very awesome!! I love how you shot this!

i love the lighting, the photo is just too dark

Kanji is written with paint brushes, since kanji uses paint brushes, does that mean it's not letters?

lol, the 2012 PXL calendar should be of all the black and white nude shots, that would be one hot calendar, lol

I love the lighting and texture, but I do not like the composition much. I think the eye is too close to the top, and you even cut off a bit of the eye. The eye is what draws your attention, and because it is so high up you are distracted from the rest of the photo

this photo would look really cool if you rotated it so that the helicopter was right side up and the world was upside down

I would agree with Ray only if it was grotesque. The cat is dead, but you can't see it's innards, nothing disgusting is going on. At first I thought the cat was just asleep, then I looked closer and saw it was dead. We have contests where the theme is horror. If we can have contest that promote the edgy scary, why can't this artist promote his edgy sad? I think this photo for what it could be it quite family friendly. Kids see dead cats and squirrels on the side of the road in worse condition that this kitten all the time.

It's nicely composed, but you need a more closed down aperture. Her face being blurry throws the picture way off. But other than that, nicely done.

Non conformist, one of the only two that isn't a mac.

Nice, love the the play on words!

too dark, I love the lighting and where it is coming from and the angle, but it need just a a little bit more light so you can see the strings better

Nice photo, but you need to state what your aperture is and your focal length.

your angle is unique, but your focus isn't all that good. You focus is on the word liter, and it would be much better if it were on the Pepsi logo

It look much better now. And i know the feeling. I sometimes edit my photos late at night and in the morning I look at them and go "what was I thinking?". It's amazing how easy it is to make a bad photo when you're tired

I am not a big fan of this composition for this contest only because the smile isn't first thing you notice in this picture, it isn't the focus. But otherwise, it is a nice photo

lovely smile, but the lighting doesn't reflect the mood you want. The lighting is too gloomy for this beautiful smile

you needed a flash with the photo, the light ing is too dark for a smile. The shadows create a moody atmosphere when you want a bright happy one!

looks like it came out of a magazine, though I would like to see more of the top of her head, but otherwise it is a really beautiful photo

that is one scary smile

Also, with backlight, it's best if you use a flash so the face isn't so dark

this photo is nicely composed, but it's too flat, you're whites are gray in this photo. You either need to increase contrast or increase brightness

lovely lighting and composition, but the photo is soft due to you trying to save it from noise, and the focus is on her nose, I would have done her eyes. Next time when working with luminance, or whatever you use to reduce noise, make sure you you leave more detail, because in large view it looks like a painting, not a photo. But other than minor editing and focus issues, it's an amazing shot

the lighting is perfect and I love the contrast between the curves of the body with the strings of the violins!

you can just use an infrared filter, it works the same and you have to do some post editing stuff

Love the focus!

you aperture is WAY to open, you need to close down so more than just the wheel of the car is in focus, the lighting and scenery are nice, but you can't see much of the subject clearly

HDR is not at all flattering this photo

I love the headlights as well, it makes it seem as if this was a snapshot and not a long exposure. I also love the angle!

you actually can, there are ways to override and trick the camera, you just need to know what you are doing. Like next time don't have it in macro, put it in portrait, or some other setting that would force it to have a wider aperture on it, and just because it's a point and click doesn't mean you can't control that kind of stuff, just means you don't know how

I recognize this, same shot, just flipped and in color

you're aperture it a little to open, you should have closed down more for the shot, but I like the angle a lighting

The HDR ruins this shot, way to dark, you lose sooooo much beautiful detail here, not gain it

I love this photo! You did an excellent job with the panorama, and I love that there is still writing on the chalkboard, makes the photo so much more interesting!

Horrible use of HDR, not flattering at all to the saturation and contrast of the photo at all, and there is no detail to be gained from doing HDR with the shot

the contrast is WAY to high. I rarely ever like HDR because of how tacky it looks and how over used it is. The detail of the room is enhanced by it, but the highlights int the window are blown out by the increase of contrast. You gain and loose detail in this photo. I applaud you for using true HDR , and I agree that it looks best on abandoned buildings, but the natural highlights in the photo due to direct sunlight are way over done due to the increased contrast form the HDR. If the photo was taken on a cloudy day the contrast wouldn't be a problem, but you need to play around with your curve

love the lighting, and the set up says loneliness, but the expression of the model says hopeful. Beautiful photo though.

the reflection from the glass ruins the shot for me

I love the composition, the lighting is perfect, the posture, everything is amazing, but the expression of the model reads at peace to me, not alone. That is the only problem I have with this photo, is that it is staged, and the model is for the most part, blank. There is no real emotion i this. This is a perfect, your technique is amazing, I recognize your work when I see it because of your technique. But I don't always see a lot of emotion in your photos. I'm not saying that is bad, but it is something you need to be aware of.

it would only imply loneliness if there was one person among many seats, but a couple of empty chairs is just empty

I agree, not a lonely, more like impatient. Just because someone is in a photo alone doesn't mean they are portraying that emotion. A single item or person doesn't always mean loneliness.

I agree, the feeling I get is emptiness and loss, not alone. Grieving isn't loneliness unless you grieve alone. And I am sorry for your loss. I lost both of my Grandfathers within months of each other and a couple of days ago I just lost my Great Aunt, whom we are burying soon, so I understand what it's like to look for someone, and realize they aren't there anymore, and you won't get to hug them, kiss them, or laugh with them anymore.

I also agree, it is a nice photo, but a boat on a bank doesn't exactly make me feel lonely. There is no vastness to swallow me whole because the boat is on land. A boat on land usually signifies being safe and being home, not exactly a lonely feeling to me.

she doesn't look like she is crying or lonely, but rather getting a bug out of her eye while waiting for someone. Body posture and facial expressions are key to expressing emotions with people, and you have to pay very close attention to them, otherwise you are sending mixed messages.

I also agree

A single seagull doesn't exactly scream lonely to me. Nice composition though.

the lighting doesn't flatter the model at all, though I do like how he is positioned and the envoirment he is in, but The expression on his face would seal the deal with this picture. His body posture doesn't say alone, so I need to see it in his face. His body posture is very relaxed, kinda like he is just sitting there in serious though, looking towards the future.

I love the expression on his face, that is what makes this photo. It looks like he is sitting there contemplating his faith, and it looks like he might be having second thoughts. Great capture of the moment!

I like this photo, but I see a reoccurring theme among the submission, and however nice it is, it isn't unique at all. it is different from some of the others, but I'm kinda tired of seeing pictures of people alone on a beach.

I'm sorry, I'm not a big fan of HDR, but I try to to discriminate, but HDR with this photo is not flattering at all. I like how it brings the detail out in her hair, but you can get that same effect using other tools such as sharpen and clarity. But her face looks like it's splattered with mud, and that isn't flattering her at all.

this photo is waay too muddy, yo need to increase contrast or do something so the photo isn't so flat! There is too much dark gray in the photo, and not enough variance in from you darks to lights.