Straight Path to Nowhereby
togtogComment by ambaker: Critique Club Review:
Color Saturation and Hue: N/A (image is monochrome)
Brightness and Contrast: Very good. The powder is just starting to lose some detail in the highlight areas. The darks are nice and deep.
Focus and depth of field: Nice sharp focus, though the mirror cheated you a bit by the reflections seeming to be out of focus parts of the lines.
I see where you were going with the makeup. But it came out too shiny. Dirt tends to be duller. This came out looking almost like axle grease.
I like the lighting and I think had you used used your other contemplated image, the strength of the lines may have been diminished.
Overall a very good image.
So why didn't it score higher?
Two reasons come to mind.
1. Disturbing images never do as well as kids and puppies.
2. Though not mentioned in any comments below, you may have been hit with a little political correctness.
Overall, a powerful image with a real message. Nicely done....
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