The Red Hunter

wonderful image i like it compliments regards gerolamo

Hi Tom,

Thanks for sharing.  I see what you are trying to accomplish here but it falls shy of the mark.  You did a good job of focusing on the woman and the right depth of field for both the fore and back grounds.  I like the colors - red=passion/danger.  She's an attractive woman, a femme fatal.  What's killing this image is that there is way too much bald head and ear in the foreground; and the the t-shirted frat boy in the background, though not as egregious, is still distracting.  I like the lighting on her face, but it look apparent that she's squinting from the light (or caught mid-blink) rather than concentration.  Also, her dress at the bottom right is way too under exposed; that combined with the detail-less floating head leaves the bottom right quadrant without context or improvement.  

--PatrickD

Hi Tom,

I fully agree with Patrick. Mixed feelings too.

Never mind. keep on shooting.

I'm sorry, it doesn't work for me. The out of focus foreground is a bit over-bearing. I don't know what's going on under her chin either