Wednesday's Moon
by LadeeM

Comment by mar10029:
Recrop to actually hit the "third"

Wednesday's Moon
by LadeeM

Comment by kena:
Nice picture, but not exactly rule of thirds.

Where Will Destiny Lead?
by LadeeM

Comment by Tammer:
Usually I'm not a fan of softness in a photo, but in this case it works for me. Nice composition.

Wednesday's Moon
by LadeeM

Comment by owen:
Not real sharp.

Caught in the Act!
by LadeeM

Comment by Sherri1209:
Very cool shot. Love the expression and the "oh no" feel.

Self
by LadeeM

Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

Hi Tara...

I apologize for being a poor critic of portraits, but I find critique particularly difficult in this arena. I'm not much of a portrait photographer myself, and I don't know most of the finer techniques of lighting and composure. All I can offer is what I feel about the photo in general.

The pose in this photo has it's 'cuteness' and the subject (yourself) seems relaxed enough and confident with the idea. IMO, there are two problems in this portrait that have probably been discussed in any commnents you received on this photo. 1. The light is flat. It would appear that the on camera flash was used, which is a rather poor source of lighting for a portrait. Some of the best portraits you will ever see may be artificially lit, but they won't 'appear' to be in most cases. They will have a natural light feeling to them. 2. As you mentioned, the processing is a bit heavy IMO. There are two levels of 'great' post processing... the kind where you can't tell it was done and the kind where it creates the mood. This one, to me, feels forced. It appears that areas of the image suffered in order to get a problem in exposure (or something else) fixed.

Try experimenting with natural light portraiture... I'm sure you will enjoy it and the results will be excellent :)

Caught in the Act!
by LadeeM

Comment by Bebe:
Cute image, I love the expression. Good use of light & shadow.

Where Will Destiny Lead?
by LadeeM

Comment by madison461:
The sky colors are too soft making it look hazy......is that what you were going for?

Caught in the Act!
by LadeeM

Comment by SandyP:
That is so cute!!! What a great model!

Primary Colors
by LadeeM

Comment by mesmeraj:
uh
5.4????? Pfft.
this was the best car picture in the affluence challenge. Give yourself a belated pat on the back girl. You deserved a lot higher.