the circus of life
by MichaelC

Comment:
A good portrait made even better when I paused and noticed the tie. Nice that you don't take yourself seriously.

I see a ribbon in your future
by snaffles

Comment:
Grog visit wizened ancient one. Ask to tell future for Grog. She say Grog will be even greater than now. Bah! Ancient one is fake teller-of-future. Easy for all to see that Grog will only be greater!

A Rose By Any Other Name
by michas

Comment:
Way different. Not sure what to make of it, but making me pause to examine it closer is itself worth a vote on the positive side.

Why?
by gyaban

Comment:
Because I said so.

If I Were Still Lorena
by Luci11e

Comment:
Well, you had ME thinking your name was Lucy for a while! Focus appears to be on the tree in the background rather than your face. Maybe a pole or something you could focus on in your place could help. Then hit the self timer and switch. As long as I am beating up on you, the details in the hat are overexposed and blown. If not for those issues, this would be a great portrait.

Flight of the Dancing Hearts
by toddhead

Comment:
The shaped bokeh works perfectly for this, and I love the expression on her face. Great portrait. I'm iffy on the color toning you chose, but that is a personal preference thing and not a flaw of any kind. Giving this one a nice high vote and a fave.

Pain.
by Prash

Comment:
Final edit looks great and the title is appropriate. No vote from me, natch.

Danny
by rooum

Comment:
Awesome portrait! I can just about hear this guy ranting at me about "kids these days" and how to old times were so much better.

Azalea
by bassbone

Comment:
I'm not a huge fan of flower shots, but the abstract nature of this is very appealing to me. Excellent use of shallow DOF.

Sail Away
by salmiakki

Comment:
Nice use of blur. Just enough shape to be clear what it is, but nice and abstracty.