Thought I'd try some humor with this challenge, we'll see if anyone gets it.
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Fold underwear and put back in drawer.
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Place: 180 out of 275 Avg (all users): 4.6577 Avg (commenters): 4.2000 Avg (participants): 4.4200 Avg (non-participants): 4.7778 Views since voting: 767 Views during voting: 455 Votes: 298 Comments: 8 Favorites: 0
Great expression, and the choice of colors and light works well. I like this shot.
..Coming back after the challege....
I can't believe this scored so low. The decision is clear, the shot well-composed, and the key elements of the photo highlighted well. Apparently that's just me though. Sorry about your undeserved placing.
A look of contemplation. Perhaps a decision after all, YES. As I look more closely, I understand, he is wearing a dark blue bathrobe and deciding to wear the denim underwear or the blue plaid boxers! I see now that there is underwear hanging from the drawers as well, he is not after all sitting alone in a closet amongst all his clothing.
There are a number of elements here that almost led me to a 'weak-link-to-challenge' voting. The main subject (the underwear) is lost by being the same color as the more powerful and present bathrobe coloring, one of them has to change to prevent misunderstanding. I found the detail in the dresser to be lost mostly in shadows, though now that I know what I am looking at, can see it all clearly. The side lighting has hurt you by dropping shadows in all the worst places. This image needs a fill flash on the opposite side to bring more definition to the background and potentially give a solid separation to the underwear and robe. The redemption of the image is the look on his face. Had the model not been as expressive I surely would have overlooked the decision and passed by the objects of his decision as unfortunate clutter in the image. Bumping to a 5 on challenge and technicals.
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