The Spy Who Loved Me
by meetpd

Comment:
Nice idea I like those kind of shots but I think the face is too dark.

Casino Royale
by AlexSaberi

Comment:
Love the effort you put in this. His face is perhaps a bit too dark and his left eye looks a bit spooky because you can see only little of the white in his eye. But overall a nice shot with great nice lighting. Very James Bond!

From Russia With Love
by h2

Comment:
Nice, very nice! Love your composition and lighting.

Octopussy!
by snaffles

Comment:
OMG that look quit weird! :) Funny shot, how did you do that?

Pure Joy
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment:
Wow Crystal, this is one of your best shots IMHO! Congrats on your nice finish and score though I think it is way underrated!! This is a shot that must score over 7 and get a ribbon. Don't know why it didn't do better.

Blue, red, yellow, green
by silverscreen

Comment:
Interesting shot. Looks as if the house was only in 2D :) Nice colors.

Charming
by NerdJNerdBird

Comment:
Nice shot but I don't appreciate the green halo.

In a Doll's Dream
by briantammy

Comment:
Cool shot, love the atmoshpere! The shadow on the left is distracting.

Faux Beauty
by Ubersteiny

Comment:
Cool, I love your lighting. However I think you will get hammered because it says "mainly light colors" on white - lots of black in here. Anyway: cool shot!

Amanda
by naomik

Comment:
Nice idea and beautiful model but the execution lacks quality. I'll try to give some hints:
- Her skin (especially her face) suffers from artifacts. Perhaps you saved the shot in a too low qualitiy? Try to reach the 150 KB border as close as possible to guarantee the best image quality.
- The image is oversharpened. Look at her hair and you will see some kind of "stairs" if you know what I mean. The hair becomes fringy and lacks smoothness. Sharpening less (especially when it comes to portraits) looks better.
- The blueish spots on the background are distracting. You can easily remove them by brightening those areas up till they become white.
- The most crucial point: Her face is too dark. When you look at the photo, what do you see first? Her hair, because it's the brightest part! But the essence of every portrait is the face. This is what a viewer should see first. While taking the shot you should have used a light to brighten up her face. You can compensate this issue a bit by making the face brighter during postprocessing.

Ok, this was a lot. I hope it helps :)