- R
by MAK

Comment by Nadine_Vb:
Nice repetition and colours in the bg and a yummie bokeh combined with a razor sharp main subject really coming loose from the bg. - only commenting

Conjurer
by MAK

Comment by blindjustice:
The textures and line make it nice, especially the shirt.

Between Songs
by MAK

Comment by PennyStreet:
appropriate... the story's broken.

Conjurer
by MAK

Comment by tnun:
killer composition, the echoing of the window in the tailoring of the jacket. the face seems at once accessible and gratuitous. this made me look a few times.

Conjurer
by MAK

Comment by PennyStreet:
This keeps getting better and better. Maybe that's the job of a conjurer.

Conjurer
by MAK

Comment by Paul:
This image has caused me to stop and pay attention. That means it is in my 7-10 voting band. (Voted earlier)

Additionally, it is highly interesting/eclectic meaning it keeps me here long enough to offer a longer comment and a vote of 8 or more.

This is one of my 8s - I like it. Furthermore I think it enriches the DPC collective portfolio. Put simply, I wish we saw more stuff like this. Let me tell you why it pushes all the right buttons for me:

1. I like unusual portraits and this is no difference - you've made eclectic choices here that I admire:

2. Your young but old (fashioned subject).

3. Your 'patchy' processing with subtle blur and smoothed textures.

4. Your willing to preserve the shadows in the eye sockets.

5. The gap above the tie.

6. The competing window.

7. The posed but candid feel.

Very nicely made.

Between Songs
by MAK

Comment by Nadine_Vb:
This one's the last in my voting line-up. Although I'll be only commenting, I do hope this line-up will turn itself around at the end and your entry will end up high-higher.
I love the grain and the simplicity with which you're telling the story of a singer and his microphone.

Photoaugliaphobia
by MAK

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Awe, come on - you're not that augly. :P

Place of Worship
by MAK

Comment by Stefano-M:
Beautiful light and textures. I like the architecture here.

Sunspots
by MAK

Comment by posthumous:
fascinating