Stone Cold
by bloodrain

Comment by atupdate:
Back to comment: Without the title, this image does not convey cold to me very strongly. Besides that, the focus needs to be much sharper on the eyes. It is hard to connect with the person when the eyes are not sharply focused. I downloaded your image to add some sharpening and it appears as if the chin is where the sharpest focus occurs.

On a side note, it doesn't appear as if you sharpened your image after downsizing for the challenge. Downsized images almost always need to be sharpened as the last step in post processing. If you need help with this, please send me a PM and I'll try to give you a hand.

Tim

Stone Cold
by bloodrain

Comment by ddreamer:
you used nice light but the face is a bit to far to the left. The top of the noose may never pass the cheak line. I also would make or take the photo with a soft filter. than it is not as sharp as it is now.