Musa in Repose
by vawendy

Comment:
I like the grain, the textured background and the nice long shadow. A minor critique would be to say that it is a little on the bright side, but you did get detail in the shadows and the highlights indicating a good exposure.

small cottage
by Mona

Comment:
You got good color, sharpness, exposure, a lot of contrast and an off center subject. Unfortunately the subject is rather mundane and the photo is lacking a dynamic aspect such as motion, extreme depth of field, etc.

Oops!
by Kelli

Comment:
I never thought to combine the grungy, contrasty look with a baby photo. That would be another thing wrong! LOL!

Seeds
by paynekj

Comment:
I am really not seeing the backlighting here. The back of the lines of the seed pod appears to be in shadow while all the highlights appear to be on the front.

New Growth
by Ammie

Comment:
It could be an otical illusion, but to me the horizon seems to be tilted to the right. The mountain is sloping that way I know, but it just seems to be off rotation. Looking at the tree trunks, they appear to all be leaning right.

Flower Girl
by sjhuls

Comment:
Wonderful bright lighting makes for a very beautiful portrait! Not much I can pick on here to critique about the technique, but if I could mention one thing it would be the pose. I think the flower is a little high and hides the face a little too much, also the hands don't look delicate enough to suite the delicate nature of the girl.

The New West
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
Spiff!! I am starting to like your portrait style that you have been showing us. The bicycle theme is great stuff! One thing I am noticing is you are going to have to invest in a nice low light lens... your shutter speeds are dragging way too low and showing a lot of motion in the subject. Unless that is what you are going for...

Scratch
by gyaban

Comment:

Originally posted by gyaban: Originally posted by mqnaufal: Fantastic one and well deserved crown! I would love to read Post-processing tutorial on this. I know I am asking for too much. :) Congrats buddy! Thank you very much :-) A complete tutorial would be very long to write and I unfortunately can't afford that time, but I made the PSD file available (added the link at the end of my notes). Just disable all the groups, then enable them one by one to see how that was constructed. It should be quite easy to follow, but you can always PM me for some information if needed.

It was very generous of you to make the file available Christophe! What a way to give back to and mentor a community of lifetime learners! Thank you very much for your generous offering of the photoshop file!

The Mask of War
by cowboy221977

Comment:
From the critique thread: Issues with this shot include lack of sharpness, lack of contrast. Just because it was suggested by the OP, I worked up an edit to show where I would have went with this shot in PP to give it some pop. Obviously I introduced banding in the sky by working on the small image... but here it is:

Leaving tracks
by snaffles

Comment:
From the critique thread... I like the dynamic aspect of the person hanging in the air but looking up as this person is doing provides no engagement with the viewer.

I can only second what vikas said below and add that I feel the shot is a tad underexposed and somewhat red overall. (viewing on an IPad.)

Message edited by author 2012-09-06 22:50:31.