Evolution of African Face Art
by wetland

Comment by Shannon:
I don't personally care for the background in this shot, it makes the head appear as if it is floating in nowwhere and seems unnatural to me. Interesting artifact though.

Evolution of African Face Art
by wetland

Comment by admart01:
Extra credit for the yellow border and background! Good think you left room for the title and the articles! ;)
Mask angle is interesting and highlights the top/hair. I assume you found that more interesting than the mouth/chin (I think I would like to see more of those). In all a great execution of the theme.

Evolution of African Face Art
by wetland

Comment by librodo:
I commend you for the concept. A tighter composition would be better though. Great work.

Evolution of African Face Art
by wetland

Comment by OneSweetSin:
That looks like an old NG cover I remember from childhood. Was always full of the masks that were scary to little kids. Nicely done.

Evolution of African Face Art
by wetland

Comment by md8speed:
I like the mask- personally, the yellow border is a bit distracting though

To another fish...she's all heart!
by wetland

Comment by radur:
veriy nice ideea.I like it very much.

To another fish...she's all heart!
by wetland

Comment by lockjawdavis:
I had to read the title and look at the pic 3 times before it took hold. Nice way to attack this challenge!!! 8

To another fish...she's all heart!
by wetland

Comment by admart01:
Your title makes this shot and gives me the different pov I'm looking for (kind of like those gestalt foreground/background pics of the faces/vases)

To another fish...she's all heart!
by wetland

Comment by jonpink:
well noticed (the heart) sure makes is more interesting from this angle. Would have stuck a filter on to darken the sky and make it a 10. 9

Diversity - Strength in similarities, strength in differences
by wetland

Comment by Konador:
Critique Club

Hi. I think this picture shows a great array of colours, with an interesting repeating pattern. The focus and sharpness seems good in the photo, but where you have cut it out from the background you used a feathered tool. This ruins the sharpness in my opinion. It also makes it look more obviously photoshopped. Using an anti-aliased tool instead of feathered would help keep it looking sharp.

The centered composition isnt normally used in photography, but for posters I think it works okay, and is a good choice here.

I don't think the connection between the photo and the text is as strong as some others, but there is a link there. Personally, I don't like the font and colour that you used though. I think the main word, Diversity, should be bigger than the rest, because this is the main message you are trying to give. The font also looks a bit 'cliché' if you know what I mean? Is it Lucida Handwriting or something like that? I think a stronger font, or something a bit different to the norm, would have worked better. Also, Red or orange (as these are the prominent colours in the photo) may have worked better than yellow, or even a neutral colour such as white or grey.

Finally, I don't really like the choice of border. I dont think that you needed anything extra around the black, and if you had to have something, I would have thought a simple one colour border would have worked well, with a 1px keyline in another colour to separate it.