This was my first challenge, I learned a lot since then...
No flash, No extra lights. Only did some shadow/highlight, desaturate and some work on the pictures, cropped, add border submitted.
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Place: 86 out of 227 Avg (all users): 5.3905 Avg (commenters): 7.4286 Avg (participants): 5.3893 Avg (non-participants): 5.3924 Views since voting: 1481 Votes: 210 Comments: 13 Favorites: 1 (view)
Composition:
Great job. You filled the frame nicely, your points of interest are intriguing and effective. I think you captured this challenge superbly.
Lighting:
I like the lighting you used. While it is highly contrasted, I think it helps rather than hurts in this photo. The important points are properly lighted, and that's what counts.
Technical:
I think you lost some points with voters with it appearing to be over-exposed. I think it works well for this photo though. It makes it interesting. It seems to be in focus, the photos appear soft enough to not steal too much of the attention.
Post-Processing:
I like what you did to it. It is very effective. Your desaturation was done nicely. I think many people voted lower due to the high number of objects left in color. Although, I don't think coloring just one would have the same effect. People would wonder what's so special about that specific photo, and it would detract from the theme you are presenting.
Overall:
I think you did a great job on this challenge. There is strong emotion in your photo and it speaks volumes. I like the editing you did to it, and think it helps give your photo character. About the only recommendation I have for you, would be perhaps have only 2 or 3 photos. This would satisfy all the people who thought there is too much in color.
Great first entry. I look forward to what you come up with next.
Wow I like the idea behind this photo. But I must say that it seems that the whites seem to be washed out and lots of detail has been lost in those areas.
Too many items are colored, and, too many colors for this challenge. You would have been better off just having one picture, or, just one person in each picture in color. Good picture for the challenge. Rated 6.
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