GBarrington

This is better than the uncropped image.  But I still wish I could see more of where it resides.

Great portrait!

A nice restart of typical Teen-aged "angst". Good job!

MOST interesting!

Although personally, I'm of 3 minds about it.

Of course, you have to shoot what is presented to you and with the equipment you have with you. But I wish we were shown a bit more of the environment that the boat resides in. Excellent color and texture study, but I suspect showing some of the environment would add some 'emotional' content to the photo.

Very well done. An almost erotic architectural photo.

A wonderful, sweet, and funny wedding photo!

I like this a lot, the post processing turns what could be a maybe "too busy" street scene into a bit of a mystery. Is this a staged photo? Maybe some sort of composite photo? Not only a good capture, but an excellent and tasteful PP effort.

As an advertising photo for a florist or for a wedding related service, I think this works very well. However as a wedding photo, I think it is somewhat less successful. The reason, I think, is that the people are rendered into irrelevance. They have become generic, faceless props and not the reason for recording this event.

Wonderful color and composition. But I wish it had a person, or something alive, in it, maybe coming down the stairs in silhouette. To me, it seems "too" empty. I'd rate high for technical content and a bit lower for emotional content.

I like the photo as a graphic image, but I'm not sure I understand the connection between it and the title. I keep wishing there were more clues in the photo that tells me why the title was selected.

A strangely sweet, yet sad photo. The nude woman seems uninvolved, maybe even bored, yet the woman kissing her seems fully in the moment.

I like this photo, the color and the lighting, all work together very well.  However, I feel it is a bit soft.

The texture, the shapes, the almost monochrome appearance.  It's very good.

It looks more like a 2011_03_18_JR_LX3_057_edited-1pn to me!

Seriously, I think it could use some sharpening, it seems a bit soft to me.

Or maybe he was tired of being 'colorful' for the photographers and decided he would show his real feelings.  I'm not saying it was you OR him, I'm just being open to the idea that maybe your attitude was showing. 

People who don't want their photos taken have a moral right not to have it taken.  You might have been in the wrong to take it.

Please Critique

The narrow range of the tonality and the extra saturation of color really adds to the 'immediacy' of this photo.  The challenging stare from the man on the bycycle also provides a sense of. . .  Well, it is a sense of time escaping to, wherever time goes; and that within a few seconds all this will be gone!  Pretty much what street photography is all about!

An excellent example of how good post processing can enhance a good photo!

However, to be honest, I'm not sure that the photo was made stronger by the color shift.  I think it would have been just as strong with more natural colors.

If you will excuse the pun.  I like it, but is this a photo or a drawing?  Either way, it is elegant in its simplicity.

It certainly lives up to its Title!  Well cropped and well lit.  The tonality is quite good.  A classic approach that is well done!

I wonder how it would look as a B&W photo as well.

And the very muscular woman in the middle (showing off just a bit!), is a delightful twist on the usual nude photo.  I agree that the tatoo on the woman on the right doesn't really work for the theme, but I ALSO think that the photo needs some sort of visual object right where that tatoo is!

A tough call on your part. It's a good photo, and if I didn't think rating a photo is kind of meaningless, I'd rate it pretty high!

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I'd place it in the 'fine art' category.  I like it a lot, though I'm torn between wishing it were sharpened a bit and thinking it is fine just the way it is.

I remember, once when someone was cruelly critical regarding one of my photos and my placement of it in the "Fine Art" category, I replied to him, show me the category for "mediochre art"!  Don't sweat the small stuff, you are doing fine.