Hollow
by SJCarter

Comment by JunieMoon:
I am so surprised this did not do better. I thought the grain treatment was spectacular. I also liked very much the brushed look of the hands and the background. I gave this one a 10. I thought it was one of the best portraits in the challenge, along with the image of 100 and counting. It is very artistic. That is probably why I loved it so much.

Tree (à la Kerik Kouklis)
by SJCarter

Comment by philup:
Great picture and great finish. 34 out of 188 is not bad!

Hollow
by SJCarter

Comment by cmeier:
Hey Jimmy, you know I think this is a great shot. And big congratulations on the Dangenart competition!!! Very, very cool!

Pastorale
by SJCarter

Comment by Jutilda:
This really stands out with the chartreuse tones of the field against the blue mountains and gray clouds. Man - I want to go running into that photo.

Hollow
by SJCarter

Comment by MayaM:
Love this processing, and the warm colors are wonderful.

Hollow
by SJCarter

Comment by mycelium:
hm, this looks like it used a technique i've found quite interesting-
don't know if this is what you did, but i've done it a few times-
duplicate layer
dupe to B/W
copy B/W
invert top B/W layer
change overlay mode to "Hard Mix"
add slight gaussian blur to hard mix layer
merge B/W layers
change B/W layer overlay mode to "Multiply" or "Overlay"

--except when I do it, it's mostly just a "hey, this is nifty" kind of thing; here you've made the grittyness and ultra-detail-enhancement really work. the eyes especially are great.

Tree (à la Kerik Kouklis)
by SJCarter

Comment by adschlomer:
Cool picture!

Hollow
by SJCarter

Comment by Beagleboy:
The draganizer has turned those stairs all weird looking. They don't look real anymore. Not a bad job on his face and hands though.

Apocalyptic Vision
by SJCarter

Comment by divadaedalus:
Wow!! Do NOT give this one to Jeanne Eubank for Christmas!

White
by SJCarter

Comment by dahkota:
well rendered. beautiful barely there image.