Blindfolded
by stars and sons

Comment by swankFoto:
what is the statement here?

Blindfolded
by stars and sons

Comment by maddyy:
I don´t understand this photo

Blindfolded
by stars and sons

Comment by arhunt35:
Nice picture but I don't see a non tenuous education link

Blindfolded
by stars and sons

Comment by BigK:
Nice pic... but education?

Alone with a wall
by stars and sons

Comment by Makka:
* Greetings from the Critique Club *

First up, I really like the subject and idea you have used here. The lone figure adds a lot of character to the photo. Well done!

What has really hurt this photo with the voters is the blown highlights both in the foreground and especially at the end of the tunnel in the background. By looking at the photo it appears to be a winter/snow landscape and with the outside light hitting that snow it's really blowing things out. It's a hard one though as I know I have had very contrasty photos like this myself and it's difficult to control that balance so as to not lose any detail in the darker areas. A tough one to work on without using a filter on your lens.

I like that the tunnel is not quite centred in your framing. Maybe you could of cropped the photo slightly tighter to remove the edge of the tunnel from both front bottom corners as they just distract slightly. Looking at the detail within the tunnel your focus looks good too.

All up, you met the challenge with your post processing but it's the blown highlights which let it down with the voters. Well done on your highest score to date though and best of luck with future challenges.

Neil

Alone with a wall
by stars and sons

Comment by posthumous:
I don't know why such a striking photo didn't score higher. I gave you an 8.

Alone with a wall
by stars and sons

Comment by lienskliw:
What a huge contrast, may have preferred it to be a little more grayscale, but the black and white is very strong and meets the brief perfectly.

Alone with a wall
by stars and sons

Comment by bseifipour:
too blown out.

Pride
by stars and sons

Comment by arsenal:
this should have scored way better

Pride
by stars and sons

Comment by arnit:
Critique Club:
The same shot without the guy walking by would have been alot less interesting. So... good job on that! It really looks like he was just walking by and saw this graffiti and took a look. If he was doing this for you especially for the shoot congrats him on the good modeling job :) I like the symmetry in it. The walls on each side are just perfect. Not to big and not to small. The focus is on the graffiti. Everything leads to the graffiti. Excellent job. The contrast is also just spot on.
Best regards, Arnit