Needful Things
by jmsetzler

Comment by courtenay27:
The photo is pretty good by itself but with the title, the impact of "something new" really hits. I know I have had that feeling many times before at Best Buy. You may have chosen to frame this as you did (not capturing the models entire face) because of possibly losing the detail of the Best Buy sign in the sunglasses and then losing the overall impact but the face being cut off at the lower lip gives the portrait a somewhat awkward look and feel even though my eyes are still drawn to the sunglasses and the BB reflection. Maybe keeping more of the lower face in frame would have helped that. Over all, though, It's a really good job.
Score: 6
Courtenay

Needful Things
by jmsetzler

Comment by Kaz:
Very origional idea. :)

Needful Things
by jmsetzler

Comment by jimmsp:
Something new.
Composition - pretty good
Technical Aspects - pretty good.
Meets Challenge - yes
Visual Impact / Originality ΓΆ€“ pretty good
Jim msp

Needful Things
by jmsetzler

Comment by autool:
Composition6
Technical Aspects5
Appeal4
Creativity5
Rating5Autool

Needful Things
by jmsetzler

Comment by Jenguin:
Although this is a wonderful shot, with very vibrant colors... I fail to see the "new" part of this photo. New sunglasses? New store? Sorry, 6 for trying!

Needful Things
by jmsetzler

Comment by BAMartin:
This is such a clever photo. Cropping and DOF are both perfect. BAMartin

Needful Things
by jmsetzler

Comment by Gracious:
If one were to look only at the thumbnail, the meaning of this would be lost. Once I opened the image though, I didn't have to look too deeply to see what's putting a smile on this kid's face.....NEW STUFF! Kewl! Exposure is excellent, very good crop and I like the upward angle. One other thing is that I haven't seen too many images on here with blue sky. Nice to see. Good job!

Needful Things
by jmsetzler

Comment by MrsKro:
For 10 bucks spent...you get a 10. :) I think this is a great idea and well..it's just excellent, what else could anyone say? kdjohnson

Needful Things
by jmsetzler

Comment by Gordon:
clever. Maybe could have been cropped tighter, to just have the eyes/ hair/ sky ?

Needful Things
by jmsetzler

Comment by Kavey:
I like this most of all for the originality. It's great to see so much blue at the top, which I might not normally like, but in this case it really makes me think about him making use of his new gear and looking right up to the sun. I like that his mouth is only just in shot.
8, Kavey

PS Just noticed the Best Buys reflection in his sunglasses, can't believe I missed that after looking at this photo about 10 times already. That's superb positioning and adds an extra 1.
9, Kavey