DSC_6560
by romil

Comment:
chit chatting.

South side morning stroll
by markwiley

Comment:
up close and personal

The Drivers
by markwiley

Comment:
Well framed for sure.

Nude with reflected chandelier
by Paul

Comment:

Originally posted by davidspyle: How sad and silly that it would seem necessary to have to apologize in any way, to anyone for what is an exquisite image. Absolutely beautiful light, colors, framing, composition and bokeh. Truly splendid, indeed.

I was just about to comment the exact same thing. I'm sorry you feel the need to apologise for your wonderful art. I gave you a 10.

Emotive Architecture
by Zigomar

Comment:
welcome back! (are you back or just passing through?)

Still Life With Motion
by PennyStreet

Comment:
Way to go Lynn

Headshot for a film
by Pompouspete

Comment:
Greetings from the critique club

Couple of things stand out for me with this image as to why you didn't score better.

Composition: For this specific challenge which was head & shoulders portrait, I found the framing to be too tight. I would have preferred a couple of steps backward to give the neck and shoulders more emphasis.

Exposure: You elected to go for a high key over exposed look to this one, but I don't think it works very well. I took the liberty of opening the image in PS and found it much more pleasing with the exposure dropped back by 2/3 stop.

Focus: Great job with the focus considering you shot at 1.8. It's hard to keep all the right bits in focus with such shallow Depth of Field.

Overall I thought this had potential and with a couple of small changes it could have scored better.

short song
by 2mccs

Comment:
One of my top picks for this challenge Marla. Love it

Die Fledermaus
by tnun

Comment:
Loved this one.

Descending Notes
by markwiley

Comment:
I gave you an 8 - one of my top picks.