Tara on a old bridge
by bstewart

Comment by LindaLee:
For me, the background competes for attention with the girl. My eyes are continually drawn away from her face to all of the bright areas in the background.

Tara on a old bridge
by bstewart

Comment by fotofrog:
Nice portrait and expression. The background is a little distracting though. Great effort!

Tara on a old bridge
by bstewart

Comment by bod:
A lovely shot. The subject stands out from the background nicely, a good job 'losing' what could have been a major distraction. The light on the girder even gives a nice strong line to the back of her head. Excellent work, well done.

Tara on a old bridge
by bstewart

Comment by justine:
She reminds me of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. Cute girl, cute pose and good lighting. Congrats. Good luck.

Tara on a old bridge
by bstewart

Comment by lmhr:
very nice. the bridge adds a more interesting element to the shot. I like it.

Tara on a old bridge
by bstewart

Comment by alanfreed:
Reminds me of Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz :) Nicely done!

Lips
by bstewart

Comment by PTLParsons:
Don't know if you noticed but the lipstick has run off the lips onto the face on the left corner, down around to about the center. This is very distracting with as dark and outstanding as the lipstick is. Also the lips are not outlined evenly. My understand of outlining is to even up the lips, or shape them. But that's my opinion. Otherwise the photo is clear with good tones. Just a little too bright with the lipstick. But not bad photo. It's a 5 in my opinion. PTL

The 4 basic food groups
by bstewart

Comment by Jacko:
Yessir, you won't live long,. but you'll have a good life. :)

The 4 basic food groups
by bstewart

Comment by Harz_Joerg:
LOL: that's a keeper and should be placed on everyone's fridge. Like the composition too. Could be less bright in my opinion though.

Lips
by bstewart

Comment by bamaster:
I might have preferred there be _less_ clarity. With the light at that angle, the texture of the skin pops out, when the focus is supposed to be the lips. Nit sure how to obtain this without some type of camera lens filter or with some clever post processing. I think the lighting created a hot spot on her nose too. Not sure how I feel about the lips being slightly cropped. This photo stands out a lot in the challenge.