OMG Charlene, we ended up right next to each other. Your photo is really much better than mine. I love the high contrast and needless to say, the composition is totally awesome. The title is the icing. Interesting that you got a 6.5 from your commenters, but a 5.1 from the overall voters. Should have ended higher... but we all know how that goes. :o)
I like the doll for this shot - I tend to think of dolls as kind of creepy in a way, and this one fits nicely. I think you already have some good constructive comments. I'll echo that there needs to be a bit more detail somehow in the hair, or perhaps a tighter crop to alleviate the large black space formed there. I do love the choice of B&W, and the bit of lace in the lower left.
Charlene - what a great title to complement the feel of the image. Component wish, I think the image is very solid - the face slightly at angle, the lace and fine work to frame the dolls head, the misplaced hair - but I think it is lacking something. The black and white conversion seems very flat in my opinion. Maybe a bit of sepia tone to give it an older, used, and forgotten feel. Also, maybe a slightly different treatment on the composition may have helped. A more square crop, with focus more directly on the face itself, and lighting (likely from the side) to emphasize the nicks and scratches and neglect that this pretty doll endured.
Looks like you got a really nice critique there. But still, even tho I didn't vote in the challenge, I cannot figure out why this scored so low. It reminds me of stuff that you'd see back in the black and white movie days. Makes me wonder how old the doll really is. Good shot.
I think this is a difficult shot because of the extreme contrast withe the pale face and dark hair. I think it would be much nicer if the detail in the hair were retained so that there were not such huge black spaces. I think these unintended black holes distract from the face and the drama of the one eye. A more angled light or softer contrast might also help give the missing eye depth. Here I'm not sure if it's missing, colored black, or simply chopped out of the photo. If the texture in the hair were retained, I think this would be a really cool composition, because the hair, printed fabric, lace, and textured ribbon would carry a textural symmetry that really set off the smooth face and let that eye stand out--so I do appreciate where this was going!
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