Pampered Pooch
by MaryO

Comment:
Gotta love the teeny tiny tongue hanging out. The dog is very cute, even though I'm a really a big dog person. The person holding the dog pulls the focus away from the very cute dog. It might have improved the shot to have the dog on a throne, or a really fancy bed, or something like that.

Fast Food Frenzy
by craigester

Comment:
Partial desaturation is totally overused on this site, so it will probably hurt your score, but in this case the partial desat does a good job of isolating what you're trying to focus on, in what would otherwise be a very busy scene. Nice job.

Focus
by Ann

Comment:

Originally posted by glad2badad: Originally posted by rinac: Love the look of eager anticipation on his face. He's good to go, just serve the damn ball already! :) Great exposure and dof. Frustrating though, that someone walks right into the frame at the wrong time... bugger. Looks like a line umpire to me. They don't move much. :)

The guy in the back is definitely a line judge. Short of cloning him out, there wasn't much I could do. I didn't have a press pass, so I couldn't just go wandering around to find the best angle. All I could do was shoot with a shallow DOF and hope for the best.

Message edited by author 2007-03-26 13:36:17.

Coopstar
by TheToby

Comment:
Nice! Good dramatic lighting, really sets a mood. I might want to see more of the model's face, though.

The John Deere Man
by Stiger

Comment:
I love the shot. It reminds me of my granddad, except his tractor was an International Harvester. The post processing makes the tractor look a little like a toy, and makes the shot seem a bit like a gentleman farmer showing off his toy. I don't know if you wanted that, or if you wanted to emphasize that this is a working man and his machine. Good pic either way, though.

Double Trouble
by Warby

Comment:
Yeah, I'll say double trouble. They look like they could be a handful. Nicely posed and lit. The kid on the right's hair is a bit overdone, but that's minor.

Razzamatazz
by scalvert

Comment:
Fun! Great use of color and lighting.

My Best Side?
by hyperfocal

Comment:
It's a nice, colorful, duck(?) portrait. I would usually mark down for an animal in a portrait challenge, but, frankly it's the best picture I've seen in the last 10 minutes.

Emotion
by dippydaz

Comment:
I like the idea, with the bride in front, and the groom at a distance. That works well. I like the vignetting, but it might be a bit heavy handed. It was the first thing I noticed when the picture came up. One thing that would make this shot work better would be to take care of the heavy shadows on the bride, either by shooting at a different time of day, or by using a diffusion panel in between the bride and the sun.

Thoughtfull
by zaflabout

Comment:
It is a thoughtful portrait. You've gotten that to come across quite well. The colors are good, the model's expression is quite thoughtful. I'm not sure doing a high key background works with this model. There's a lot of contrast between the white background and the thick dark hair, and a lot of detail is lost in the hair, right in the middle of the frame. A darker background would allow you to expand the dynamic range in the midtones and shadows, and get more detail in the hair.