Benny Crespo's Gang
by thorgils

Comment by pamelasue:
nice composition ...

Benny Crespo's Gang
by thorgils

Comment by jsc9306:
the moving hand kills it. otherwise beautiful picture, nice lighting.

Benny Crespo's Gang
by thorgils

Comment by WillSnaps:
sorry i don't get the cultural significance. don't know who benny is? but a nice shot in low lighting. 5

Phantom of the ruins
by thorgils

Comment by md8speed:
Very nice feeling to this picture

Phantom of the ruins
by thorgils

Comment by stphw:
I like the DOF of the walls here. And our main man seems to fit into his environment. It a bit of putting though that he is in clear focus but the wall that is also in clear focus is well behind him.

Phantom of the ruins
by thorgils

Comment by dagaleaa:
I like this photo a lot. I think you read what you want into a photo like this, and that is what makes it different. One photo can tell many various stories. A 10!

Phantom of the ruins
by thorgils

Comment by sevilduvarci:
love this, very nice combination of all these different elements and layers. the tones are great as well.

Phantom of the ruins
by thorgils

Comment by edwalk74:
Very cool spooky image. Nice.

Raqs Sharqi
by thorgils

Comment by jblaylockrayner:
Nice movement caught but compositionally and subject a little uninteresting.

Where to now?
by thorgils

Comment by yanko:
Greetings from the Critique Club

My first impression unfortunately is about the technicals. While I like grainy images this one doesn't quite work for me. It kinda looks like you cropped this very tightly and that's why it looks the way it does.

That aside the composition does do some good things. You made the best out of that background and you gave the subject some negative space. However for this challenge context is king and you didn't give your subject enough of a surrounding to better understand the moment. Her expression could be made more interesting if more was shown.

Lighting, contrast and b/w conversion are all good.