Poise
by samtrundle

Comment by suemack:
What dignity! A very beautiful portrait of him. Good work!

Poise
by samtrundle

Comment by bucket:
congrats...well deserved...

Poise
by samtrundle

Comment by eschelar:
another fantastic result of using negative space to enhance the primary subject. The first glance at the thumbnail made me feel that by pushing the suit down to the black point, you had made the image uncomfortably arranged and I didn't like it.

Click on that thumbnail and this thing unfolds on the desktop.

Stunningly managed gradients and textures. Beautifully controlled whites. Those alone define the image as intentional, and thus begins the eye's journey into why.

the missing suit jacket becomes an implication. Something you expect to see but don't.

What a powerful counterpoint for the tragedy of his eye.

Totally brilliant and excellent in every way. I don't usually just look at an image just to look at it as long as I did for this one. I just sat and stared. I hope that says enough.

Poise
by samtrundle

Comment by Skip:
very nicely done, anders! i'm sure your grandad's getting a real kick out of posing for you.

Poise
by samtrundle

Comment by Artyste:
Man, how many front page for the DS shots are we going to have of this guy? ;D

Poise
by samtrundle

Comment by Pano:
Excellent, happy for you!!

Poise
by samtrundle

Comment by IreneM:
Great work, Anders. Congrats on your well deserved ribbon.

Poise
by samtrundle

Comment by Jutilda:
Bless him!!! What a wonderful tribute. Congrats.

Poise
by samtrundle

Comment by Imagineer:
A worthy winner. Talented work sir.

Poise
by samtrundle

Comment by tnun:
Ditto posthumous. This one totally stood out.