The Light of Life
by hallgrg

Comment by ErinKirsten:
Gorgeous shot! You were heads above the others in your score and well deserved. Congratulations to you on your blue!!

The Light of Life
by hallgrg

Comment by hallgrg:

Originally posted by jmsetzler: Greetings from the Critique Club... This photo obviously meets the challenge very well :) I don't often grab a first place image through the Critique Club queue, but I got lucky today. Great images are always rather easy to critique, because it's difficult to find anything critical to say about them. Your creative use of lighting and post processing on this image create a lot of visual and emotional impact in the story you are telling with your camera. The theme is obvious, and I particularly like the contrast provided between life and death through the use of the old tombstone and the young girl. On the technical side, the only suggestion I have for you would be to have used a slightly smaller aperture than the chosen f/1.4. The focus on the young girl is strong, but in my humble opinion, I think the cross on the tombstone should get equal attention in the realm of sharpness and focus. The camera angle with these subjects allowed the cross to fall slightly behind the depth of field with this technique. The great images continue to flow from Iceland :) Great work... Kudos :)

Thanks for this John. I agree with you. The 1.4 narrows the DOF quite a bit and the image is certainly not without errors :-)

The Light of Life
by hallgrg

Comment by jeger:
Great shot. Congrats!

The Light of Life
by hallgrg

Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

This photo obviously meets the challenge very well :) I don't often grab a first place image through the Critique Club queue, but I got lucky today. Great images are always rather easy to critique, because it's difficult to find anything critical to say about them. Your creative use of lighting and post processing on this image create a lot of visual and emotional impact in the story you are telling with your camera. The theme is obvious, and I particularly like the contrast provided between life and death through the use of the old tombstone and the young girl. On the technical side, the only suggestion I have for you would be to have used a slightly smaller aperture than the chosen f/1.4. The focus on the young girl is strong, but in my humble opinion, I think the cross on the tombstone should get equal attention in the realm of sharpness and focus. The camera angle with these subjects allowed the cross to fall slightly behind the depth of field with this technique.

The great images continue to flow from Iceland :) Great work... Kudos :)

The Light of Life
by hallgrg

Comment by vawendy:
Awesome job!! very nicely done--congrats on the blue!

The Light of Life
by hallgrg

Comment by liberty:
Congrats!! this was a hard one..Love the picture!

The Light of Life
by hallgrg

Comment by SandyP:
This is perfect for this challenge, and you did it so well. Its haunting, yet enchanting at the same time. Congratulations on top honors with this one.

The Light of Life
by hallgrg

Comment by biggis:
töff þessi og til hamingju með borðan

Message edited by author 2009-08-05 07:43:24.

The Light of Life
by hallgrg

Comment by gummist:
Bara kúl mynd ! Klárlega winner, til hamingju með þetta !

The Light of Life
by hallgrg

Comment by Snorrib:
Hvað sagði ég! Frábær mynd Halli og innilega til hamingju með sigurinn.