Childish Bridge
by palmfrodur

Comment:
There are problems with lighting, quite beyond the colour temperature that I'm sure others will have mentioned: the direct flash, especially with a subject so very close to a flat surface, produces very very hard shadows, which are almost universally unattractive; coupled with that is that shadow of (presumably) the room light, which is also quite harsh.

Stepping Stones
by guitar_mann

Comment:
My immediate impression is that this lacks any kind of point of focus - both in the sense of real sharpness of subject, and in the sense of clarit of single subject. 'm not necessarily suggesting that that is an element that makes for 'good' photography, but I certainly am suggesting that it will harm your score here at dpc. There is however, a very strong and cery likeable sense of light, and I also like your approach to the challenge - though that also will probably see your score dropping; which is a shame.

Consumed
by casualguy

Comment:
Oh. I had this second by a similar margin to which I had JJ's shot first; had it not been for the resident genius this would have been by far the most interesting shot in the challenge. Unfortunately, as I also found, the general voter's definition of 'portrait' doesn't quite agree with yours. You sir, in the brit vernacular, was robbbed.

Hidden During Voting
by e301

Comment:

Originally posted by samtrundle: how it fell this far into the thirties really surprises me. I really thought you nailed each and every element of the dpc recipe for success.

Ah, but in a 'portrait' challenge you are, of course, supposed to show your face.

~ The Last Breath ~
by Imagineer

Comment:
So how's the 'breath' done? A print? Projection? The reflections make me think the latter. The only thing I would have changed, or done slightly differently, would have been to find some way to have at least one 'breath' appearing in front of your face, perhaps looping up and round to leave image left bottom. No idea how that would be achieved (glass perhaps?). Stunning in both conception and execution Jon.

I Am My Work -- the Thorn that Weeps, & Holds the Sky Entire...
by Bear_Music

Comment:
:-) You are sure going to get mangled for this one.

Life is Good
by jbsmithana

Comment:
Solid detailing, natural pose, strong sense of the real. You could sure have used some additional light though, to give some sense of depth to it all - this appears to be a single source direct from the camera angle, and it could have been really interesting with more shaping.

My Muse and I
by Artyste

Comment:
I think you may have fallen between two stools here, to my mind. I love the basic idea of it, and the vast part of the execution, but the extreme high-key thing is what bothers me - most specifically on your face; the blown areas seem too arbitrary, areas with and without definition don't seem to follow any particular plan, serving to both mask and emphasise facial shape, bone structure, in different areas. Lots of good stuff otherwise though, like it.

I see you . . .
by mocabela

Comment:
Intriguing. well lit, well executed photograph, of course. Thevisibility of the background, or otherwise, confuses me a little - but that's probably the differences of viewing angle of a TFT screen. that single, differently placed finger really pulls the eye: don't know why you've done that, there doesn't seem to be anything there that warrants that draw. Fine photograph though.

Anguish
by Tranquil

Comment:
Oh man, this is the kind of stuff I find a complete turn-off - though actually, without your title, I might find more in it. Technically it's fine, of course, and compositionally. Can't tke too many points off, in fairness, but it isn't up my street at all.