Pressure
by Marfun

Comment:
I thought this is quite creative and well executed. Gave it a 7. Still fancy it for a better score than what it got.

Mystical
by phlover

Comment:
This was one of my most favorite images. Gave it a 10. Congratulations, excellent excellence.

Cobalt Shadows
by zencow

Comment:
This one a few pix in this challenge that grabbed me. I would never have imagined that a bokeh can look that good!

Self Portraiture
by wingyisleeds

Comment:
Lovely processing! Very good work by a very serious looking young man!

In fact it is excellent composition, the wall to the right leads the eye right to the face. The interplay of the lines and blocks are complimenting the composition. The catch lights in your eyes are nice. The monochrome really works well.

All in all an excellent job!

Message edited by author 2010-10-05 14:29:40.

Amanda X
by wingyisleeds

Comment:
I love your toning, so much character. Try sharpening ONLY the eyes a bit more using Lightroom or Photoshop.

Beth.jpg
by wingyisleeds

Comment:
Did you shoot this with a 50mm at f/1.8? note that the left eye is sharp as a minora blade, the right eye just , just getting out of the super sharpness range.

Model has beautiful eyes, love the innocence in the shot. Not everyone can get the essence, the feeling in portraiture. Good work.

Mute Swan 2
by wingyisleeds

Comment:
Great detail in the wings... simply gorgeous.

The Third Order
by Alicia

Comment:
If it was not for the awful 2 sided so called border, it would have been a 10. I love your picture!!!

Driftwood seagull
by Whebb

Comment:
I notice serious banding/noise. If you sharpen using the LAB color space in Photoshop, sharpen the L channel and you then Gaussian blur the A and B channels with a blur of 5/ radius 1, you will see a totally different pix.

trying to make for a living
by fitz3000

Comment:
Fabulous sepia, character. Sad for the new trendy eye-stealing black monstrosity called a border. I do not take away from the picture, but by golly I hate the so-called border ;-)