Blushing Bride
by HawesPhotoKC

Comment by lauraodom:
Aside from the fact that blue eyes are not B&W, the eyes being the only thing in color really doesn't work for me. Maybe try doing a selective color/desat on the flowers? But just the eyes only looks a little odd. 4

The Girl Next Door
by HawesPhotoKC

Comment by muckpond:
the contrast is too washed out, and i'm not sure that the soft focus works on this one.

The Girl Next Door
by HawesPhotoKC

Comment by dahkota:
the shadow on her face is really distracting.focus good.

Blushing Bride
by HawesPhotoKC

Comment by digitalknight:
just because we can, doesn't mean we should

Blushing Bride
by HawesPhotoKC

Comment by strategicthinker:
not a bad photo, the eyes are too blue for me.

Blushing Bride
by HawesPhotoKC

Comment by zxaar:
Bewitching.

The Girl Next Door
by HawesPhotoKC

Comment by briantammy:
sorry to say that to me this all looks too blurry and the subject looks crosseyed.

The Girl Next Door
by HawesPhotoKC

Comment by hotpasta:
it's really quite messy with a lot of distracting objects, like the leaf in front of her...the focus isn't quite right, but it's a nice attempt

Blushing Bride
by HawesPhotoKC

Comment by Jedusi:
Colour in a B&W challenge . . hmmm.
To be honest I can really like this sort of thing, but I think the main picture is a bit too light, and the eyes are over saturated in contrast to the rest. Try desaturating the eyes, and making them a bit lighter. Possibly even putting a little colour back in the roses. It's a nice picture that would have scored higher without the blue.

The Girl Next Door
by HawesPhotoKC

Comment by scarbrd:
soft focus doesn't work very well on this one. Framing is interesting.