Remembrance/Magritte: Ce N'est Pas un Ours
by Bear_Music

Comment:
The mouse ought to be in the bear's bite.

becoming
by BrennanOB

Comment:
First, congratulations on your ribbon. Seeing your outtake got me thinking about your edits and choices. I agree the b/w is better than the color. I also like what you did with the contrast. However, the smoothness and hyper sharpening in your b/w shot take's it in a completely different direction than Uelsmann's work. In one regard that's a good thing, but I'm not sure I'm liking the direction. Uelsmann's work has soft edges with texture left in the surfaces, which is very effective when combined with the model's expression as a whole. In your photo the edges are hyper sharp. Some of that is probably do to the resizing but the end result is the papers looks like razor blades that could easily tear into her skin if she moves. When you include that effect with the heavy smoothing and the girl's expression it's hard to make the connection your title offers unless you meant it's the becoming of the next SAW movie poster. No offense intended. Just my honest reaction.

RED
by elsapo

Comment:
Congrats. Less beats out more. Doesn't it always?

14th Year
by smardaz

Comment:
This is a very good portrait. I like the composition, but I do find myself wondering how it would look as a 6x7 portrait instead of landscape...

That said, the head positioning, POV slightly below eye level, the spill of light in the background to give separation, b/w conversion and exposure are great. It's all done with subtlety, which allows a little of that authenticity to shine through from your subject.

transitalien
by tnun

Comment:
Not sure what this is but it's pretty expressive when you let your eyes adjust to the rendering.

Fear Casts a Long Shadow
by bcrants

Comment:
I really like the light and her expression you capture. Although there's nothing wrong with the composition, I do think I would have preferred the scene to include more of the room (i.e. zoomed out) The reason being, more shadows = more fear. However, that's just me.

Grand Pa
by Kronus

Comment:
Gollum?

Monoliths
by tvsometime

Comment:
You can sense the weight of this structure.

dorian's passion
by bspurgeon

Comment:
What I would picture Martians to look like...

Cornered
by markwiley

Comment:
Looks good, but for me it's lacking some tension. It could use some shadow play. For example, a bright flashlight shining down on the guy or a large silhouette of the guy he's being chased by might have given the image more of an edge, IMO.