Ballerinas
by doug61853

Comment:
this is a very nice image, but i'm afraid it's not really a high contrast image. high contrast has a limited tonal range of high and low tones, with very few intermediate tones. the ultimate high contrast is pure black and white, no greys. the more greys or intermediate tones, the less high contrast it is.

A Break in the Storm
by Jammur

Comment:
this is a lovely image, but i'm afraid it's not really a high contrast image. high contrast has a limited tonal range of high and low tones, with very few intermediate tones. the ultimate high contrast is pure black and white, no greys. the more greys or intermediate tones, the less high contrast it is.

I Can Brand the Horse with my Hand
by posthumous

Comment:
ooo, don, i didn't see this. wow, what a super image. a great compliment to have inspired such a great shot.

The lighting director
by jdannels

Comment:
ooo, joe, this is fab.

Heifer Impeding Journey
by Ristyz

Comment:
my 4 year old son says: thanks for putting it on our computer. how i like your cow picture. do you have a farm?

White Washed
by Ristyz

Comment:
my 4 year old son says: I like the horse and i wonder where you took the picture. i really would like to pet one of your horses.

poets profile/ larger then life
by cutout

Comment:
your new style of working is really resonating with me greatly. the colours and tones in this one are simply gorgeous - rich and jewel-like. the awareness and use of negative space are superb, with the emptiness and subject balancing each other in perfect unevenness. the graininess works very well too, and the repetition of the man's profile, positive and negative, left and right, is wonderful.

On The Cruelty Of Man
by Adian00

Comment:
this image just grabbed me. the strong flash light works in this context, adding a harshness and unblinking gaze to the picture. the face of the man, with the makeup and tears, goes against society's traditional idea of a 'man', yet is obviously male. the composition works extremely well indeed, with the conjoining angles energising the whole piece. a highly charged and emotional shot.

see no evil
by jrmyrnsm

Comment:
an intellectually fascinating shot, well composed and exposed. i think i do wish the tones were a little richer. what i do love is the perversity (for those who confuse perverse with pervert: perversity = contrariness: deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline) of covering the eyes in a portrait. that, plus the implications of pure/impure are very interesting. keeping pure from corrupting influences, or keeping the subject's corruption from escaping. nicely done.

Interior
by Louis

Comment:
super shot, and very sexy new beard.