Beard
by caba

Comment:
Beautiful portrait. Love the composition and lighting.

Weathered
by Jutilda

Comment:
"You are too twisted for color TV Clarie!" ;-) Love the processing.

For the Boys
by jenesis

Comment:
WOW!!! Hello sailor is right! You go girl! ;-) Even made me look twice!

Message edited by author 2006-04-22 16:19:17.

Fire Starter
by CalliopeKel

Comment:
Yikes! What a broody, defiant stare! And with the flames in the background, it reminds me of "Firestarter". Cool shot - great comp.

Identical
by ecdillon

Comment:
I really like this, but was bothered by something about it... Then I realized that there are no light reflections in the eyes. You might consider adding some catchlights in PP - I've found that it can really brighten up a portrait shot. Neat to have a twin!

The Orange Truck
by Jutilda

Comment:
GREAT shot! Love the deep color sat. Nice comp & I'm diggin the dark nostalgic mood. Good work.

Night of the Stamen
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Way back when, I scored this a 4. I must admit that was way too low. I've learned a lot since then and appreciate things a little differently. It would probably score a 7-8 from me now. :-) Love the radial blur and the tack sharp focus of the stamen. The DOF/perspective of the petals is particularly striking and I think the colors are great. The crop may be a tad tight, but nice work and apologies for the low ball.

Imagination
by TroyMosley

Comment:
I must admit I scored this too low during the challenge - I gave it a 4. Upon further reflection, I really like the composition and see more of what you were going for (I think). The interrupted zoom focus is an interesting choice to emphasize the subject matter and pattern. Still, I would have liked to see it with a brighter background - I think the hard dark gray is a distraction from the soft pastels of the shells. Today, I'd give it a 6. :-)

Cracks
by IndigoButterfly

Comment:
I like the concept here, but the image seems slightly oof and too dark. I think if you lightened up the face a bit and brought out more details and some glow, that it would really perk up the shot. Nice composition and captured expression.

carousel horse
by ArpeggioAngel

Comment:
I like the colors and glow - and the blurred background - but there seem to be editing artifacts around the edge of the horse (especially muzzle) that are distracting. I've found that using the auto or lasso tools frequently don't do an accurate enough job selecting an object, so that I end up going back and painstakingly tracing it by hand. It takes a LOT longer, but the results are usually a lot cleaner. I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't already know... ;-) I really like the composition and saturation.