Smiles
by ScooterMcNutty

Comment by geinafets:
The light on her is very beautiful and I love the texture of the floor, but I'm distracted by the things in the background.

Smiles
by ScooterMcNutty

Comment by LonnieD:
Not a very flattering angle IMO.

lovealways
by ScooterMcNutty

Comment by Ja-9:
what a wonderful overlay!!!

sharp angles
by ScooterMcNutty

Comment by roz:
this is so excellent sofia .. love the crop .. love the feel .. its a brilliant image .. :)

sharp angles
by ScooterMcNutty

Comment by Jutilda:
I love the crop. The blur ads to the mystery and allure.

rain-drops
by ScooterMcNutty

Comment by Alain:
Very nice!

Do we really have FREEDOM?
by ScooterMcNutty

Comment by zencow:
I like it, but I'm into macro, bokeh, and abstracts. This should have scored at least a point higher (like the average commenter score). Someone else commented on cropping, but I wonder if that would loose some of the fence to convey your idea. Worth experimenting on to see what you can do with it and see what you like for yourself.

Edit: typo fix

Message edited by author 2010-09-11 18:14:57.

SunSet
by ScooterMcNutty

Comment by Jutilda:
Oh the fall colors are almost edible!!!! I love the play of light and shadow. Killer bokeh at the bottom left. :)

me1
by ScooterMcNutty

Comment by jdannels:
Hi Sofia,
I hope you don't mind I played with your image a bit. I brightened it up using a levels and a curve in soft light mode and adjusted the opacity down a bit. I also used selective color and color balance on separate parts(hair and skin). I also copied the image and ran Luko USM technique on it and then erased out your skin and, half opacity on your hair and nose, but left your eyes sharp. One thing I did notice is that you are not using Save for the Web to save your web images. This image you uploaded is in Adobe1998 color space, while most browsers assume an image is in Srgb color space. This means that most likely this image does not look the same as how you intended in photoshop. Use Save for the web, it will get rid of the exif data and will allow you the greatest chance to get the most detail for the web. Atleast for challenges, in your portfolio there are no size restrictions. Also your eyes are amazing! I saved the .psd file if yuo would like to see it. If not, no big deal :)

me1
by ScooterMcNutty

Comment by GiorgioBaruffi:
beautiful portrait of a really beautiful girl, so genuine... i like colors, the eyes are awesome... many compliments!