No Giant Steps
by raish

Comment by bmartuch:
Very nice shot. Everything seems to fit together so nicely. I can't believe this didn't score higher than it did. Nice job with the moon.

A Vietnamese Hat in a Norwegian Attic
by raish

Comment by gjumi:
6

Raising the Iron Curtain
by raish

Comment by noraneko:
Raish,
I, too, would have given this a good score. Probably a 7, maybe even an 8 with a slightly tighter crop and a bit of sharpening. I like the angle and the woman's stance, which is tough yet vulnerable at the same time.

No Giant Steps
by raish

Comment by LalliSig:
Well three things bother me with this shot and made me vote a 3. The first and smallest thing is that there is no face in this shot to make me identify with anyone. Then I dislike the image quality, fisrt the color noise, most visible in the hands and then the selective desaturation, most visibleon the brown cap and blue jacket towards the tops.

Thirdly and this is the big thing, that backround just really looks fake and unreal and just doesn´t do it for me, sorry :(

Christmas Future
by raish

Comment by lcotterman:
Beautiful!

Soldiers Powered by Your Child's Imagination. Non-Rechargeable.
by raish

Comment by JuliBoc:
Excellent idea. OOBIE worthy! I think the other commenters have done a good job of figuring out how to improve the shot, and why it didn't score well. Focus always has a lot to do with the score. I'm still struggling with this 'too busy' thing in my own photos. I have yet to understand when or why something is too busy. I think the thing that is the most distracting here is the crop at the bottom that nicks off the bottom of the primary object.

Christmas Future
by raish

Comment by maxaz1:
the eyes say it all. Nice.

In Scandinavia, Inches Are Called Thumbs
by raish

Comment by Blue Moon:
haha! I like you title. However, I think the quality of the image could have been greatly improved if the color, brightness and contrast had been manipulated more.

A Vietnamese Hat in a Norwegian Attic
by raish

Comment by garretht:
The door is a little distracting for me. Nice shot otherwise though.

No Giant Steps
by raish

Comment by Gordon:
the top half doesn't seem to have much to do with the bottom half of the shot.