Thinking of Home
by karmat

Comment:
A fine emotive shot (emotive are my favorites). Nice crop and very attractive color tones. I even think the plain off-white looking sky provides contrast and adds to the mood of this picture. Looks like you might have added a slight grain here (or maybe it is a result of the point and shoot) - either way it's a nice effect and might have been cool even grainier. One very small nit - a tiny piece of crud in the sky just over his forehead could use cloning out IMO. Well done.

Ring of Light
by talj

Comment:
Smooth and lovely lights and you finished in the top half of the crowd! Not bad (50th percentile or better is my personal goal for Free Study's since the competition is always soooo strong)!

Intensity
by msdoubletrouble

Comment:
This is a fun shot and a great idea. The background is really cool too! I was one of your twenty-three 7's. IMO you could have added a little more "WOW" to this with some sharpening to make the lines on his face real crisp, then some burning & dodging to add even more brightness & contrast to the stripes.

Message edited by author 2006-10-08 08:46:06.

The River Lethe
by Melethia

Comment:
Top 50...yeah baby!!!! Congratulations! Just added you to my fav's (not sure how I overlooked that before). Lovely shot and I especially like the boat in the back with the birds on it. Yay!

Geothermal Palette
by rinac

Comment:
I don't find this shot boring at all. In fact, I was one of your seventeen 7's. The colors are marvelous and the steam is so cool. Nice choice on the crop & composition accenting the golden tones in the foreground yet pulling the eye deeper into the picture with the interesting smoke and vibrant sky. Nicely done. Just a challenge full of very good competition.

sunshine on a cloudy day
by Skip

Comment:
How fun and different. Great colors & smiles! Cool perspective.

Baby Blues & Angel Kisses
by jenesis

Comment:
Very cute. Sweet model. The tight crop works well - in fact I wonder what it would look like if it was tighter still - maybe crop off the bottom two (or more) inches of the shot because the sweater is a bit hot so it distracts a little from the very well captured face. Again - great model beautifully captured - well done. 7

Worship
by Rino63

Comment:
Nice composition and coloring here and it's nice to see different subject matter (even though I went with the boring "usual" myself! :) A couple of nits - I might have cropped a little off the left and the right (Crop Right to get rid of the distracting gold chair and Crop Left nearly up to the left edge of the doorway) and I might have desaturated the blue shirt on the guy standing in the hallway on the left - also a littl distracting. Overall nicely done. A glimpse into the life of the three individuals in green. 7

Girls
by elemess

Comment:
Ahhh...great stuff. I love this creative idea - it's so fun. Great choice to go with B&W. Nice crop - some of the background is less than beautiful but I'm not complaining. 7

Vine, Fence
by grus

Comment:
Lovely colors, light, and composition. Very pretty. It would be a wee bit nicer if more of the vine was on this side of the fence maybe. 7