This got an 8 from me. It's an enjoyable image to look at. I like the shifting blur/darkness. Looks like something blocking the lens rather than post-processing.
The lighting is so marvelous, Mariuca. I love how it highlights the guy on the right. Perhaps it's a bit too grainy for DPC sensibilities, but I absolutely love it. And I especially like that I was there!
Parts of the image look artificially blurred and parts have a lot of artifacting that looks like it was exaggerated during post-processing. Maybe the exaggeration was accidental, but if it wasn't, I can't see how it improves the image.
I don't feel the graininess helps this image, almost takes on the look of over sharpening or compression artefacts, interested to know what's going on though, would have made a nice B&W candid but then there'd be no green skin :|
I like the idea, the framing and the subjects. I am a bit unsure about the postprocessing. Blurring elements to make the rest more prominent is just fine and I see the point in keeping the faces in perfect focus. However, blurring the area between them looks that point very unnatural. However, I see how this, along with grittiness and very coarse application of blur, could be a creative decision.
1, has no appealing features, fake blur, fake Grain or really low quality or massively over sharpened something has ruined it, and does he always have a green face?
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