Graveyard Shift
by DustDevil

Comment:
I like the portraits that seem to tell more of a story, let you feel like you know the subbject a bit better after seeing it. I think this does that very well. Great lighting, and just enough DOF, 8 for now.

Eighty Three
by stare_at_the_sun

Comment:
caleb stinks. :P back at cha.

Unveiled
by librodo

Comment:
man, when you pick a subject, you just don't let go until you're satiated do you?

Untitled
by hopelessoptimist

Comment:
Try this: in Photoshop, copy main layer to a new layer, gaussian blur at about 5-10 or so (I'd need to play with it full size to know for sure) set layer blending to Soft Light. Pick the eraser, delete the eyes of the second layer to let the eyes from the original layer show through.

Sharpen the first layer at 100%/.5pixels/0 threshold, or to taste. This will make the eyes pop out. Crop the picture to portrait with the face in a thirds position, upper right. If you don't know what thirds is, go to photoinf.com.

Go to Layer/new adjustment layer/levels. Pring the rightmost slider over until it's at the bottom of the curve just into the black to brighten the background away from gray.

[url]//www.brizfoto.com/321901edit.jpg [/url]

Just trying to help, hope that's how you take it. Also, you may need to check your monitor calibration, this looked really dark to me.

DSC_0010.jpg
by wavelength

Comment:
heh, this is a reverse lens at -50mm or so. Somethine like 3:1 macro. I don't have an adapter, so I had to leave the apeture open to full 3.5.

Bounding
by hahn23

Comment:
There's something dodgy about that deer's bum.... nope, that's butt burn. :P

Trunky but Chic
by skewsme

Comment:
I still get flashbacks to the branch challenge every time I see one of these, I voted on every one of those dammned looking up a tree pictures.

Balance
by danderson107

Comment:
I actually like this version better I think David, seems to fit the minimalist feel. I figured out that this was Jell-O, it's a wonderful idea, and well executed. I'd love to know how you got that perfect gradient onto your background.

Raptor
by Strikeslip

Comment:
HEY! It's slippy in the top 10!! Congrat's man, well deserved, gave this a 10.

After work, a double
by tinky2

Comment:
I'm thinking you should have lit the background up instead of the glass, and let the light shine through, those reflections are distracting from an otherwise very good refraction. Also having the glass off-center makes me feel lopsided.