isonaj

Comment by stultsphoto:
Great DOF! Nice angle!

A Universal Language
by isonaj

Comment by kaiser_chief:
Music is a Universal language that doesn't matter if you understand the words or not. Great take on the challenge topic for this.

Angle is great, depth of field is great. Lighting seems to be the problem here. It is difficult to get the light right to show enough detail and not have either under or overexposed areas. The lighting is reasonable, but did need to be a bit better to get the top socres

A Universal Language
by isonaj

Comment by SquishyB:
I wish more of it was in focus.

A Universal Language
by isonaj

Comment by Pikkel:
very nice

Mum and Daughter
by isonaj

Comment by Brad:
Nice portraiture - smiles really make it.
The white balance seems off and overall a bit dark. I see from the exif you
have CS3, so try this:
Image, Adjustments, Match Color. Click the Neutralize button on the bottom and adjust sliders as follows: Luminance=200, Color Intensity=100, Fade=0, Click OK
Image, Adjustments, Levels, click Options, Enhance per channel contrast should be checked already, set clip levels in shadows and the highlight boxes to 0.05% and click on the Save as defaults (these are the best levels for defaults vs. what Photoshop is set at out of the box) Click OK.
The image is really pretty close now, with maybe one last step to shift the skin tones out of the yellow hues:
Image, Adjustments, Selective Color, use the drop down and select the yellow channel and set the sliders as follows: Cyan: -10, Magenta: 0, Yellow: -10, Black: 0, then click Ok, with a final adjustment to Image, Adjustments, Hue/Saturation, +5% on the saturation. Try it. This is all basic edit stuff, and a whole heck of a lot more can be done in advanced. (my monitor is accurately calibrated by the way)
Hope this helps.

Mum and Daughter
by isonaj

Comment by Patsfan:
Nice focus but the mothers smile looks fake.

Mum and Daughter
by isonaj

Comment by ahmadbaara:
I think the lighting is a bit crude, showing the daughter a lot brighter than the Mother (or perhaps the Mother has a darker complexion).

i think the position of the light source is the problem, perhaps if you tried a different angle it would show a different mood. adorable models ;)

Mum and Daughter
by isonaj

Comment by spiritualspatula:
Bit dark for me, but nice otherwise.

Mum and Daughter
by isonaj

Comment by bvy:
Nice poses. Lighting here is very dull and harsh.