Day 3 - The back side
by dreamy

Comment:
I definitely like this, and not just because it's different. The softness to the thing that flows from the lack of contrast is excellent; it's almost story-telling to me (reaching for the sun, or some such thing), and I love it when an image tells me a story. I haven't done anything like this, but I'll have to give it a try when I find a suitable subject.

Weight
by Melethia

Comment:
I was about to agree that a touch more depth would have added something, then I looked again. I realized I like it as is; there is a slight imperfection in in-focus area of the whatzamacallit, and the light, shadows and tones at that point are excellent. The focus leads you right to it, just like it should. When I stopped looking to make suggestions, and just looked, there was an awful lot to see. Nice.

Day 5...Leah
by walrus451

Comment:
This is nice; the tones and focus give it a really nostalgic look, like it was shot on film in the 1950s or 1960s. Very nice effect, and excellent composition and subject.

Dogwood
by noraneko

Comment:
Wonderful image; I really like it. I'm looking at it and wondering what a wider crop with the flower to the upper right might have looked like, but I'm not sure it would have been an improvement. Good work on the dodging/burning, I don't see any evidence of it (which is good; my dodging/burning is always clearly visible).

Day 6
by CapeSail

Comment:
This is a good first portrait, catching the child sticking out her tongue is especially good. The focus seems to be on the top of her head (on her hair), though, and her face is a bit soft; having the eyes, or at least one of them, in focus can be pretty important to a portrait. I might have tried cropping a bit more off the left, but that might not have worked.

Highlights
by Ben

Comment:
I like the tones and the bokeh in this, but I'm not sure what the subject is or where I should focus my attention. The high contrast in the foreground leaves leads me away from them, but there doesn't seem to be much more to look at given the shallow depth of field.

Fervor (Day 1)
by CalliopeKel

Comment:
The high contrast here works great. I really like this, with excellent tones through the face, sharpness (but not too much) in the whiskers, and effective use of grain in the shadows and the background. Nice.

W e n z a (Day 2)
by CalliopeKel

Comment:
I think with some advanced editing this shot could really scare, I mean, sparkle ;) The edges of your model's hair are a bit frizzy, and could probably be cleaned up with some spot editing, and as Keith said, the skin tones are sometimes a bit close to the background tones. I think the composition here works, and the expression is definitely one to capture!

Hidden
by Retroesque

Comment:
This has a great visual effect on me. I'm actually sitting waiting for her to say "boo!", and the image actually makes me curious as to what she looks like. The position, the hair, the detail. All wonderful. I might have liked the background (above the bed) to be a uniform white, instead of with boards/pattern showing on the lower portion right above the bed, though the shadows there do give it a type of gradient look (and as Catherine said, a bit of depth).

Day 4 - Folds & Curves
by sherpet

Comment:
What a great image. I could study this for awhile, picking up hints and details and subtlety along the way. The bright whites, the greys, the deep blacks. Lovely.