thanks peeps! :) i thought a banana challenge was pretty funny, but didnt even start on it until 10pm. thank goodness for patient friends with good senses of humour. ;)
oh and the white things are reflections from the shiny black wig. wigs are a nightmare, (especially cheap halloween ones!) highly unrecommended for photographing. wish i had noticed them sooner, but oh well.
A very beautiful model and a nice image and lighting but the specks in her hair are a bit off putting otherwise a great image I didn't vote on this challenge I was going to do it tonight and it had already gone over But when I looked through the thumbnails this one really struck me
A very "formal" portrait. Nice exposure - especially on the face. Your challenge idea an interesting one. The bright highlights on the hair need to go bye bye.
very nice image that fits the topic well but since this is advanced you could have cleaned it up a bit with clone tool, removing the white spots in her hair and the one on the bananas; also if you could have shown the top of her head without it being to bright at the top it would have been just a little better
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 6
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 5
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc. 7
How well does it meet the challenge: 8
Total Averaged Rating(Rounded) 7
Great idea and a beautiful model. I like the dramatic lighting. But the glossy sparkles are overdone. I like the ones on her lips, but not in the hair, they look out of place. The catch-lights in her eyes also seem exagerated.
Impressive, especially to put together in time for a speed challenge. I find the white spots on the hair distracting though, but still love it overall.