Solemn Joy
by movieman

Comment by itsrazzi:
love the effect you did on this. how faded the colours are, how the freckles stand out so much on her skin. hair looks beautiful. very nice! I almost want to see her holding a rose, as if she's sniffing it in her reflection

Solemn Joy
by movieman

Comment by leaf:
nice framing and contrast. I like the use of high contrast.

Solemn Joy
by movieman

Comment by whagerbaumer:
Really great tonal qualities. It appears to me as if this picture was rotated ninety degrees to the right becaue o the leaves. I like the placement of the left hand.

Solemn Joy
by movieman

Comment by SandyP:
I love this one! She is so pretty, and she really does look peacefully solemn. Good job.

Afloat in the Castaic
by movieman

Comment by whagerbaumer:
I checked the histogram for your picture and there are a substantial number of pixels evenly distributed between black and white although there are a goodly number of pure white and an equally goodly number of pure black pixels. If I increase my monitor brightness hardly at all, the deep black silhouette of the duck starts to lighten.

I believe you and other people all have your monitors set correctly. You just have a greater tolerance for high contrast photos with less aggregate light than dark areas.

I personally try to get my money's worth out of having a camera that can shoot over 6 megapixels of high resolution raw images to leave so many pixels completely black or white.

If the duck had been in a less dark area so the silhouette would have stood out better, you might have had fewer complaints.

Afloat in the Castaic
by movieman

Comment by Skip:
sorry to report that i think it is your monitor that needs calibrating...

Solemn Joy
by movieman

Comment by BobsterLobster:
Intriguing photo and model. Great expression in the eyes. Good shirt. Not convinced by square crop though.

Solemn Joy
by movieman

Comment by tristalisk:
Interesting image. I thought she was lying on snow at first until I noticed the reflection. Very crisp image, wonderfull composition. I think a bit more of a smile would have been nice but this works very well as it is. Nice job!!

Solemn Joy
by movieman

Comment by Artyste:
She doesn't look all that joyful really.. more like a playful anger really. Still, nice shot.

Solemn Joy
by movieman

Comment by Structor:
Wonderful shot.