Morning Pastures
by alexjack

Comment by riversong:
Lovely!

Morning Pastures
by alexjack

Comment by rugman1969:
Beautiful!

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Comment by LalliSig:
Well you asked for my comment so here goes :) Pretty wife, pretty light and well exposed and I like the DOF. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this shot technically so my best guess is why it didn´t score better is maybe DPC is getting used to these technically good photos that you need a little more. I mean she is really pretty and has a lovely smile but it seems a bit like that´s all there is, she isn´t really portraying any deep emotion and you don´t really connect to her in the shot, who she is and that kind of stuff, she´s "just" a pretty lady with a pretty smile.

Also I guess a couple of those low votes were from anal people who think catchlights meant you didn´t use natural lighting from it so they DNMC voted it.

That´s my best guess :)

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Comment by HeiSch:
Very nice portrait of your wife, Jack. It does look natural with your carefull PP. Guess your prediction of a 5.7 came true.

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Comment by SaraR:
An appealing portrait that gives the viewer a bit of an insight into the person rather than just concentrating on individual facial features. Your subtle post processing is spot on. Very good work.

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Comment by LaRee:
Great portrait. The lighting is very good. You must have used a reflector to fill in under the cap brim? Very nice work.

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Comment by alavattam:
like the photo, but wish that the neck had little less light (lower exposure maybe?)

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Comment by benee:
nice expression, nice background blur - I find the hat takes away from her eyes -

yellow
by alexjack

Comment by LalliSig:
Greetings from the Critique club :)

I am going to keep this prett short as I don´t really have much to say about the image. I didn´t vote and if I did I probably would have voted a 5 and just moved on to the next image without commenting. It´s not that the shot is bad, not at all, sharp, good detail in everything that is supposed to be in focus. It´s a bit dark for my taste but nothing that is hurting the shot. It´s just that, and after viewing your profile I think you know this very well yourself, that the shot is not terribly interesting in any way. Sure it meets the challenge, but there is nothing interesting about it in regards to lighting, composition or perspective.

Again, I think you know this, judging by your portfolio and again, this is far from a bad shot :)

I noticed that most of these flowers have 8 petals and judging from that, plucking one petal away and taking a macro of just one flower would have been what I had done if I had been there with this challenge in mind but that´s just me :)

Kind regards from Iceland, Lárus.

Quiet is Music for the Soul
by alexjack

Comment by KIM986:
Beautiful! LOVE the color and stillness.