Feeling Spring Breezes
by dahlin

Comment by Paul:


Awarded for the May 2011 Free Study.

Feeling Spring Breezes
by dahlin

Comment by Chinarosepetal:
I love this, shame more people didn't, but I bet you do and that's what matters!

Feeling Spring Breezes
by dahlin

Comment by Paul:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: This is a bold and magnificent portrait. Bold pose, bold light, bold colour, bold processing, bold subject. Some will hate the rope but I love it.

Critical stuff: Some will hate the rope!

Overall: pushes the boundaries and challenges preconceptions. Great stuff.

My Left Sandal
by dahlin

Comment by h2:
technically ok, but absolute shoehorn - really needs the title, without it it wouldn't have anything to do with the challenge

My Left Sandal
by dahlin

Comment by tosk:
Nice colorus in the image, but it doesn't meet the challenge strongly imho

My Left Sandal
by dahlin

Comment by dali_lama_2k:
Lighter than air?

Feeling Spring Breezes
by dahlin

Comment by Lydia:
"Up the nose" shots don't score as well as if she'd lowered her head a bit. I do understand that working with a child is difficult... but... that's the challenge! :)

Love the clarity of the eyes, but not that rope going through her head.

Nice details that you've kept in the whites. (not voting)

My Left Sandal
by dahlin

Comment by jam-ka:
It is horrible. Have you saw the subject of a challenge?

My Left Sandal
by dahlin

Comment by mom4ever:
I like your photo. Having trouble equating "Lighter Than Air" with "In the air." Maybe the challenge should be renamed since it seems to be a common problem for many entrants.

Feeling Spring Breezes
by dahlin

Comment by bvy:
I wasn't sure about the rope -- though if you look at it long enough, it suggests a pigtail of fairy tale proportion.