View from under Fullerton Bridge, Singapore
by LandzEnca

Comment:
wow, im shocked I thought this would go top ten. Its a lovely busy vibrant shot.

Zebra
by mato

Comment:
Congratulations on the blue, well done. After reading your comments I clicked over to see your outtakes in non negative mode that you spoke of and was saddened to see you have no portfolio up. Nice work with the flash to adapt to the shooting conditions, very creative.

Message edited by author 2010-10-07 16:16:21.

Christian Symbol of the Church
by Steveinnz

Comment:
Im sure this is IN a church, but....There is not a lot here other than a symbol, as you say in your title.

Abstract Existence
by dwyllie

Comment:
this is a lovely image, i just wished it didn't have that escalator in it so i could believe it was a church.

Memorial Presbyterian Church (1824)
by BuddyBaum

Comment:
there may be a really good reason you cut off the base of the church, but the franing leaves me wanting to see it anyway, other than that nice clean shot

The End
by LVicari

Comment:
Deeply narrative, this looks like a frame from a stranger's dream. There is no where near enough face for this to be a true portrait, but it is so good, so well lit, executed, and processed, that it cant be denied. My pick for blue

Sleepy Head
by luvmyaussie

Comment:
How come someone always enters a lovely evocative image that you cant decide if it meets the challenge? There are rich hints of personality, but is that enough to make a portrait? Grrr, Ill rate this very nice image later.

Ya it is. 8

Day Dreamer
by wingyisleeds

Comment:
This is a lovely shot, but the thumbnail looks amazing while the larger image is only good. On focus I agree with Mike, the narrow focus blurs much of her face, and when combined with the strong highlights on her fair skin, you have lost much of the skin detail that is so essential to a good portrait. Now when someone has a few wrinkles they want to hide, that is all well and good, but why hide her beautiful skin tone?

One other reason for the lower than expected score might be the hue. With her red hair and pink lips shifting away from the reds into the blues might have brought out more color contrast and have made her features pop. My daughter has similar coloring and I blue shifted the hue a touch on this one. I think it helps fair skinned redheads.


Im sorry if this comes off as critical, I think this is a very pretty shot, I was just trying to give you why I thought it might have scored lower than you thought it ought to have, or frankly could have. Same shot with deeper focus, a bit more USM, and a blue shift would have gone top ten IMHO.

Train Mail
by cpanaioti

Comment:
Ok this is the goods. Very nice, this one might just make me vote on the challenge.

Self
by Budya

Comment:
shame about that fold of cloth over the shoulder, all the detail in the fold steals attention from the mouth sending the eye off to examine the shoulder, rather than up to the face where the eye wants to go. I am not much of a fan of the top and bottom band frame, especially with a delicate high tone image.

Other than that, great work, the mood and lighting suit the face, interesting off kilter framing.