deep pierced cut
by theodor38

Comment by Prime_Time:
This is cool.... 10

deep pierced cut
by theodor38

Comment by bongo:
Love the catchlight in the eyes.
Focus is pin sharp.
Love the font on your text. Very well done. Excellent job!!!
Side note: I mentioned this in a thread earlier this week, I can see your photo skills improving at a phenomenal pace lately. You are obviously experiencing a growth/learning spike right now. Ride it out! (MHO)

deep pierced cut
by theodor38

Comment by Faye Pekas:
Beautiful eyes. Not sure the knife does anything for me. I like the font and the colors.

deep pierced cut
by theodor38

Comment by Jesuispeure:
I like the emotion a lot, but the knife covering the nose strikes me funny somehow. Maybe if you had put it under one eye instead?

deep pierced cut
by theodor38

Comment by Neuferland:
Hello theo. Nice shot, interesting take on the challenge with the name. But you can't hide behind the knife, you have very distinct eyes.

The light on the knife is a bit blown out and I'm not really sure I like the halo created by the light around the edges of the knife, it really doesn't add to the shot for me. I'm a basically peaceful person so this particular album cover wouldn't appeal to me on an overal sense. A 7

deep pierced cut
by theodor38

Comment by melismatica:
I really don't like the band name. It sounds very awkward. Maybe Deeply Pierced Cut would have worked a little better? The text looks over Photoshopped to be authentic. The photo works well, although the glowing edge of the blade against the skin looks strange.

deep pierced cut
by theodor38

Comment by justine:
Now your starting to scare me. LOL :) Great shot and super expression. Well done. 9

deep pierced cut
by theodor38

Comment by Konador:
This is a great shot. The over-exposed knife looks great. 10

deep pierced cut
by theodor38

Comment by tyt2000:
Really cool man :)

freedom of expression!
by theodor38

Comment by melismatica:
Greetings from the Critique Club

This is a very good self-portrait. It's striking but has a light-hearted feel. I'm not sure if that was the effect you intended but that's how I see it. It could be because I've grown familiar with your self-portraits which generally seem to be done with a certain amount of humor.

The greys have a pleasing, warm tone. I particularly like the warmth and detail of the skin texture that you managed to capture on the left arm. I'd like to see a bit more detail in the left arm. Perhaps a bit more detail to the darks at the top of the frame so that the hair isn't totally absorbed into the black background. I think perhaps a little bit more light on the left side; not so much as to lose the mood--just enough to bring out a bit more of the eye. Looking at it in PS, it is not quite as dark, so it might just be the differences in monitors. What I see on DPC is a startling highlight in the eye but much of the rest of the detail is lost in darkness.

Really, this is a pretty great photo. The things I've mentioned are just nitpicks after carefully perusing the photo for an in-depth critique. I'm not really sure how much I'm supposed to discuss how well the photo met the challenge. When I saw this during the voting, I felt it met the challenge in a creative way but was perhaps a bit challenging for the average voter. I don't think that has much bearing on the quality of the photo, which is quite good.

Thanks for sharing it.

Melissa