Nocturnal
by Anastasia

Comment:
Wonderful work, Nasti, congrats! One of my favs and 10s in this race, I really hoped a ribbon for you. He, he, you have beaten Gary. :-)))

FREE WILLY
by siggi

Comment:
Great work, congrats! :-) As soon as I have some time, I answer your PM, I promise. :-)

A subtle patience
by heida

Comment:
Wonderful work, Heida, it was among my favs during this challenge! Well deserved ribbon, way to go! :-)

The naked truth?
by Amason

Comment:
This photo reminds me to heida's style, sorry If I am mistaken. The shades of blue are wonderful, the silhouette is expressive. I might have cropped a little-little bit on the bottom, but alltogether a wonderful, simple shot!

Olympic Dreams
by blemt

Comment:
The idea is good, but selective desaturation doesn't really work here. There are some brown and blue areas and a lot of B&W. When using this technique, always think about: What do I want to tell people with leaving some parts colourized, some parts B&W? Is there any additional message of this technique? Here it rather spoiled your photo... though, it would be nice if it was a bit sharper and completely black and white. I would also improve lighting a bit, it's too straight for me... or is it symbolising that she sees the light in at the end of the tunnel? :-)

Body check
by kiwiness

Comment:
Looks like your beautiful angel model is saying: "Heaven's kitchen is too good, I should loose weight from the weist." :-) Lighting is superb and I also love the colour tones! The angle and composition you have chosen for the photo is also amazing! It lets me see two dimension, one in real life and one in the mirror. Good luck! :-)

mother nature
by Seanachai

Comment:
Crop is excellent! The way the background is blurred reminds me to an SLR camera, am I right? Desaturating your model gives her a statue effect, there is very little life in her. This technique can be really expressive sometimes. :-) I love the maple leaf shaped shadows on her a much.

FREE WILLY
by siggi

Comment:
I love the negative space here, it's very expressive. Though, colours seem to be a bit flat for me, maybe because of the clouds, I am not sure. If your model would hold his head up, it would be a stunning expression of freedom, this was he looks like being a bit sad, looking down... Always keep in mind what you want to tell people with your photo and try to get the best out of your models to express feelings. Horizont is a bit tilting to the left, I would rotate the photo a bit to the right. Nice idea, it would be worth to improve the technical presentation, too. :-)

Nocturnal
by Anastasia

Comment:
I love the pose, the way she looks is soo great! I love her side melting into the black background, lighting is expressive. The whole composition is sooo light that I have the feeling she i sfalling like a leaf. Wonderful shot, good luck! :-)

Naked Lunch
by soup

Comment:
There are always some funny implementations for the challenges. :-) This one is great for a joke. Nice lighting and DOF, though, I would cut a bit on the bottom to get rid of the edges of the plate in the corner. Meeting the challenge... well, I laughed a lot on this and it's funny, but isn't really the type of photo I would rate high in this challenge... however, thanks for sharing.