Reflections on Ice
by CapeSail

Comment:
I think I can see what you were going for here with the interesting ice textures and the reflections, but it's just not a composition that really grabs your attention. I think that might be part of the reason that it's difficult to determine whether this should be in color, b/w or sepia. As it stands, I think it could use a bump in levels to darken things up a bit. It might even be that it needs a slightly different hue as far as the color goes to really make it stand out. Maybe shades of blues to go with the cold wintery feel, or even just a slightly more red or yellow tone? Just throwing out some ideas.

Feeling Good ....
by manish

Comment:
Since you posted the thread about needing more comments, I came to find your last shot that was in the range you mentioned.

I like the unique composition here with the mirror only taking up a part of the shot and not being a full mirror. The expression on your model is very warming and definately makes me smile. The 'softness' in the mirror is nice, but the model herself seems to be just blurry, which I find distracting. It's especially noticable down by her hand/chin, and the glint of that ring draws your eye into that area. One other thing I find bothers me is the shadow from her hair that falls onto the reflection, making a large triangle on her forehead.

Hiding behind music
by zaflabout

Comment:
Nice score.. and it made your front page! Way to go! I love the colors here, you were right to not convert to b/w! Great job!

Hesitant Winter Rider
by neophyte

Comment:
Poughkeepsie? Nice to see a (sort of) local shot from the team. I like the processing on this one.. nice conversion to b/w with a nice range of tones. From looking at the scores, it looks like folks found this to just be probably an average scene with nothing jumping out at them to hold their interest, but it was a good photo technically... so they vote a 5 and move on. The one comment you did get clearly took the time to look at the details... those are some unique mirrors, I'm glad he pointed those out! :)

Frozen in Time
by MAK

Comment:
Your prediction was a bit off... a dream score of 6.5? Very nice shot! Congrats on the yellow!

Come back soon.
by Brookied

Comment:
Hehe.. your predictions were a little off! Nice surprise I'm sure. Congrats on the red! :)

Inside Out
by mrmorris

Comment:
Very nice! Congratulations on the blue! :)

From Venice with love
by flemmens

Comment:
Very nicely done.. great tones, and I like how the subjects are brought out a bit by the fact that each persons jacket is against opposite colors.

With this Ring
by PurpleK

Comment:
Very nicely done... nice soft sepia tones, and a great use of shallow dof. The border feels a bit incomplete since you can clearly see the lighter section near the hand (almost too much like you accidentally hit the eraser right under the finger), you can slightly see it going up the sides, but it's hard to see any of it near the bottom. Just a minor issue though... this is a nice image which depicts the topic well.

Color Of Love
by h2

Comment:
Beautiful close up, and I love the tight petals in the center... maybe a bit overdone with the water droplets?