Canterbury Plains Vista
by Simonjw

Comment:
Beautiful detail... I love how there is so much to see in the foreground, distance and sky too! Nice colour, strong composition.

Shy
by ergo

Comment:
What a lovely portrait - I love how one can tell she's smiling even though she is hiding her mouth with her hands. Lovely eye contact and catchlights too. Composition works well, with wood to her right and square crop. Lovely!

You're in my space!
by abroken1

Comment:
Nice capture - good composition, great lighting. In my opinion, would be stronger with deeper depth of field that allowed face, body and tail to be in focus.

Minor Imperfection
by fluxn

Comment:
Very cool. I like this a lot. So ethereal, so soft, so beautifully toned and so perfectly minimal in content yet with that little detail to pull one in. And the centred composition is perfect for the image - it's kind of rather bhuddist somehow.

Faceless Nights
by angela_packard

Comment:
Lovely halo on the hair! But, for me, that isn't enough on it's own - wonder if a reflector throwing some light onto the face (with the model facing the photographer, of course) might be more interesting? This is more abstract and may appeal more to some but for me it simply doesn't have quite enough as it is, even though I like the red-burnished gold of the hair.

Tower of Snowflakes
by paul58

Comment:
Oh wow, isn't this just beautiful?! Not only is the lighting perfect but soo too is the composition and square crop and the beautiful bokeh too! I do like this!

Misty Crawler
by davidus428

Comment:
Wow! What an amazing creature and what a great choice for this challenge. It's really hard to really get a handle on where the light source is - perhaps it's a touch too soft to provide a clearly backlit effect - so there is no glowing effect on/ through all those magical bristles. Simplicity of composition is excellent.

His Old Work Boots Remain
by Beagleboy

Comment:
Oooh I dooooo like this! Love the quirky composition - love that the boots almost have a life of their own but at the same time are really just a representation of their owner and the also the life they lived. I love the floorboard reflections and also that little glimpse into the rest of the home, yet not enough detail to detract from the boots.

bright idea
by ralton

Comment:
Ooh - sparkler as light source - that IS a bright (and fun) idea! Nice one!

An Idea is born...
by blurredvision

Comment:
I suspect you'll get a lot of comments about this being side-lighting rather than backlighting but it's just a matter of a few degrees variation in viewpoint and I tink it's a strong image, really nicely done.