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Comment by bmartuch:
For something so simple, this is very nice. Excellent job.

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Comment by herfotoman:
Fly, imagination fly

Making my own Sunset
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Comment by bmartuch:
Very nicely composed image. Love the softer processing.

Making my own Sunset
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Comment by 777STAN:
Agreed! Nice Work! :)

Sunday Reading: Mark 6
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Comment by one2one:
This photo is over exposed where you want it to be properly exposed. What was the subject? The book or the hands? Both are over-exposed. That's why this didn't do well, not because it lacks colours. Not because it's a bad photo. Not because people don't like sunlit images.

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Comment by pjotre7:
wow, this is excellent ZEN interpretation!

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Comment by Spooky11:
In an abstract way but dared artistic

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Comment by MikeO:
Like this very much. Hope it does well for you.

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Comment by robholding:
A great image for this category. A1

Sunday Reading: Mark 6
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Comment by Citadel:
I'd have to agree with previous commenters. This light is really harsh and you have a lot of blown highlights. The fact that they are mainly in the text of the Bible makes them glaringly obvious unfortunately. The highlights on the left hand are blown out but its not quite so jarring.

Of course there is a but...

The cross you were trying to convey in the image was a great idea. Trying to get a defined shadow AND have nice soft light? yeesh.... I think that's a lighting problem that may be unsolvable at least using natural light. Maybe a reflector to provide some fill to the areas outside of the direct sunlight to balance out a bit and hopefully your scene would be less contrasty. It would probably involve a different pose and composition though.

To be honest, I think that the exposure lost you marks and the idea you were trying to pull off actually brought your score up.

Keep up the good work and keep the ideas coming.