Overwhelmed College Student
by Shmee

Comment by locutus:
Works well as a monochrome shot, especially with the lighting.

Overwhelmed College Student
by Shmee

Comment by JawnyRico:
Nice shot, damn lot of work to setup all them books. Nice lighting, nice job on the eyes looking very dramatic.

Overwhelmed College Student
by Shmee

Comment by Zoomdak:
Ha ha, I can totally feel for this. Awesome portrait, well done.

Overwhelmed College Student
by Shmee

Comment by StuckOnTheFarm:
great shot! I can relate; been there! done that! good luck with your studies!

Sticky Notes (A scene from "Bruce Almighty")
by Shmee

Comment by ericwoo:
Hey there from the Critique Club

First of all, congrats on your best finish to date, as well as your third highest score. Well-done and well-deserved.

Camera Work/Technical: This looks like it was a ton of work. You came up with a nicely creative concept and executed it nicely as well. Your focus is crisp and clear, and your tones are near flawless. My only complaint is that the Gaussian blur you added gave it too much of a cartoon-type feel.

Lighting: Your use of HDR yielded very nice and even lighting results.

Composition/Content: Very creative. I really like the stickies that have fallen off onto the floor. This added a lot of interest to the photograph, thus giving the appearance of a man falling apart under stress. Well seen in your mind's eye.

My Opinion: Definitely the best of the three similar entries. I think that you may have pulled a bit higher of a score without the background blur, but it worked well with the voters as it is.

Eric

Overwhelmed College Student
by Shmee

Comment by cool 67:
could have had better light and nicer glasses on the student or no glasses
I give it a 3

Overwhelmed College Student
by Shmee

Comment by fotomann_forever:
Nice!

Overwhelmed College Student
by Shmee

Comment by Tygerr:
Clever use of the books. The overall tone is a bit flat though. Maybe try bump up the contrast a bit, or boost some of the lighting.

Sticky Notes (A scene from "Bruce Almighty")
by Shmee

Comment by Shmee:
Yeah, I bought into the 3M stock right before my shoot...I am now a rich lady!

hehe, jk...actually I spent like $10 on sticky notes....and only used half of them :) hmm....maybe I can sell the rest on e-bay...

Overwhelmed College Student
by Shmee

Comment by crowis:
Awesome facial expression on the model. Good angle. Probably would have put the model off center though, might have given it more power.