ren.jpg
by dwaters

Comment by Lydia:
I wish my dogs would sit for me. Ren's adorable.

ren.jpg
by dwaters

Comment by colorcarnival:
he's a cutie!

Queen
by dwaters

Comment by Koriyama:
*critique club*

Starting from you final score, I think that you'll realise that you got hammered for being considered off-topic. 'Shadows' and 'low key' have different meanings in photography. 'Low key' refers to a photo where the overall colour range is dark, like in your entry, sometimes created by shadow regions, sometimes not.

Leaving that aside, there is another reason why you got hammered in the voting - DPC tends not to favour challenging images, as yours is. By 'challenging', I mean images whose meaning is not immediately apparent, including abstracts, and images that are even slightly uncomfortable or grotesque.

Photographically, your intention could have been reinforced by reducing the clutter around the object, by making the ice-breath more obvious through a repositioning of the camera angle and by adding more light to the head area to clarify the object.

Best wishes,

Jim

Queen
by dwaters

Comment by f-32:
awesome lighting...

Queen
by dwaters

Comment by WILDBLUE:
7.

Queen
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Comment by Silent Sister:
I know the challenge is about shadows, but I can't really tell what this is.

Queen
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Comment by Flash:
8. Good clean focus on subject.

Queen
by dwaters

Comment by justine:
The 'mother'!!! Yikes just to see that mouth is creepy. Cool light.

Vengeance-The Demon
by dwaters

Comment by Brunosmad:
I like this shot. It has the classic "Universal Studios Monsters" feel.

Vengeance-The Demon
by dwaters

Comment by f-32:
Look like the next door neighbor, to me... she's actually very nice, once you get to know her.