Mini Zippo
by Kaizer

Comment by iamfxt:
Great shot. I think maybe a slightly larger DOF would have improved it, but great looking photo nonetheless.

Portrait on Yellow
by Kaizer

Comment by tryals15:
the tones seem really flat.

Portrait on Yellow
by Kaizer

Comment by UNTITLED:
Very nice portrait, nice focus on the eyes. Moving the subject furthur away from the background would help eliminate the ugly shadow.

Portrait on Yellow
by Kaizer

Comment by Katmystiry:
The lighting seems off here.

Portrait on Yellow
by Kaizer

Comment by hotpasta:
Stunning face and lovely pose, but the shadows in the background, especially the top right hand corner are distracting

Portrait on Yellow
by Kaizer

Comment by nomad469:
A better job could have been don here controlling the shadows by moving the subject away from the background. The lighting is uneven

Portrait on Yellow
by Kaizer

Comment by KiwiShotz:
This is good. She looks a little too shiny on the forehead and nose, but a little powder kills that. The bit that spoils it slightly is the shadow on the background. The way to fix that is to move her about a foot more out from the background and that will not be noticeable

Portrait on Yellow
by Kaizer

Comment by Jutilda:
Nice model. Beautiful eyes. Not crazy about the textured yellow wall. Her skin has a touch too much yellow, maybe it's the reflection off of the backdrop. The lighting and focus are well done.

Portrait on Yellow
by Kaizer

Comment by dwterry:
Three things I think could improve this shot a lot:

1) Move the model away from the background. This will help blur the background even more (it's not bad now), it would also darken the background a bit since more light would be on the subject than the background (light decreases with a square of the distance), and the shadow behind her head would be softened and blurred.

2) Next, if you use a Flash Bracket, it will keep your flash "above the camera" even when the camera is turned on its side for a portrait shot. The advantage here would be to keep the shadow down instead of off to the side (you might not even see it in this particular shot).

3) Finally, a quick curves adjustment for contrast, even without making any other changes, would have helped this image to score higher.

Mini Zippo
by Kaizer

Comment by puzzled:
I couldn't figure this out at first, but still thought it was a very good image. Then I read the title and now I get it - but even without knowing it's a lighter, this is a nice shot, stong entry. I especially like the lighting.