Please Help Me!
by STEINR

Comment by tcherring:
As sad as the picture is, her face looks more bored than desperate. Still a great shot though!

Please Help Me!
by STEINR

Comment by leko2k:
decent photo, sharp on the details. B&W was a common choice for these despair photo's (funny that) and works well with this photo. This subject was a little overplayed this week, unfortunately, which will probably bring your score down some as people get bored with looking at hunched-over people. Hope your photo was closer to the top of the voting page.

Please Help Me!
by STEINR

Comment by dsidwell:
I like the high contrast.

Please Help Me!
by STEINR

Comment by HBunch:
this definately has a despair feel to it. The stairs make it look like the person is in a not so glamourous place, and the pose and look are sad and desperate. The angle and framing/cropping are good. I wonder how this would look also if you could have captured the persons feet wearing some old worn shoes or something. might have had some heightened effect for the challenge. overall a really nice shot. great focus and clarity and the use of black and white is good here. good luck in the challenge.

Please Help Me!
by STEINR

Comment by mbardeen:
Looks merely sleep, as opposed to despairing. Good cropping though!

Sandy....!!
by STEINR

Comment by Crafty Sue:
This is an unusal shot but very good to catch the dog's tongue

CANDLES
by STEINR

Comment by kiwiness:
The candles are yellow for sure, so you met the challenge. The crop is good but somehow the light of the flash (or lighting) on the top candle is distracting me, it seems a little glary there. My wife just said to me it would have been better if one or two of the candles were lit, and come to think of it I agree with her. I think the light would have been completely different that way. You could have had less ambient light and a slower shutter speed to create a cool effect.

CANDLES
by STEINR

Comment by MattW:
looks more white to me

CANDLES
by STEINR

Comment by sher:
lovely soft yellow...i like this a lot.

CANDLES
by STEINR

Comment by kellie:
good job