Happiness
by Montereykiddo

Comment by Bran-O-Rama:
Heavily processed background takes away from image and adds to the cheesiness factor.

Happiness
by Montereykiddo

Comment by Sherri1209:
Wonderfull shot. Love the offset images and the way you this one shot makes you feel so much emotion...I can see the preceeding moments as she rushes into his arms. Not many shots can do that - true talent.

Happiness
by Montereykiddo

Comment by Joey Lawrence:
awesome, 10

Happiness
by Montereykiddo

Comment by chele:
looks like a magazine ad. the focus is a little soft on the couple but still an excellent photo!

Mrs. Beautiful
by Montereykiddo

Comment by Tammer:
There is some contrast between the model's face and what she is wearing, but for me, the muted background lessens the overall "high contrast" concept. Had this been in the color portrait challenge, I would have scored it higher.

Mrs. Beautiful
by Montereykiddo

Comment by Elaine:
Not enough contrast, and it has no impact.

Mrs. Beautiful
by Montereykiddo

Comment by Azrifel:
It is a bit soft, but the impact of
- background vs subject
- colors
- model placement
- that smile, oh that smaile
- the scarf

is so good.

8

Mrs. Beautiful
by Montereykiddo

Comment by cools98:
Fit Challenge Criteria: 1/2
Contrast/Color: 1/2
Composition: 0/2
Photo Quality: 1/2
My Subjective Affinity: 1/2

The only high contrast I see is a blown out forehead which is probably from an on-camera flash. Move the flash off-camera, work on the overall exposure, and use a controlled background, maybe solid white with this shot, and it might've worked better.

Mrs. Beautiful
by Montereykiddo

Comment by Telehubbie:
The title is right... beautiful model, beautiful "natural" portrait. Nice soft lighting and nice composition. There is some softness to this photo that I'm sure is only due to resizing for here (I see the image size is only 30 kbytes). If using Photoshop (I think PS Elements too) resize to 640 and resharpen a bit first, then save for web for a file size just under 150KB. Other programs probably have similar features. Check out this tutuorial: //www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=26

Mrs. Beautiful
by Montereykiddo

Comment by Keith Maniac:
A nice, spirited shot with great colors.