Beauties perils: is it worth the risk?
by me_too

Comment:
Interesting concept and very well done. I'm a huge fan of still life images. Wish the light green in the background was uniform across the image or not present at all.

Dilemma
by banmorn

Comment:
Super composition and perspective. Color and lighting is excellent. One of the best images of the challenge.

Au revoir
by Spiriev

Comment:
An excellent, haunting, emotional image and one of the best of the challenge. Makes the viewer wonder why she is going away since clearly she seems conflicted about it. The only thing hurting it is the shadow reflection on the left side, the reflection of the car. The metal seatbelt near her fingertip is distracting. Super facial capture. Kudos to you for a great shot.

The decision is made
by Stagolee

Comment:
Good lighting, capture, action, background and high technical quality are all there. This has ribbon potential.

Last Decision?
by Tej

Comment:
Tough subject but excellently captured. Should be a top three finisher. Making this a silhuoette emphasizes the harshness and incomprehensible nature of suicide. Having the noose as the only item in sharp focus is ominously perfect. The only thing I might do different would be to keep the framing as is, but crop out a little more of the black border and leave just one side thick. Great job!

Message edited by author 2005-06-08 05:11:21.

B&W or Color ?
by kbhatia1967

Comment:
One of the best images entered in this challenge with ribbon potential, but I am sure some folks will vote it lower because of your title. "Go back?" probably would score better. High key look works well with this image.

Hiking paradise
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment:
Scenes like this highlight the incredible pastoral beauty that nature has to offer. The composition is inviting and engaging.

My Beauty
by HighwayFlower

Comment:
This image suffers from a common autofocus problem. You can see that the background is in clearer focus than your main subject. Autofocus, when left on its own, will tend to focus on the thing that takes up the most real estate in the frame like the background does here. You want to press your shutter half way down and turn your camera on what you want to focus on first then, when it is in focus, move the camera to compose the image before pushing the shutter the rest of the way down to complete taking the picture.

Btw, nice cat!

Beauty of Heaven
by mandyturner

Comment:
The concept for this image is great. But a good backlight image is hard to pull off. In this case your sky is overexposed and you need more light on your angel's face. A strong sidelight shinning down on your subject's face and arms would give him a more angelic look as well as add much more interest to the composition. Under better lighting you would also need to clone out the angel wing straps. The general clarity of the image is not particularly good and would need to be improved.

Menino
by Vanessa 72

Comment:
Good expression, interesting crop off of chin and top of head that is nicely balanced. Looks like there was excessive dodging on the right side which is distracting from your subject.