I don't normally look at the members challenges - too busy trying to vote/comment the open challenge. But here goes anyway...
I like the colours in this shot - especially the orange highlights on the hands. The black smudges in the purple are a little offputting since they don't seem to have any significance.
I don't think the smily face on the finger adds anything to the shot - the image would be stronger without it (in my unknowledgable opinion anyway). In terms of meeting the challenge - there is definitely a "before" and "after" component with the two hands however it's hard to understand the event which caused the change. Also the blurring is darker on the left, which implies to me that the "finger up" hand is the before, I'd prefer "before" on the left and "after" on the right.
Composition is quite good - perhaps a tiny bit more purple on the left to balance the two sides would be good. The simple border is good - anything more complex would take away from the image.
I probably would have gave it 6. I would have given up to 1 extra point for removing the smily face (I just don't get it), and 1 extra point if it fitted the challenge more obviously. |
