red light kiss
by macco

Comment:
Interesting image.
The backround shadow reminds me distinctevely of.. uhh.. batman?

Trapped
by messerschmitt

Comment:
Wonderful.

Tina
by whiterook

Comment:
:D It's funny revising my comments and seeing which one actually didn't make any sense at all, as the one I left on this image.
It actually dawned to me to finish with "or perhaps you have taken this witha 2,000 bucks camera and dressed it up as a lovely polaroid xmas snap straight from the '80s", but then I decided not to.
This said, I love her expression, so nice. And I loved so much your postal service entry :D

E L E V E N
by Neat

Comment:
As a teenager and then an adult with some problems waking up in the morning, I can only sympathize. And parents fiddling around with cameras (in my dad's case, with fishing nets and rods, at 5 in the morning) do not help :D A wonderful very true portrait. Good Job!

Jorge
by Oz

Comment:
Personally I don't find this a bad portrait at all, for sure Jorge has an interesting face and the surroundings give some context.
Postprocessing could have improved the colours considerably. Also, but I am not sure it would work in this case, if you work with lightroom acting on the greens (desat, hue shift, luminance) could have diminished the prominence of the chair without compromising your main subject.
Given that acts on the whole image, it's probably legal as per advanced editing.

The mysteries of youth
by Kelli

Comment:
I keep coming back for a smile, thanks for the original, unboring image :)
Actually I feel the spiral adds a lot, a concept :)

Jenna
by flaherma

Comment:
Really good portrait, should have given it an 8 on second thought.

Portrait through a window pane
by Paul

Comment:
Such a nice image. Having seen your outtake, I am uncertain whether there is a clear winner. Both have their merits and both are wonderful portraits.

A Welcoming Hand to Little Frogs and Periwinkles.
by rooum

Comment:
Through the looking glass. It really is a very nice image, she'll treasure it in a few years.

Old warrior
by LevT

Comment:
Congratulations Lev!