It's all about saving a flame
by srugolo

Comment by macrothing:
6 - Met the Challenge fairly well in my opinion - "Use candlelight to create the impact of your photo.". Criticism; difficult, but perhaps an even tighter cropping on either side may have given this even more impact. The symmetry seems fairly good, detail in the skin is good, perhaps a little toning down of the skin color may have also made this better, not sure. Re your title, I guess to 'nit-pick', the 'hands' pose' should be more 'cupped', but minor - but your title does attract some attention to it (but yes I realize you are/were likely trying to attain an abstract 'shape' at the rear, which you have done). Difficult also, but even more detail in the texture of the skin (especially palms/'inside') may have also made this even better in my opinion.

Christmas in red
by srugolo

Comment by noseprints:
nice dof and composition. really need a tent to shoot this kind of thing, unless the reflection is relevant, but it's too small to tell. beautiful work, really.

It's all about saving a flame
by srugolo

Comment by Brin:
Excellent!

It's all about saving a flame
by srugolo

Comment by samanwar:
Great shot

It's all about saving a flame
by srugolo

Comment by sajin:
crisp!...pleasing image!

It's all about saving a flame
by srugolo

Comment by aznym:
I like how you have used the candle and brought out the details in the hands. Very good work. It does appear to be slightly heavier to the right because of the the angle of the candle and hands, which is not really a problem .. That's only something someone who's picky like me would notice.
Well done.

It's all about saving a flame
by srugolo

Comment by Chinabun:
this is very very nice! good luck

Christmas in red
by srugolo

Comment by sherpet:
I love the balance of this great image, and also love the tones as well.

Early portrait of an early girl
by srugolo

Comment by Nyck:
wow this is such a gr8 photo i love the texture of the hands

Christmas in red
by srugolo

Comment by nico_blue:
the reflection of the room in the ball really kills the shot, everything else is so well done and with so much attention to details, this being an advanced challenge i would have suggested selecing that area with a feathered selection and applying a guassian blur to remove that reflection, or manually with the blur tool... or with the clone tool...