The coloration and processing used here aimed to mimic a textured 3d illustration in a vintage children's book - the kind that you tilt and the figures move slightly. I'm not troubled by negative comments per se but to those who won't try to deliver them with any balance or tact, may karmic boomerangs fwap you all.
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Well.....I should probably be fwapped! I gave this a three as I didn't get the 3-D thing as it just seemed OOF and/or "funny" processing to me. It also IMO missed the mark for portrait. Please don't hate me, I'm just trying to be honest with my obligatory comment.
I was very interested by your comments about the pp trying to mimic the 3-D children's books. I work on a laptop, and when I tilt the screen back (typically darkens the screen) the people and ball actually do seem to come right out of the picture. They brighten while the background darkens.
I haven't read the rest of the comments here, but I suspect your score was hurt by DNMC votes, since it is very atypical for a portrait. I think the image is very lively and a good shot.
Looks a bit plasticky (especially in the trees), and there's an odd black halo around the girl's head. If the image is going to be blurred, it would've been nice if the ball had a motion blur and looked like it was moving toward the man.
Sorry, not a very good one. Even with traces of oversharpening, it is still not sharp. Furthermore, I would rather call this an action shot than a portrait. (4)
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