DSC_6639-Edit
by m3snow

Comment:
Wonderful focus on the eyes and nice B/W tones here with good contrast. A touch of an issue with composition created by cutting off the dog at the left side of the frame. Landscape orientation may have been better.

Doe Rae Me
by MinsoPhoto

Comment:
This would have been so much better if the top of your head wasn't showing! Raise those arms up a tad!! The processing and the shot/lighting are well done.

JOY
by Barroness

Comment:
I am voting this a 6 for great emotion. I am seeing either camera shake due to use of slow shutter speed which leaves motion blur, or a missed focus with wide open aperture and a lack of anything sharp, including the background which isn't moving.

State Park
by jaysonmc

Comment:
This is a nice starting point. You showed some good compositional elements by placing an object in the foreground and using the leading line of the shoreline to lead to the foggy hillside in the background. A few ideas to bring it to the next level would include, shooting at a lower viewpoint using a landscape orientation, then in post processing use separate gradient filters to bring down the exposure of the sky to show the contrasty clouds, raise the exposure of the foreground to show the highlights in the water, and use a layer mask to exposing the land a little higher than the water.

Voyages in the Shadow
by Lydia

Comment:
This is a wonderful portrait but not a real good example of high contrast in my opinion. This is very diffuse lighting creating an even contrast throughout the photo on the subject. A better example would have been to have her stand out in full sun.

Break
by Bensted

Comment:
The angle of view does not accentuate the shape one bit. If I didn't know anything about billiards, I would not know the shape was a triangle.

Foundation — the Origin of a House
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Too much Topaz!! Nice light though!

oh this night, this wonderful night that we call bella notte (origin Italy)
by Mona

Comment:
Totally missed the focus! You put it right on the baby in the window!

Big Red (homage to "RED" by ScooterMcNutty)
by smardaz

Comment:
Surely this shot gets a "Best in Show" award!!! Made me laugh and laugh!

A World of Buttons
by PennyStreet

Comment:
Really cool but the subjects appear way too far away to see any detail.