A Winner?
by Gunnsi

Comment by yanko:
Greetings from CTP2

Technicals:
The lighting didn't come out well but you did do a good job of minimizing the hot spots. As for the color it looks a bit dull to me. Maybe some photoshoping with the levels could have helped that a bit.

Subject/composition:
Good idea for the subject. However, it wasn't immediatley obvious to me due to the crop and the translucent board. I think this might have been one of those occassions where a view from the top would have been better.

Suggestions for Improvement:
Hard to provide much here really. Honestly I think I would have just shot something else with more features rather than those translucent elements which seem like a nightmare to light. However, if you are going to shoot that try that above angle that I mentioned earlier. If anything it would make the idea easier to see in the image.

Tired after the hiking tour
by Gunnsi

Comment by lastef:
Definitely hot cheaks, and a tired face.

A Winner?
by Gunnsi

Comment by megano:
neat idea!

il musicista
by Gunnsi

Comment by Oddfrog:
Hi from CP2

The colours are bright and the composition and lighting are good.
The lighting does seem a bit harsh...

The Darkroom Chronicles
by Gunnsi

Comment by ursulas:
Redhot and funny and moody. Well done.

A Winner?
by Gunnsi

Comment by boyhuntsforbliss:
nice tic-tac-toe set!

il musicista
by Gunnsi

Comment by yanko:
Greetings from CTP2

Technicals:
The lighting is good but it feels a bit intense because of her squinting. The color and detail are good but her face could be sharper. With the amount of light you had available you should have shot this with a much smaller aperture, which would have helped produce a sharper image of her face.

Subject/composition:
I like the choice in subject with her instrument and medal included. The composition is also good. There's some space around her yet she isn't in the center, which I like. The background isn't distracting or anything like that but there is some detail there but that detail doesn't tell me anything more about her. In other words I think maybe something with less features should have been used or a background that in some way told us more about her or her music. Unless of course she's a street performer! In which case scratch the background comment. :P

Verdict/Summary:
I think if the issues I mentioned were corrected this would have been a 6+ scoring image, IMO.

Message edited by author 2006-05-22 22:24:57.

Tired after the hiking tour
by Gunnsi

Comment by NoahGoldman:
heat?

il musicista
by Gunnsi

Comment by alexgarcia:
Hello from �lex, of the CTP MkII

First Impression: Congrats to the winner
Composition: Very good composition IMO, with the girl in one of the thids, the accordion down and the free space on the left up. The BG is OK.
Subject: Meets perfectly the challenge. Cute girl, but with too much sun to her, so she cannot have her eyes wide open.
Technical: The light is too strong (maybe midday?) and that creates some technical problems: the colors are a bit washed and need more contrast for me; the shadows are too large up-down in her face. And the focus is a bit off her face, it's more on the instrument.
Improvement: Make the shot sooner or later in the day (if the girl is available, LOL).
Summary: A very good composition a bit scored down for the problems on lighting.

�lex

Móskarðshnjúkar og Skálafell
by Gunnsi

Comment by Brad:
Wow!
This is beautiful!!