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Comment by kiwiness:
I guess this is the photo mentioned in the forum. I hope it stays in because I like it a lot. Only thing that distracts me a little are those lines in the top right hand corner, was that caused by bordering? Otherwise good, the crop is very fitting.

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Comment by cathysapp:
How were you able to get the vignette effect within the rules?

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Comment by kandyj:
Critique Club:

Meeting the Challenge: Very well done. Any mom (or parent) should appreciate this look of desparation, even though some of the voter's didn't.

Composition and technical: I think that this may be a little problematic.

The angle of the shot and the cropping makes her arm and body look really small in comparison to her head, and maybe her forehead a little proportionally large.

There is a little light spot in the upper left that is a bit distracting. A little rotation and tighter crop could have eliminated some of your problems. and intensified the subject.

I also like to see the eyes more at 2/3rds up the photo rather than in the middle, although I know this was definitely not a posed shot for this difficult challenge.

The B/W works well to add to the mood of this photo.

The angle of the shot and lighting makes the eyes look quite a bit different even though the lighting on either side of the face doesn't look that extremely different. I have this same problem with eyes when I take pictures of our cats (our kids are grown, so the cats are our 'babies'!).

Also, as noted below, the skin almost looks too flat, but it also looks like you used a flash for this shot. You might try softening the flash by putting something over it to soften it down a little. Sometimes I have used a nylon hose or a makeshift bounce from a card over mine to help spread it out. It would have helped with that shadow on her shoulder, which adds to the "smallness" of her body.

Overall: Excellent idea for the challenge, and good candid photo of this ill child. Needed a little technical improvement. HOpe I haven't been too critical, but also wanted to try to be helpful. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. Kandice

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Comment by ChrisW123:
Well first... This is a great picture! But it looks like you used illegal filters to get it. I'll give an 8 for now.

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Comment by WILDBLUE:
Nice shot. I like the sephia tone. Perfect cropping. How did you get the fading effect around the image? 7.

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Comment by e301:
Wow. Fantastically bizarre - especially the ageing and colouring. Great shot

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Comment by shutterfly:
This is pretty. I would really like to know how you got the shading border.

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Comment by LindaLee:
Nice shot; how did you get the border fade legally?? I love shots of trees, and the black and white is great, as is the composition. Very nice.

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Comment by jmsetzler:
this is a good photo about lines, but the lines don't really lead to anything or support the subject or point of interest... the lines are the point of interest instead... - setzler

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Comment by Sonifo:
I think this picture is illigal, but will vote as if it isn't. Great shot. I like the suddle sepia tones. the tree is beautiful. Good luck.