A mysterious woman
by NomadPhotography

Comment by BakerBug:
Hello from the Critique Club!

My first impression is very positive. This is a very dramatic shot on several levels. The lighting is what makes this shot. Keeping her face in shadows works very well with the cold hard background. Her pose, and having her hands bound as well as the stark background, all drive home the feeling of imprisonment.

The soft focus is probably what kept you from scoring higher. I really feel it fits this photo very well, but the general mentality of a DPC voter wants to see the subject in very sharp focus.

Welcome to DPC! You have done quite well for your first challenge entry and I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future!

A mysterious woman
by NomadPhotography

Comment by posthumous:
the shadows and highlights on her backside look odd. they distract. otherwise, a great, imaginative photo.

A mysterious woman
by NomadPhotography

Comment by bood:
creepy
love it

A mysterious woman
by NomadPhotography

Comment by jandp:
The photo is outof focus

A mysterious woman
by NomadPhotography

Comment by LanceW:
Taking a crap in the alley? ;-)

A mysterious woman
by NomadPhotography

Comment by JuliBoc:
Beautiful picture of a not very beautiful thing.

A mysterious woman
by NomadPhotography

Comment by OmanOtter:
I don't know what to make of this one. On the one hand, it is visually pleasing -- which is a positive. But I have a very hard time reconciling the partial nudity with the images of Middle Eastern Muslim culture that these clothes conjur in my mind. Maybe this is supposed to be a rebellious woman rejecting her burka. That would be interesting. But, her skin makes her look like an Anglo, which, for me, makes the scene look fake. Add-in the English graffiti in the background, and it doesn't work for me. Probably you never intended any of that and I'm probably reading something into it that isn't there -- based on my own environment. Please tell me if I'm completely off-base. In any case, it's a far better photograph technically than I could do.

A mysterious woman
by NomadPhotography

Comment by Macnas:
Very interesting. I love the blue.

A mysterious woman
by NomadPhotography

Comment by Candi20:
Very erotic but also at the same time it kind of looks like she is doing something she shouldnt be in public :)

Either way it is a good picture!

A mysterious woman
by NomadPhotography

Comment by humanprotocoldroid:
this is really good news.