Sunset Indulgence
by Strikeslip

Comment:
Pretty cool shot, nothing that rivals Kiwinesses "Zero spot editing" image but it´s enough for a 7 from me.

Seatbelts Save
by ordinarywords

Comment:
Nice idea, I would have gone for even gorier, gotten some fake blood and just really splashed it all over, I assume that´s lipstick but whatever it is, doesn´t look like real blood. Like I said, like your thinking with this, just think you should have gone "to the max" and really made a mess. Also one minor detail, this is just nitpicking but the hand should be totally relaxed and fingers spread to give off the illusion of death or subconciousness.

Reflected Glory
by JacquiD

Comment:
I get a feeling this is taken in some Icelandic church, this looks very familiar.

Through a Glass Darkly
by raish

Comment:
Sorry but this is too dark/noisy for my taste, I would have liked it better if the whole image was brighter and more crystal clear.

Death of a King
by tngrndream

Comment:
Not really crazy about the red hue in this one, I think I would have liked it better with a more neutral hue, I get the reference, red=blood=death but still, not to my taste. Nice idea though!

outerworld
by ordinaryangel

Comment:
Seems slightly off focus, and I mean the top one, not the reflection, also I am not really fond of the light glare reflection in the ball but I like the composition and use of negative space.

Fairie Magic
by sunrise

Comment:
Try making the photo as close to 640 pixles next time, it will lead to a better score.

ROCK ON!
by kgeary

Comment:
To be brutally honest, I would say it placed pretty much where I think it should have placed. There is pretty much nothing really wrong with the shot, just all not that interesting.

The fact that it was not set up doesn´t matter one bit to me and frankly, wether it was or not is irrelevant, all that matters is if it "appears" to be setup and I kindof think that is the case here. The lighting is not bad but hardly good either. The composition is good however and I like the choice of DOF and I personally think it met the challenge, I do suspect though that there were a lot of voters that didn´t think so since it didn´t have any circular highlights in it, there was a huge discussion over this in the forums.

To improve this photo, both as a photo and your score here, you would have needed better stage lighting, probably a black bacround behind the drummer, I would have used a longer lens or a bigger aperture to cast him even more out of focus and perhaps finding a slightly better viewpoint on this, maybe composing it with a tilt to it, having the guitar players hands up in the right corner and the drummer in the lower left corner.

All in all I must say I would have given this a 5 and not commented, opting to go straight to the next photo. I know I am being a bit brutal here and I am sorry if I am hurting your feelings but I hope you value an honest opinion over a brown nosing one.

I do like your thinking process behind this photo and I really encourage you to stay here and keep entering challenges, most people (including me) take about 10-20 challenges to figure out what does well here so please, keep at it.

I also put this comment in the thread you opened here

Bokeh Rising II
by 2mccs

Comment:
Congrats!

Moonlight...
by gipomontesanto

Comment:
Congrats on the ribbon, too bad it will be disqualified if what you are saying about the dust spot is true :(

Well you´ll just have to get another one then :)