My Cup Runneth Over
by bdenny

Comment by dahkota:
love the subtle tones. 9

Day 12 - Sophie
by bdenny

Comment by abranton:
Adorable! What breed is she? I have a toy fox terrier named Angel. My Mom had to adopt her b/c I found I am allergic to dogs. Sophie kind of looks like a fox terrier, but I won't assume. She is adorable. They have the sweetest & most Angelic looks! Great capture.

White Stripes
by bdenny

Comment by howzitboy:
id crop it tighter and make abstract out of it. as it is now, it dont tell a story...

Lifeguard Station
by bdenny

Comment by howzitboy:
just seems to cluttered up for my tastes. id rather have 2 or 3 objects then 5 or 6. they are all competing with who should be the main one!

her skin
by bdenny

Comment by Melethia:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Initial reaction was a good one - very smooth, very silky in overall effect, so I'd say you met the challenge well. There is a bit of unnecessary tension created by cropping off her elbow on the left side of the picture - I think that one little thing disrupts the flow of the image a bit. Your commenters liked it very well and you did an excellent job with the light - adding to your notes that you used fabric over the onboard flash is a good learning tip for others. Good use of shadow, nice rich, warm color.

Your score is pretty good in my opinion (more 6s than 5s and more 7s than 4s) and may have been a bit higher had you not cropped the elbow. There are some factions who don't like photographs of art or sculptures regardless of how well they're presented - you'll simply not win them over.

The Picture of Dorian Gray
by bdenny

Comment by codfish:
I like the mood of this photo

her skin
by bdenny

Comment by SandyP:
Oooooooh, nice Brian! Wonderfully smoothe and silky! :)

The Picture of Dorian Gray
by bdenny

Comment by Halim:
nice shot

The Picture of Dorian Gray
by bdenny

Comment by DefyTime:
This shot makes me think. I get the play on words with his name Gray and he is in color. Why is this guy looking at the shot and smoking so much. Is it a reletive that just died. Is he a hitman getting ready to do the job. Really like what you did her with the composition and all. I do think it lacks a bit in contrast though...that would have made the whole thing pop more and be even more interesting.

The Picture of Dorian Gray
by bdenny

Comment by sidpixel:
Well thought out, good concept but I think you could have made a lot more impact with it. The desat works well but I'm not sure what the fag and ashtray adds, and I think I would have turned the picture away and shot it with the picture as the dominant part of the image and the model in a similar pose. If all that makes sense perhaps you could explain to me what I'm on about! Please take my remarks as the constructive criticism they are intended as. Good luck