Magic light in the palm of your hand
by timlu

Comment:
This looks so much like my cousin Kelly. I thought it was her. Anyway, you did a great job of color balance on this one, and there is just enough light on the face of the subject to give it a softness yet still be defined. One of the better portraits I have seen.

Man of Fortune
by caba

Comment:
Very nice contrast between the red and brown. Thought there may have been a little too much shadow, though. Perhaps moving the lightsource a little more right?

Artificial Sunrise
by odetta

Comment:
Nice use of bonsai. Very creative.

Sky
by Jinbo

Comment:
Very nice portrait. Face detail is really good. You did a very good job considering we could only use one light source.

Dramatic Lighting
by dr3amz

Comment:
Nice silouette, but I am afraid the score will be lower than the picture deserves because we were supposed to use artificial light. This is a wonderful shot, love the sky and the light. You did a nice job photographically.

One Laser, Two Mirrors
by lucienaw

Comment:
Could have defined the rays of light more clearly.

Mystic Reflections
by jccalloway

Comment:
Really love the colors on this one. I guess it is some sort of a chinese lantern, though not sure. Thought it may have been a little out of focus, though the use of light was very good.

Thirsty Kitty
by taterbug

Comment:
This photo was so clear and concise. Great detail. I think that the one issue is one you can't do anything about, and that was that weed right in the front of the tiger. It upset the balance of the image so much. Just makes me wish I could yank it out of there. Have you tried to do some paintbrush over the weed with the orange and black from the tiger, to hide it? Not sure if the result would be decent, and you got to feel that it is worth it to spend some time on the picture. Other than that, the exposure was good even though it was a difficult light with the strong dark in the background and the bright white on the rocks in the foreground. Did you use a neutral density filter to balance the highlights and shadows? Nice overall effort.

Waterfall
by Neuferland

Comment:
I have been into waterfalls lately, trying my hand at that soft look. You did a nice job of capturing the water with slow shutter. It did seem too dark around the edges, though. Maybe it is my monitor, but I see absolutely no detail around the water at all. On my waterfall images that I put in my portfolio, I did receive a comment that it appeared pixilated, which may only be due to the change to a more compressed size. I see a little of that in this one too. I am not sure how to get past that problem. Overall, I liked the picture and your placement of the waterfall compositionally is very dramatic

metalic tapestry.jpg
by elee3009

Comment:
I really love the use of color in this one. I hear the term desaturation alot, but I am not sure what you do to use it. Anyway, the foreground is my favorite part of the photo. I am not a big fan of purple though, but that is my personal taste. I'd like to see this done with some other color combinations. It seems a good subject to really play. If you don't mind, I would like to try and take this one and add a chrome texture to it just to see how it comes out. I have Microsoft Picture It as one of my editing programs, and it has a whole bunch of illusions which I love to use for different looks. Let me know and I will post it on my site for about a week.