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by BrennanOB

Comment by yanko:
First, congratulations on your ribbon. Seeing your outtake got me thinking about your edits and choices. I agree the b/w is better than the color. I also like what you did with the contrast. However, the smoothness and hyper sharpening in your b/w shot take's it in a completely different direction than Uelsmann's work. In one regard that's a good thing, but I'm not sure I'm liking the direction. Uelsmann's work has soft edges with texture left in the surfaces, which is very effective when combined with the model's expression as a whole. In your photo the edges are hyper sharp. Some of that is probably do to the resizing but the end result is the papers looks like razor blades that could easily tear into her skin if she moves. When you include that effect with the heavy smoothing and the girl's expression it's hard to make the connection your title offers unless you meant it's the becoming of the next SAW movie poster. No offense intended. Just my honest reaction.

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by BrennanOB

Comment by markwiley:
Excellent image wonderfully handled. Congrats on the HM.

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Comment by hajeka:
Congrats Brennan. Beautiful work!

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Comment by BrennanOB:
Now I know why programs like Portrait Professional will by default erase all signs of freckles.

It seems they are seen as a skin disease. It's OK, the model is fine, it is a genetic deformity common to people of celtic ancestry, merely a mal-distribution of skin melin, treatable with lasers, skin bleaching creams or agressive photo editing.

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Comment by jomari:
Congrats on 4th, Brennan. This was one of my top two picks (the other one won). It was the first one to come up in voting for me, and I was amazed to see such quality straight up. (That's not a very logical observation, is it?)

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Comment by Zeissman:
Beautiful and creative shot.

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Comment by tanguera:
Congrats on your HM Brennan! Wicked cool shot.

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Comment by RamblinR:
Clever idea. Well executed. Should place well.

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Comment by Neat:
Awesome. 10

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Comment by alanlawrence:
This is very cool!