light nights and hard days
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Comment by aussie:
A very emotional photograph. B&W works very well here. Composition is brilliant as wel as the lightingl. Truely a wonderful portrait photo. GL in this weeks challenge.

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Comment by dasser:
Thanks for all your kind comments - here's my respone to them. Firstly I take on board the comments about the eyes being out of focus - I was simply just unfortunate! I had about a second to take the shot as it wasn't posed - the boy simply looked through my fence towards my son who was playing there and then was gone. However, I'm not sure I would want it different as I think it isolates the boy as an "outsider" re: the title even more. Basically I consider myself lucky to have grabbed the decent framing in that time. Also, I perhaps would remove the reflection in the left eye in spot editing though certainly not all of it - just the line across the centre. I'll settle for 8th any day!

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Comment by Gordon:
I could see this on the cover, but only if his eyes were in sharper focus than the foreground

Her red coat
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Comment by aurora:
picture seems cluttered, and too busy

Her red coat
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Comment by dsidwell:
A busy street scene; I love it. I do like how that coat gets the focus, but I also enjoy the other things that are going on here.

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Comment by FranziskaLang:
One of my favorites in this challenge. So wonderfully composed with lots of space that can be used for text, but is just as interesting w/out. Those beautiful huge brown eyes peeking through ... if I had taken this it would be hanging on my wall. You might very well get a ribbon for this :) (10)

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Comment by BobsterLobster:
Brilliant, great textures and composition. Good concept. Really nice skin tones. Only thing that spoils it are the eyes... the reflection of the wood in her left eye cuts across her pupil, lessening the impact of the photo. 9

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Comment by Kavey:
Not a particularly original treatment but nicely done. Lighting on the eyes is a little uneven - one is darker than the other. Minor issue.
8

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Comment by gaja_tz:
nice shot and composition = 7

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Comment by wewillexplore:
Nice take on an old theme. Focus looks a bit soft, lighting looks a bit direct and hard. 8