Rhythmical Pawns
by arnit

Comment by Anachronite:
I would like to see a deeper field of focus.. setting the fstop higher should do the trick.. great lighting and contrast though

Regret
by arnit

Comment by Anachronite:
could use brightness/contrast adjustments

Regret
by arnit

Comment by jenarom:
Very nice face and "thinking" expression. B&W is great in this picture. I'd crop a little bit more from the left. Good luck in the challenge!

Regret
by arnit

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Very sharp, well contrasted shot. Pretty model! Nice framing. Challenge aspect - I'm not certain I get it....viewing up at her?? (let's just not push this too much, I'll give you back the point I took away for my not understanding!) 8 Swash

Frozen Dreams
by arnit

Comment by teachme53:
Your colors are excellent and the lighting is very good, I like the hint of shadows on the flowers. The dark background with just enough light falling on the leaves adds that extra touch to make your photo exceptional. To take this photo to the next level you would need to work on the composition of the picture. Using two flowers is extremely difficult to work with. A basic rule is to use odd numbers to help balance the picture. This could be done is several different ways. One would be to overlap the two flowers and have the leaves be your third image. Of course another flower would also do the same thing as long as they were not laying in a row. Placing the flowers on a mirror can do the same thing but this idea has been over used. None the less, your picture was one of my favorites mainly because you took an over used topic, (flowers) and took it to a new level. Great job. JG

Regret
by arnit

Comment by lisae:
Wow... this photo is beautiful. I'm not sure that it really displays "regret", as the title suggests. But it's a really gorgeous work of art. The branches from the tree, the window, and its reflections are great elements of the image even though the shallow DOF places them firmly in the background and leads you right to the woman's face. The camera angle on her face is gorgeous. The only problem I have is that the darkness of her clothing makes it hard to interpret. Is it a big turtleneck sweater? Her neck has disappeared into a black hole. I still like it though. For some reason it has a kind of 60s feel to it.

Regret
by arnit

Comment by ChrisW123:
The contrast of her agaisnt the slightly blurry background is great! I really like it.

Regret
by arnit

Comment by PTLParsons:
The eaxpression is great but it is too dark on her. To me the out of focus window really has no place in the photo. She is the photo, in my opinion. But the twig touching her forhead is very detracting and would be especially if your cropped the window out. I still think she and her expression is your photo.

Regret
by arnit

Comment by kandyj:
Am unclear a bit how this meets the perspective challenge. Nice photo. Wish the girl's neck wasn't covered up so much. Like the angle of the shot and use of dof.

Frozen Dreams
by arnit

Comment by Crafty Sue:
I like the way you captured the frozen rose.