a little noir
by ursula

Comment:
Moody and well done... I like it a lot.

There is no Spoon
by mbardeen

Comment:
Excellent, nothing like a Magritte reference in a challenge entry!

Despondency
by bil99

Comment:
Great portrait... my only nit here (which you have probably heard before) is that the t-shirt under the sweatshirt is a bit distracting. Otherwise, it's a great shot.

Anger
by hawkida

Comment:
I'm not sure that your title fits... you don't really look angry to me in this portrait.

Me, Myself & I
by jonpink

Comment:
Excellent lighting.

"Monitoring" Myself
by HMetal

Comment:
I like this concept a lot... I wish you had paid more ttention to your background, however. It is a bit distracting.

Steamed Up
by RiderGal

Comment:
Talyalicious!

Seriously, great photograph. Nice, pose, sexy without being too revealing to really be a portrait. A hard shot to do well but you succeeded.

For Mother's Day
by myqyl

Comment:
*Critique Club*

FIRST IMPRESSION: A bit busy in the foreground, and I don't like the font.

CHALLENGE: Meets the challenge.

COMPOSITION: Perhaps the most bothersome items in this image are tha man in the foreground whose feet are cut off, and the abandoned chair and other items. Other than that this is a pretty good shot.

TECHNICAL: Though this could be a trick of perspective the shot does seem tilted slightly counterclockwise. Exposure and color are good, however.

CONCLUSION: A good shot, unfortunately the items that could have made it better were largely out of your control.

Thanks for sharing and good luck in future challenges!

Abled
by MarkRob

Comment:
*Critique Club*

FIRST IMPRESSION: THought it was a bicycle tire until I noticed the outside part of the wheel. Once I saw that the hand made sense.

CHALLENGE: Meets the challenge.

COMPOSITION: Composition is excellent. I wonder if shooting from a little bit to the side might have helped the voters realize what this was though. I don't think the voters were able to get enough context in the short time the average voter typically spends on a photograph.

TECHNICAL: Technical aspects are excellent. I like the short depth of field.

CONCLUSION: A very good image, but one that I think would need to be approached slightly differently for the voters to grasp. Remember, most voters spend only a few seconds per image when voting.

Thanks for sharing and good luck in future challenges!

Don't Forget Me
by petremi

Comment:
*Critique Club*

FIRST IMPRESSION: Quite unnatural color.

CHALLENGE: Meets the challenge.

COMPOSITION: Composition is reasonably good, though it might have been stronger if you included less of the foreground.

TECHNICAL: The most striking technical issue in this photograph is the unnatural color. It appears the white balance may have been set incorrectly. If it is set to a manual setting, perhaps returning to automatic would have helped; if it is in automatic then perhaps setting a custom white-balance would have strengthened the image. Depth of field, exposure, etc. all appear appropriate for the shot.

CONCLUSION: A good entry. More attention to the color probably would have been the single most effective way to increase your score.

Thanks for sharing and good luck in future challenges!