shawn_mertz

Hi Jiri,

You have a ton of pictures better than this one, throw it out.

Your photos are generally under control and excellent, this looks like a test shot.  There is far to much stray hair, and the partial hand are just not your style. 

 

This is a very nice photo and would be even better if you get rid of the structure above the water.  Either crop the trees aren't that important either or photoshop more leaves over the deck person and railings.

Very good but i think sliding to your right 2 steps so she covers the ladder and is closer to the steam would have been even better.

Great photo.  

If i was a judge in this contest, you would be #4

nothing wrong with it, just my taste.  I could give reasons you could win over the three i put ahead of you.

If i was a judge in this you would be # 3.

great photo.

 

If i was a judge in this you made second place.

I love how they look like they snuck off somewhere dark to get away.

How did you get her to stand there?

I would get dizzy and fall off. 

If i was a judge in this you made the top 10

If i was a judge in this you would win.

only thing I would suggest is crop some from top and bottom.

My favorite portrait from this contest.

If i was a judge in this you made the top 10

nicely done.

If i was a judge in this you made the top 10

If i was a judge in this you made the top 10 

I like how she is placed somewhere and doing something.  the natural not washed out treatment too.

I wish the texture in the dress showed better.  The colors a little off.

good pose.

I wish the bottom of her dress was more behind her so it would be in the photo.

Also if her head was forward just a tiny .. so you have more face.  other than that very well done.

good dance photo, and the shutter drag with camera movement very well done.

this is the best photo in the competition but

it is my favorite far away photo in the contest.  

nice composition, i like the low angle, the clouds are good but her skin tone isn't natural and she looks angry.

There is a lot of potential in this shot. Great light and idea.  

Now for the pain.  Crop it in just a bit on the left to get rid of that black line on the edge over the three people but keep most of the body on the one you may need to cut into.  Also crop from the right and bottom to get your subject further away from center.  Do some dodging to emphasize the strongest part of the photo.  The light streaming through the mist.  I also think this may have been a better composition a half step later in the centered persons walk, i don't care for their legs merging into one.

I'm don't like the heavy effects.  I think it would be better showing everything the way it looks.  (that said effects like this I generally don't care for anyway but this one bothers me more than most)

 

 I would like to see a bit more face but not so much she is cheating to the camera.  Maybe a move a few inches to your right, that may be too far from your light source so not sure on that.

can't see much

Excellant feel for the motion.

This photo is good the pose is an excellent start, she looks relaxed.

 

The overall exposure is okay. Advice to make it even better would be. The light on her from your flash is harsh. Try reducing the output 1/2 to 1 stop. In this lighting situation sometimes falsh isn't even needded, especially for B&W. Or maybe bouncing the flash of something off to the right for ths pic.

It's so big I had to download the file to see it all. It looks flat but it could be because grayscale doesn't always convert to the internet well. I like the lighting and compistion. Did it taste good? That's improtant, at leats to whoever ate it.

It looks over exposed or under printed, too little highlight detail and the dark areas lack richness.

Nice, Deeper blacks might make it even better.

I think it could use more foreground, or crop it closer.