One
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Comment by adine:
A successful "noir" lighting effect. Very dramatic!

One
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Comment by h2:
good crop, nice lighting, just wish there was more detail in the foreground

One
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Comment by BrianR:
Dramatic photo, but not quite there...

One
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Comment by missinseattle:
LOVE the angle of this. Excellent work!

Peace
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Comment by IreneM:
I think this may be more of a candid than a portrait, but it's colourful and good.

Peace
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Comment by sadiebird:
peace right back at you...great catch!

Peace
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Comment by Blackbox:
Looks like a real character...nice capture. Peace to you too!

Peace
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Comment by jrdawson:
I would try cropping so the emphasis is more on the mans face and hand. I find there is too many other things in the photo.

Peace
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Comment by jaysonmc:
I like the contrast, lighting and pose. However, I am not sure what the Landscape format gives you but dead space...

And the Light Emerged from His Hand
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Comment by TooCool:
From the Critique Club:

What I like: I love how you have combined breaking the rules with following the rules. You have a great third line with your model (youself) on the rightmost vertical third. You broke the rules by putting your horizon right on the center horizontal line. This works very well! Good tones in the sunset.

What I don't like: This shot is extremely contrasty! I would love to be able to see more detail in the horizon line instead of the almost solid black. You're highlites are almost blown out while your shadows are almost completely black. I wanna see what is there but it ain't there. Nothing here seems to really be in focus. It might be, but it don't look like it is. This is part of the downfall of such a harsh backlighting. It also (the backlighting) makes it look oversharpened.

Why didn't it score better? This challenge was about shadows. You have shadows, but they are overwhelmed by the darkness of the silhoutte of the background. The first thing I thought when I saw this shot wasn't shadow but glowing silhouette of the subject. If you look at the higher scoring shots in this and the other shadow challenges, you will see that the shadow plays a much more prominent role in the shot.

Hope this helps,
TC