Yes He Took Portraits Also
by Travis99

Comment by Imagineer:
While I know he took portraits, this strikes as too flippant in its execution to echo the great man's technique and choice of subject. OUtside of the challenge it's a good portrait, but for me, since the focus is Ansel Adams, it's a bit weak. The tones are very harsh too (narrow range) leaving the blacks too black and the whites too bright. Your editing is a little conspicuous on the hair also. Good, offset composition.

Yes He Took Portraits Also
by Travis99

Comment by MWitt:
Yes he did! I would like to have seen more detail in her eyes. Excellent tonal range.

Yes He Took Portraits Also
by Travis99

Comment by Gallatin:
Nice work

Picture 1786.jpg
by Travis99

Comment by dustin03:
The tonnage look very well, and It appears ballanced and clean on my monitor with useing the "Safari" browser.

In "Explorer" Browser, it appears to have some problems with lines with the background.

I also have view it in PSCS, same problem with seeing waveing lines between the grads.

I have a IMAC G5 and color profile set to sRGB.

Yes He Took Portraits Also
by Travis99

Comment by srbrubaker:
And he used directional light and got us to see strong textures - both strong points of this photo. I'm afraid most of my time looking at this phot has been in trying to figure out how the highlight behind the subject was made. And in this sense I find it highly distracting. I try to refocus on the subject, but I keep getting pulled away...

Yes He Took Portraits Also
by Travis99

Comment by garlic:
I´ve no doubt that he did but they must have been better than this one. The composition is fine but the expression of the face seems strange and the image would have needed much better editing.

Old Barn
by Travis99

Comment by Elemmennope:
I adore the color and character of the barn, but the way oversaturated sky hurts the image imo.

Oakley Never Leave Home WithOut Them
by Travis99

Comment by rblanton:
Very polished and well executed.

Oakley Never Leave Home WithOut Them
by Travis99

Comment by JohannesFrank:
This will simply winn this contest 10+++
idea 10
photo 10
text 10

Oakley Never Leave Home WithOut Them
by Travis99

Comment by Imagineer:
A couple of things:
1. Nice reflection on the glasses and richness of tone.
2. The crop is unfortunate. You could have enlarged the shades in the frame and cropped out the intrusive black area at the bottom. This would then leave the glasses as 'hero' and leave just enough space for minimal text and logo. As it stands, the first thing you're aware of is the table edge.
3. shot is a touch noisy. You could try running it through neat Image (or equivalent) or converting to lab color mode in Photoshop and blurring the channels 'a' and 'b' until the noise is reduced. This leaves the definition (Lightness channel) intact.

And lastly, Oakleys are unfortunately terribly made!! If you look at the stems you'll probablly notice some poor spraying. They're WAY over-priced compared to some much better brands (Adidas, RayBan) for equivalent outlay.