Red
by thomaspeople

Comment by CLarson557:
The lighting is way too harsh for this person's fair skin tones. The color of the hair came out nice, though.

Out of the Dark
by thomaspeople

Comment by Tammer:
For me, too many similar gray/black tonal areas. Good attempt though.

Out of the Dark
by thomaspeople

Comment by marklovell:
Feels a little blurry in the wrong places. Not enough highlight. 8.

Out of the Dark
by thomaspeople

Comment by owen:
Love this shot shot. The red sets it off.

Out of the Dark
by thomaspeople

Comment by LucidLotus:
Hm.. well the red against the black does give quite a bit of contrast, colorwise. I like the idea behind the image - the lighting use is very nice and helps tell the photo's story. The focus appears just a little bit soft in areas that I think would be better to have crisp focus. Anywhere that the train is bathed in the strongest of lights should have sharp focus in my opinion. Also, the image seems a bit washed out. The red is vivid, but there is a flatness to the color and entire photo that I'm unable to determine a cause for, so I have no suggestions on how to change it. I think the composition is good and I really like the idea you were going for. I gave a 5.

Out of the Dark
by thomaspeople

Comment by scales:
It looks a bit out of focus to me... unless it is motion blur??? I like your use of lighting, but I think you could have cropped out more on either the left or right of the image. E.g. crop close in on the right of the train, so the front of the train occupies the centre of the shot. (I'm no expert though!)

Out of the Dark
by thomaspeople

Comment by loseme:
Good idea, I would have maybe liked to see more light to make the contrast a little more dramatic.

When Worlds Collide
by thomaspeople

Comment by Bus352:
Almost abstract--clever shot. I almost want to see the object in complete silhouette--but not sure.

Out of the Dark
by thomaspeople

Comment by mycelium:
this is more "low key" than "high contrast" - where are the whites?
[post-challenge, I see that this is the only one of the many comments on this picture that you did not consider helpful. how lovely.]

Message edited by author 2005-09-13 21:08:10.

When Worlds Collide
by thomaspeople

Comment by cornettcag:
This appears heavily post-processed to me.