"Graphic" Portrait
by jbright

Comment:

Originally posted by tanguera: I can't tell what I'm looking at. Your LED screen is on the to of your camera...?

I would say that this is a film SLR with the pentaprism box removed. You are looking directly at the focusing screen.

Velvety Smooth
by RyanW

Comment:
Too much processing for my taste. It looks more like an illustration or a drawing than a photo. The blown out highlights on the D50 badge is distracting, as well.

Portrait of an Old Timer
by chalice

Comment:
I wanted to do an image like this with an TLR as a subject. I gave up after realizing that i cannot do anything even close to Gregory Heisler's self portrait done at GPP 2012 (//gulfphotoplus.com/limited/image/4/GPP-Self-Portrait-2012).

Snapshot
by odriew

Comment:
Nice subject(s) and processing resembles of a Polaroid shot.

Having said that, i would have:
- Cropped the distracting negative space from above. This would have the added bonus of making the image more-or-less Polaroid aspect ratio.
- Added a Polaroid style white border
- (maybe) Asked the model to tuck in her right (camera left) leg so it doesn't get chopped off.

on the fence...
by KMcC

Comment:
Nicely seen with matching lighting and processing.

2009 - Bought my first DSLR (D70) and joined DPC
by SEG

Comment:
One of the rare specimens of a modern digital camera in the challenge. The majority of us opted for a vintage subject.

The B&W approach works well, but the inclusion of colour might have been effective as well. Nikon DSLR cameras have that red triangular element on the grip, below the shutter button, that might be interesting element, as well as the gold on the topp of the lens. DoF is spot-on.

There is some visible noise on the lens cap and the very front of the lens that is a bit distracting.

Man with a Camera
by johnbrennan

Comment:
Nice inclusion of a human element. The lighting is good, as well as the DoF.

planned obsolescence
by Marfun

Comment:
27 exposures? I have never seen a film with 27 exposures. What kind of film it uses, 110? It might as well be 135 (35mm) judging by the size of the camera.

Yashica-A
by glad2badad

Comment:
I can't help but notice that twin lens reflex cameras are beautiful portrait subjects. There are a bunch of TLR entries in this challenge (mine included).

Lighting is spot on, as well as the sharpness and DoF. Colours work nice here, as well.

Red and Yashica
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:
Excellent lighting. I love the red strap and the way the the foreground gradually blends into the background. The subject is beautiful, as well.

A bit more depth would benefit the image and maybe cropping out a bit from the bottom.

As for that hint of a reflection at the bottom, i would prefer if it was either not there or more prominent, but it's not a distracting element in the image as it is.