Skeletal
by samtrundle

Comment by ShannonLee:
dude

Awash
by samtrundle

Comment by ShannonLee:
rain at the beach at sunset always creates the most magnificent things.

What's left of me
by samtrundle

Comment by ShannonLee:
dude
this is so perfect in every darn way
the color scheme... ahhh!... outstanding!!!
and i am definitely liking that light thats comin' in
like i said, perfect...

Alone with my thoughts...
by samtrundle

Comment by ShannonLee:
you have such interesting features
love this

Poise
by samtrundle

Comment by JulieG:
This is classic.. I love how the white of his shirt forms a v emphasising his face. The lighting is gorgeous, and his face is so interesting. Best of the challenge.

Poise
by samtrundle

Comment by bucket:
ahhh, back to your favourite subject...and understandably so...
I love how you handle light, and the beautiful details in your grandfather...strange to see his coat disappear, and yet appropriate...
yes the space at the top makes him smaller, and perhaps more vulnerable, and certainly ties in with the need of voters to really see the 'negative' space, but I am struck by how this seems to cheat me...without the context of some information in the background his being there is enough, the top part could then be cropped by 1/5th or so, and then I am not wandering, for the missing eye beside the darkness is what grabs me first, but then the seeing eye is the one where the real tale is told...
knowing you have entered this shot leaves me wondering where your artistic choices in the composition are and where your competitive ones are, a shame really because I think you're portrait here is sublime...
I would certainly be proud to have taken this shot...

Poise
by samtrundle

Comment by CandyShears:
Holy Sh*t! Scared me at first! Interesting shot/subject. Quality perspective-

Poise
by samtrundle

Comment by Gnarf:
this is very good use of the negative space. the emptiness adds to the picture compared to alot of the other photos in the challenge. ihope this does well.11

Curves
by samtrundle

Comment by Skip:
nicely observed, Anders!

[yes, i also was flirting with a bit of a higher score, but also saw the votes drain out at the end...all the same, at least i managed to push a two-year-old photo off my profile page.]

Curves
by samtrundle

Comment by jblaylockrayner:
Wonderful colour and negative space - Just has the feel it needs a small rotate as it appears to be tilting up to the right