Piercing by Ryu Murakami
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Comment by LandzEnca:
I am not a border police, and in fact I often use top and bottom black borders myself. Though I wouldn't do it in a challenge about novels. I was looking forward to portrait images that may work out well as book covers. But that's probably just me.

I would have set the focus range up to the eyes and applied selective gaussian to the corners with distracting elements.

5 from me.

Piercing by Ryu Murakami
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Comment by eniko:
I haven't read the novel, but read up a little bit about it. Not sure if this portrays the novel well, as I understand it to be quite a weird, dark and violent work. From me 5

Rear End
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Comment by wejna:
6th place! Awesome work, Paul. Congratulations! :)

Rear End
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Comment by littlemav:
Whooo Hoooo Go Shady Sheeps!! Great placing and you know I love it!

Rear End
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Comment by rjkstesch:
All right Paul! Way to go on the top 10!

Rear End
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Comment by tvsometime:
Contrast of contortions. Voted earlier.

Rear End
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Comment by markwiley:
Fantastic. The muted colors, the fog, the crazy eye -- nice shot.

Piercing by Ryu Murakami
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Comment by emoons:
It's got some great detail in the face, but it is just a piercing of a cow's?? nose. I know it goes with the title of the book, but the theme of the book has nothing to really do with this...at least from what I read about it. Maybe a different piercing with a dark undertone or something?

I gave it a 3.

Rear End
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Comment by mariuca:
I would say: great, like pretty much always
Extraordinary angry movement and great fog
bump

The face
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Comment by beatabg:
You have some subjects to photograph. Extraordinary portrait.