Hope
by Eyesup

Comment by aznym:
Did you find this shot interesting? If so, why?
It's called hope. What is hope? How is hope displayed in this image?

To me, it's a very unattractive image. There's nothing in it. Useless.
I can't tell you how to score higher, but, I think you should try to look more. Look at images that interest you and ask yourself what really is that grabs you. Why an image tells you something and how it's done.

If you have something to say like 'hope', then work on ways to get the message across. A statue and a cross in the image means nothing to me and there will be many others like me too. Of course, I know what the cross is and what's it about - but not because of your photograph.

If you don't understand how something is done, you can always find out by asking on DPC or from other sources.

.... my thoughts.

Hope
by Eyesup

Comment by ionelpop:
The edges of the cross in the background look as they were processed. Besides, the white cross is not entierly in focus. With a better positioning of lights, you could have more relief. The crop is too tight.

Hope
by Eyesup

Comment by LERtastic:
Biggest reason why this didn't do good Mike, is that the size is so small. Gotta use the max 640.

Second, religous shots like this usually don't score well, not disagreeing or agreeing with that, just a fact.

The Long Walk
by Eyesup

Comment by photom1946:
the composition is fair, but the colors are horrible. the end of the hall is too busy to see just the person. good idea, but not captured well at all. (1)

Hope
by Eyesup

Comment by blue296:
Interesting idea. Needs to be larger

The Long Walk
by Eyesup

Comment by Germaine:
It's an interesting picture, but to me, it's not really a portrait.

The Long Walk
by Eyesup

Comment by bood:
I'm not a technoid freak or anything but did you burn in your blown highlights? I find it difficult to deal with highlights like this and turning them a dirty grey doesnt usually help the image. Sorry for very personal opinion!
maybe a light at the end of the tunnel brightwhite would work better?

Hope
by Eyesup

Comment by arjunas:
It would have been nice to see more detail

Hope
by Eyesup

Comment by rballermann:
The cross in the background is somewhat distracting, would have worked just as well or better on a flat black background. Using a flash off to the side would improve contrast as well.

Hope
by Eyesup

Comment by dallasdux:
I like religious icons and it is a nice photo with the depth of field blurring the wood cross behind it. But, I almost thing leaving that space on the left void (empty space) would have provided more of the themed "contrast".