The Me I Can No Longer Reach
by noraneko

Comment:
A nice idea with strong colours, although the way the door/slats are structured ends up taking away more from the shot than it ultimately gives. Your composition is a touch too centred and the gap in the doorway on the left is slightly distracting.

6 from me - good luck

Jumping Dream 1
by jrrobins

Comment:
Exciting, but the position of the hills/land in the background feel somewhat awkward. Perhaps a better perspective would have improved the shot?

You've captured a great moment

dream ride
by saintaugust

Comment:
Perhaps a wider angle, this close crop is a little claustrophobic and makes the shot slightly awkward

Summer's End — Sunrise
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Ah no! What a disaster! Hard luck, man - This was a deserving ribbon winner and it's a shame to see it DQed for such a silly mistake after all the hard work had been done! Either way, digital trinket or no, it's an image to be proud of :)

Alex

Unnur Birna
by LalliSig

Comment:
Simple but obviously effective. Strange effect created by the bokeh on the background and the hair as they amalgamate...it looks cool. Something about her right cheek is a little oversharp, maybe? Anyhow, great shot, nice and simple.

Alex

happy
by melodee

Comment:
Underexposed and washed out. Looks a bit like a snapshot. Try avoid using the flash when shooting and although you've captured a nice moment here there're just too many distracting elements for me (the dog, the chains, the background). Hopefully you'll receive some more constructive critique and good luck for future shooting.

Alex

growing strong
by rhipster

Comment:
Would have maybe cropped the bottom left of the shot off - that little bit of background peeping through is slightly distracting...other than that you've executed this shot fantastically well. Don't let his friends at school get hold of this, hehe.

8

Young Mind Troubled
by willow_zzen

Comment:
Different, colourful, pensive...

fantastic! 7

Windows to the Soul
by elsapo

Comment:
I find the detached feeling of the head a little disconcerting but it's nothing more than a minor gripe in an otherwise compositionally fantastic shot!

The pretty model, however, doesn't hurt!

The eyes look a little overprocessed as does the skin, but that's how things are done, I guess. A little oversharpened as well. I think your post-processing let you down a little bit because you may have got carried away...the eyes look a little fake. I think with more subtle processing this could have been a 9 or 10 - as it stands, though...a 7 from me.

Good luck

Alex

Olivia
by Cools

Comment:
I find this a little compositionally bland, would have maybe placed her less centrally. You've exposed this perfectly, I'd really like to have seen you bring out the existing colours and tones in this shot in post-processing! A solid portrait - 7

Alex