Two Friends
by SnapperL

Comment by CarlvanHeerden:
Nice photo, but fill flash?

Two Friends
by SnapperL

Comment by Retroesque:
PERFECT!

Beauty not the Beast
by SnapperL

Comment by BeeCee:
She's stunning :D Nice job in not losing her in the background and still not blowing the light bits. NOT easy!

A Study in Backlighting
by SnapperL

Comment by ericwoo:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: It's impossible for me to tell where the image focus lies, and the colors are all washed out.

Lighting: While you did indeed achieve backlighting here, it is far too harsh. The face is covered in a lens flare, and the brightness just serves to push my eyes out of the frame.

Composition/Content: I do like the mood that you captured, but the flaws are for too many for mood alone to overcome.

My Opinion: I do hate that the voters handed you a new personal worst and it makes me unhappy to add that this one was probably scored about where it should have. This entry is well below your potential and capabilities that you have proven with your previous entries.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric

A Study in Backlighting
by SnapperL

Comment by brooklyyyn:
it blackens out to much of his face.

A Study in Backlighting
by SnapperL

Comment by kkerri1:
light feels too harsh

A Study in Backlighting
by SnapperL

Comment by outland:
Nice, introspective expression and you have the back lighting technique right on. I would like to see a little more light on the left side of the model's face, though. 5

A Study in Backlighting
by SnapperL

Comment by sonyalphausr:
Seems a little too dark in the front...I know its backlighting, but seems you could have somehow shone light on his face.

4

A Study in Backlighting
by SnapperL

Comment by Physics_Guru:
Challenge was to keep the subject from becoming a silhouette. It didn't but not by much. Quality of the details is severely lacking as well as any interesting points.

Admiring the Countryside
by SnapperL

Comment by smudgeSMJ:
Lovely, a slightly closer crop would be nice to get rid of the small gaps to the outside of either tree (between the tree and the frame).