Hard light
Philippe Maurice

Hard light

July 2019

Crowd
winner

Beautiful Layering as well as tonality, when I looked at this image I stopped for a few seconds to actually check if it's a painting or just great photography. I love everything about it, excellent work, please continue to create I would love to see more of that series.

this is by far the best flower shot listed here in this competition, great color as well as the use of lighting to create the contrast to make your flower pop, I also love how the shadow of each layer is creating almost like a second layer to the flower. great job !!

i really love the sherlock holmes feel to this image , very well done , i love the well done useage of Atmosphere haze / smoke , to create an mysterious feel , my only critique regarding this image is that we cant his expression. other than that great work ! i would love to see more of that series !

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Entry 4120911
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Beautiful Composition, color, lighting, movement as well as emotion, I love everything about this image, I literally have no critiques, I really like how there is a catch light in the eyes to bring life to the subject, congratulations for winning you well deserve it keep doing what you are doing I have no doubt you will go places !! :)

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Many modern images, especially portraits, are shot in soft light, which is known for being much more forgiving and flattering. Hard light, on the other hand, is dramatic and full of contrasts – making it a far harder technique for beginners to master, but one that can add glamour and shadow when used correctly.

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great photography, I really like the soft light and the model expression, I think you are doing great work! I have just one critique: always pay attention to the model pose , if she has her hands stuck to her body ( sometimes they are tense they squeeze their arm to their body ) it ads to her width , if there is a gap between her arm and her waist our brain automatically register that and she looks her size. if it's none existing, she will look bigger.

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