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individually, each photograph would work perfectly, I'm sure. I do not like how you can tell that they have all been Photoshopped in, however. It's not as seamless as you may have intended.

Great exposure(s).

 

Perfect balance of colors and tone.

To be completely honest, I don't think it's quite ironic.

 

If the photograph's merit is based on that irony, then it doesn't work.

Oh, the magic of polaroids...

Well done! The dirty vignette really works.

Most certainly the best of the 4 that you've posted on the crit forum. This one really, really works.

I disagree with Emre; this needs nothing else!

The exposure is good, as is the composition.....

 

.....however, i must say the extra appendage really adds clutter to the overall look. I believe this would look better without that poor, amputated plastic limb.

I agree, i can't find anything to change. Having her lightly grip her left nipple in such a tasteful, gentle, and artistic manner is an additional bonus.

 

I wonder, could you shed some light on your post-processing technique?

 

7/7

Too blurry, I'm afraid, and just a bit too bright :-/

Beautiful macro, though I think there's a lot of wasted space at the top. Perhaps a tighter, square crop will do this excellent capture better justice!

Don't you just hate those anonymous raters?

 

I believe the exposure is perfect. The composition, however, is asking for a tighter crop, in my opinion. Perhaps try cutting off the upper emptiness a small bit until you have the dimensions of a 35mm format.

Very good.

 

I want to mention, however, that perhaps the "light at the end of the tunnel" is too bright; not necessarily in the truest sense, but more along the lines of whats its doing to the girl's silhouette - the edges of her silhouette are very jagged. This is merely a post-prod error, and as such, can be fixed (I believe by some sort of rasterization in Photoshop?) all the same.

 

Do this minor aesthetic tweak and the girl's figure will be less pronounced and more seamless.

 

Aside from that, 6/6!

Very genuine, natural, and moving.

A very good street capture. I agree with the previous poster in regards to the distracting foreground; you may want to consider cropping, either by retaining or losing the square format.

 

5/5

It seems as though the banister is getting more attention that it should; though, I see that without the predominant illumination its receiving, it would otherwise be empty and without detail. I just wish the focus would shift to the people. Perhaps a tighter (vertical oriented 35mm) crop would work. Sorry for the nitpicking; it's a good photo (5/5 from me, mainly due to the good exposure and the mood) but it can be better.

I can guess that you either cropped this out of a larger RAW file, set too low a shutter, or simply had this a bit out of focus. In any case, the picture is much too blurry. In addition to that, the face can use a bit more brightness to contrast with the competitively brighter turban.

 

The main thing that detracts here, though, is the aforementioned blurriness. Without it, this portrait would work in many ways!

Tres bon!

 

If I may suggest, though - maybe a tighter crop will do this image well. The left and top portions have noticably less detail and texture than the picture's focal point, and this incongruity is almost distracting.

I think it may have worked better with a lower flash setting (or none at all, though I'd imagine you'd have blurried runners). Furthermore, conversion to B&W can set a different, perhaps better, tone as well...

The two fingers at the top right have to contend with the detail of the other fingers due to the hotspots. Perhaps a vertically aligned 35mm crop would do?

.....that every available shot of the Empire has been exhausted, you show otherwise.

 

7/7

Excellent comp.

The soft focus of your face competes with the hard KANGOL logo on your cap, and I must say, the latter seems to be winning. Next time use a non-distractive cap, or omit the logo in post processing!

 

You might perhaps want more "hardness" or contrast on your face as well.

It has a very retro feel to it, and I admire that.