Set Me Free
by Natasha

Comment by Anachronite:
good capture of the elephant looking down.. that adds to it's look of no hope.. not a bad shot for such a difficult creature to capture emotion with... great use of black and white also

Love has No Boundaries
by Natasha

Comment by kandyj:
Critique Club:

Meeting the Challenge: Excellent job of this. Title also works well with this photo. It looks like the wife is comforting the husband in a time of sadness.

Composition: Excellent, wouldn't change anything about the composition, except one tiny thing. For some reason, the necklace on the husband distracts me just a little bit, as all of the photo is either darkness or human, except for this. No big deal, just being really picky about this detail. I like how the two bodies meld together as if their souls were joined.

Technical Quality: The lighting is nice and provides tons of contrast. As I noted below, personally, I would have like a little less shadow on the wife's face. Nice use of sepia. No post-processing errors noted.

Creativity: Very good, it's hard to portray a couple and add the emotion that this photo portrays.

Conclusion:
A very nice photo, would have expected it to score a little higher, but this was a competitive challenge.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me!
Kandice

Set Me Free
by Natasha

Comment by biohazardix:
ummmm....... no

Repitition in form
by Natasha

Comment by Corey:
Great shot I love the way the lights mirror the shape of her back.

Repitition in form
by Natasha

Comment by rmahan:
I really like the way the lights follow the lady's back. You either got a GREAT grab shot or you set this up beautifully!

Repitition in form
by Natasha

Comment by redfig:
I love this B+W it works so well -10

Repitition in form
by Natasha

Comment by jjbeguin:
Very nice approach to repetition with different volumes, quite festive as well. 10

Repitition in form
by Natasha

Comment by kiwiness:
I love it! The crop is excellent and the lights follow the form of the girl's back. The crop is good and the challenge is met for sure! You did well to do this one in black and white. Does the girl have a phone number?

Repitition in form
by Natasha

Comment by Azrifel:
Lovely compsotion, but it is bit soft for my liking.

Repitition in form
by Natasha

Comment by smellyfish1002:
There are images in the challenge that have more visual appeal than this one, but this is the most clever by far! Did you set this up? Or was it your sharp eye that caught this repeating pattern? either way, I like it a lot. Is that a dress, or fancy pajamas??? If it's fancy underwear/pajamas, then I'd be inclined to think this shot is set up. Either way, I like it! 8 Good luck in the challenge!
JD Anderson