Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets
by Pipe_Dream

Comment by oldbimmercoupe:
title too much - less is more

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets
by Pipe_Dream

Comment by bassbone:
intense lighting accentuates the intense stare on the young woman - very good work

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets
by Pipe_Dream

Comment by JulietNN:
Oh just lovely, amazing skin texture , fabulous shot well done

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets
by Pipe_Dream

Comment by RulerZigzag:
Lovely dark portrait. The use of the lighting makes her features stand out better. Her eye pops out enough to create a mood and good job filling the frame!

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets
by Pipe_Dream

Comment by crego:
beautiful shot. i love how dark it is..

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets
by Pipe_Dream

Comment by Ja-9:
nice B&W

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets
by Pipe_Dream

Comment by NikonJeb:
The title doesn't do a thing for me.....the image, however, is riveting....9

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets
by Pipe_Dream

Comment by Dr.Confuser:
Wonderful title!

Winter... stage left
by Pipe_Dream

Comment by salmiakki:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I was surprised to see this scored only a 5.1, I think it probably was worth a higher score than that. I have read the comments left during voting and can see that people did not like the artificial lighting you used. When viewing this again, after the challenge, I am inclined to agree with those comments. I actually gave you a six, as I did really like the composition. However, I do agree the person in the shot looks somewhat isolated due to the lighting.

The composition is strong, but the focus looks a little soft. The trees and hill in the background look quite soft. I have to agree with Aliqui's comment about the vignette. I do not think this was probably necessary for this particular photo. I think it detracts from the overall composition.

The colour in the sky looks a little bit unnatural and I think this may have hurt you a bit.

Overall I think this is a nice sunset photo, but given the challenge it was in, certainly does not have anywhere near enough WOW to woo the DPC voters.

Sarah

Curiosity
by Pipe_Dream

Comment by Ivory:

This is a 10 on the cute scale!!