The long and stormy road
by ELLIPS

Comment:
wow what a scene! beautiful lighting through the clouds highlighting the mountain. I'm not sure I'm too keen on the viewpoint or composition though. The path is great for a lead in line and the rocks to the right frame the mountain nicely but it feels like these were included for this reason rather then to enhance the composition. I think this makes the mountain a small part of the picture when I'm seeing it as the focal point. To me the path is too promanant and is actually leading me out of the frame on the left rather then into the mountain. A great scene though and well captured, I'm just not sure it's the best framing? Hope that makes sense.

green
by danielv

Comment:
Very nice clean portrait, the lighting is good and nicely filled to soften the shadows. I would usually try to meet the tip of the nose shadow with the cheekbone shadow if using this lighting pattern, especially seen as it's most of the way across the top lip but that's a relatively minor thing. The colours work really well and it has a lot of depth and clarity to it. It's a slightly odd crop with it grazing the arm on the right and it's not a wow shot but a very nice clean portrait. Well done

The ear is the avenue to the heart (Voltaire)
by Ecce_Signum

Comment:
very interesting, I really like the idea behind this one and the execution and editing give very rich skin tones, very well done

Universe
by simplesilent

Comment:
This is such a shame all the skin on the neck and the chest is completely blown out, I love the movement and the lighting in the hair but that's quite a large area of skin to have no detail in at all. Great concept and timing, just a little work needed on the lighting or RAW conversion to maintain the details

Amanda
by shanksware

Comment:
Fantastic headshot, lovely lighting and expression, as well as the crop works well. It's just lacking the atmosphere slightly of my top five but a definite top 10 finish for this and an 8 from me.

Sleeping Beauty
by magnus

Comment:
Beautiful shot, one of my top 5 for the challenge. Great detail where it needs to be and great use of composition and colours for the out of focus areas. Well done

Bell'aria
by idnic

Comment:
One of my top 5, superb soft lighting and great clarity in the details. Has a lovely feel to the image and the subjects expression really helps that as well as the soft muted colours. fantastic.

Bedouin Beauty
by Timosaby

Comment:
definitely in the top 5 for me, I love the deep shadow to the lighting here but with light still in the dark eye. Great pose and colours in the this as well. The only downside is the lack of seperation between the hair/shoulder (camera left) and the black background

Color Crush
by trnqlty

Comment:
One of my two 10's and I'd have this as a second place in the challenge. Nice lighting, composition, and makeup put this out ahead of the rest

Oriental Glam
by librodo

Comment:
Awesome, one of my two 10's and a definite ribbon for this one, fantastic lighting, composition, make up, hair, expression, colours, just awesome!