Catch Her in the Rye
by IrvineJames

Comment by blindjustice:
I like the lighting on the subject and the silly pun, despite the cataclysmic explosion of the sun on the right side of the frame.

Catch Her in the Rye
by IrvineJames

Comment by emoons:
Play on words...get it.

I like the golden look on the right side.
The one major detractor for me is the light spot on her neck. Everytime I look at the image, that is what always catches my attention. Also, her right shoulder is illuminated with her face, but there is not light on her front side. My brain tells me that this is not natural :) The sun is on the backside of her, so obviously you used fill light, but it only hit spots and that takes away from the image.

Gave it a 4

Catch Her in the Rye
by IrvineJames

Comment by RyanW:
overall a nice scene with good composition and just enough light on the model
a 7 from me

Catch Her in the Rye
by IrvineJames

Comment by tanguera:
Hmmmmm, not sure if something was lost in translation, or if this is an intentional pun on the title. A beautiful portrait, and delicious light

Catch Her in the Rye
by IrvineJames

Comment by bohemka:
Clever stuff. Pretty stuff.

Catch Her in the Rye
by IrvineJames

Comment by Melethia:
Love the flare on her throat.

Catch Her in the Rye
by IrvineJames

Comment by Bear_Music:
Well, it's a nice pun :-) Technically the image is pretty accomplished, though I'm seeing an odd disconnect between face color/tones and the rest of her skin that really bothers me.

In the end, it doesn't connect for me. I need more, at some level. 5.

Catch Her in the Rye
by IrvineJames

Comment by RKT:
6...it's a nice senior portrait.

Catch Her in the Rye
by IrvineJames

Comment by Cory:
Amazingly beautiful image, really nice portrait, and great lighting.

The fit to the novel is... tenuous. Sure, it's about saving people, and I guess this might kinda sorta convey that a touch, but really, for me, it misses the mark and falls into the pun/over literal category.

Still, beautiful light, and a very nice portrait.

6

Catch Her in the Rye
by IrvineJames

Comment by Abra:
Your shoehorn title made me smile. The image is very beautiful and I would have scored this higher in a free study 5.

But wait! Before I actually hit the score button I decided to google your title just in case I was wrong in assume it was a play on the well known classic ‘Catcher in the Rye’ and their in Goodreads is your quoted book by Wodke Hawkinson and Dmitry Raykin. So it is not, IMO, a complete DNMC but only a slight shoe horn (what is considered a classic can be subjective but this book may be a bit of a stretch). 7.