Got alot of comments about not meeting the challenge. Perhaps it is so. However I am not quite sure the winner of this challenge completely adhered to the challenge details in regards to the candid factor.
However, I personally like the photo and took a chance with it for the challenge. Glad a few of you enjoyed it.
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I really like this one - hope to see it near the top. The girls in the background, in spite of being outside the field of focus, really add emphasis to the foreground girl. The lighting, the leading lines in the walls and the camera angle also work well to bring you right to the subject. Could it ribbon? I'm hoping it will. :-)
This set-up shot goes against the spirit of the challenge which was to "Drop your fear of candids this week" and single out a subject in a crowd. This certainly isn't a candid, it isn't even a crowd. It seems to be missing the point.
I like the image photographically speaking, but for some reason it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable seeing young girls (obviously underage) in such a grownup-looking pose. Perhaps I'm reading way too much into it, but perhaps not. I do like the angle and the urban look.
Nice staged portrait that really conveys a theme. I keep tilting my head when I look at it - I think rotating a touch so that the verticals in the wall are vertical within the frame would help. Composition, lighting and content all work well.
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