Abandoned Hope
by jerowe

Comment by DrAchoo:
Hmmm, you know, I don't see any obvious problems with the shot. One thing that gets me a bit (but isn't a huge deal) is either her pose or the shadows or something makes her upper body look very triangular. In other words, her head looks disproportionately small. Maybe it's the hood holding her hair down and we are used to seeing the extra space hair takes up. That isn't enough to get you down to a 5.4 though. One other thought is that she looks perhaps a bit too clean to be truly forlorn. Is life really that bad with your manicured toes in your flip flops and designer jeans made to look ragged?

I bet your biggest issue here was the emotional definition of desolation. Yes, I 100% agree it fits, but people are so literal on this site it probably lost some for that. Note the 29 4s. There is no way a photo of this quality gets a 4 other than people don't think it fits the challenge well.

I think the composition, focus and lighting are all well done. Just chalk this one up to the voters not "getting it" because they take an average of 3-5 seconds to vote each picture.

Abandoned Hope
by jerowe

Comment by jerowe:
well, didn't do near as good as i thought it would. oh well :) it's one of my favorite submissions ;) all that matters i suppose :)

great pics in this challenge, really enjoyed voting

Abandoned Hope
by jerowe

Comment by sherpet:
The mood of the challenge is in this image.....

Abandoned Hope
by jerowe

Comment by Karalew:
This photo has a nice feel. I love the color.

Abandoned Hope
by jerowe

Comment by graphicfunk:
A very nice study with moving colors. 7

Abandoned Hope
by jerowe

Comment by Judi:
Good idea but the processing seems a little odd.

Abandoned Hope
by jerowe

Comment by mpeters:
NIce PP, good pose

Abandoned Hope
by jerowe

Comment by carisakD70:
Very nice portrait and very well done. Only suggestion...to me her face looks a bit plastic

Abandoned Hope
by jerowe

Comment by Ben:
Nice idea, and quite well executed, but it seems asthough it's been darkened in PP and that gives it slightly odd hue on the models face mostly.

Abandoned Hope
by jerowe

Comment by pineapple:
A bit on the smooth side for my taste.