Kidnapped Radiance
by frumoaznicul

Comment by MikeO:
I am gobsmacked that this did not finish in the top 10 - I am very disapointed for you it is a great photo.

Kidnapped Radiance
by frumoaznicul

Comment by frumoaznicul:
Here is how I did it.

Kidnapped Radiance
by frumoaznicul

Comment by emorgan49:
Grrr - I hate it when my 10s end up in the middle of the pack - this is absolutely lovely! I'm sure your model gives it a 10 also.

Kidnapped Radiance
by frumoaznicul

Comment by kiwiness:
I agree, this photo should have done waaay better!

Kidnapped Radiance
by frumoaznicul

Comment by frumoaznicul:
Thank you all, I do feel like a winner because of your comments. I guess it's a bit different and that scares some people. That's ok, in my opinion a good shot must be really loved or really hated. Because many of you asked, I will post a thread in the forums about how I did it, probably many of you will be surprised of how little and simple editing this suffered. Without a bit of spot editing I did for the mouth and eyes, it would be good for basic editing too, only curves and a bit of gaussian blur. Only took me like 15 minutes. I will post all these in the forums later today, again thanks alot for all your comments weather you like it or hate it.

Kidnapped Radiance
by frumoaznicul

Comment by davidbedard:
I have to agree, this was my number 1 pick. Did people not like it it because of the post processing?

Kidnapped Radiance
by frumoaznicul

Comment by JPR:
I think this photo didn't do as well as it deserved. I absolutely love it. Going in my favorites.

Kidnapped Radiance
by frumoaznicul

Comment by wewillexplore:
This shot got robbed. It was the best portrait of the week - definitely in the top 3. I was sad when I saw it because I knew "crap, mine isn't the best pic of the week!" (Though maybe senimentally the second best. ;)

This was a phenomenal shot and is going on my faves list.

Kidnapped Radiance
by frumoaznicul

Comment by tfaust:
The colors and soft tones make this look like a painting or pencil drawing. Hopefully you listed your post processing steps, I'm curious to see how this was done. Great portrait composition. I wish this looked more like a 'photograph'.

Kidnapped Radiance
by frumoaznicul

Comment by peecee:
excellent, I will be interested to see your details on this one.