hidden emotion
by Loweese

Comment by Photonurd:
Nice idea, but the image overall is a bit dark and could use some contrast work. Double check focus too. 8o)

hidden emotion
by Loweese

Comment by Melethia:
A little too soft and flat as far as lighting to score well, but nicely composed.

hidden emotion
by Loweese

Comment by minniedent:
Focus a bit too soft.

hidden emotion
by Loweese

Comment by photom1946:
i wish this was in focus! otherwise a (2)

hidden emotion
by Loweese

Comment by daboardergirl:
The lighting isn't the greatest and it seems out of focus.

hidden emotion
by Loweese

Comment by lauraodom:
A little too soft on the focus for my taste.

hidden emotion
by Loweese

Comment by dallasdux:
Image appears to be out of focus. Border is a bit excessive as well.

hidden emotion
by Loweese

Comment by ragamuffingirl:
I think the focus is slightly off.

10
by Loweese

Comment by eschelar:
Good to see you back in action!

This shot seems to have a few major obstacles.

#1 is the light. It's almost good. It suffers a bit from not having left your hand in one spot long enough... For that purpose it's possible that you could have benefited from actually stopping down a bit (to keep the highlights in the flame controlled), but increasing the exposure a little to weight the light towards your hand... This would have brought a lot more sharpness to the hand (if you could keep it still for a few seconds) as well as possibly picking up a few interesting flarelights in the candle.

#2 is the composition. The other candles are really more of a distraction here... Without the other candles, this picture would come up a lot.

If it were me, I would have maybe added a bit of drama by bringing the crop right up, removing the candles, darkening the arm just a bit, shifting some of the reds out and adding a knife on the floor... I would have maybe called it something like "10 seconds left" or something... I wish I had the PS skillz to add the knife... :)

10
by Loweese

Comment by crik:
Very clever. I had to look for a minute to find the 10.