Utsukushii
by mchalmers

Comment:
Pretty still life, good light balance.

mei nü
by PiechProductions

Comment:
Ah, wo ye shuo hanyu. Ta shi hen piaoliang!

Mei nu is right, and so is the light/background. Excellent combo across the board. I'm just a little distracted by the catchlights in the middle of her eyes...Were your flashes triggered by the onboard flash? Either way, a few seconds of cloning would have brought this to 9 territory from me, but now you just get a lowly 8 :P

BOO!!!
by halopes

Comment:
AHH!

Awesome lighting here. Colors, too, are interesting.

Karate
by senor_kasper

Comment:
Cute kid, good lighting, beautiful background. Only problem is it may be a little too beautiful--the sunburst is kinda distracting me from the real subject here.

Kampai! Japanese for cheers!
by millsa

Comment:
Lighting seems a little flat to me, with distracting imperfections on the background.

King Kang, Gardian of Heaven
by phlover

Comment:
This is, to too great an extent, just a picture of a work of art already made. The lighting/processing is interesting, but I just don't really get much from it.

Sensu
by MAK

Comment:
Fantastic lighting, expression, etc. Good job!

Pagoda Flyby
by sfalice

Comment:
No real central focus here--the seagulls drag my focus all over the picture, but with no real purpose or direction. Colors are also a little ho-hum.

Rain
by Lonz

Comment:
Very creative! Great colors, too.

Good Fortune
by klkitchens

Comment:
Ooh, your bad luck to be the second of the same idea I've seen. But good skill for you--your lighting is far superior, so you get a better score. One niggling issue with the DOF on the fortune itself--would have been better if the whole fortune was in focus.