blird
by curtpetguy

Comment by jayzundel:
great title for the image

blird
by curtpetguy

Comment by MaryO:
Nicely captured sense of motion here.

blird
by curtpetguy

Comment by Jutilda:
I love the blur of fluttering wings. :)

blird
by curtpetguy

Comment by Melethia:
Great title!!

blird
by curtpetguy

Comment by Neat:
Love the motion blur. 10

you take my breath away
by curtpetguy

Comment by librodo:
i like the contrast of light. however, i feel the skjn is too soft, and the eyes too sharp. 6/10

you take my breath away
by curtpetguy

Comment by timfythetoo:
Hey Curt. I gave this a 5. The thing that sticks out most about this image is the editing. Multiple issues - it is too soft for my tastes and the softness is not a pleasing type (too much neatimage or the like). That gives a weird feel to her skin and her eyes. There is visible work done to her eyes that comes off as overedited and a bit sloppy. Whites too white (which I myself am often guilty of) and her pupils turning a bit blobby (is blobby a technical term?) A reflector on camera left may have given you some fill to bring out her eyes more naturally a well as the pattern of her veil. I have this craving to see her eyes and lips be a bit more natural and certainly in focus. I do like her gaze and the slight tilt of her head. Overall I think you have a good base image that has been overtaken with a heavy handed edit. I would be interested in seeing the original to see what other options you had.

you take my breath away
by curtpetguy

Comment by jazul02:
beautiful soft portrait.. but think, some part of it were overexposed..

you take my breath away
by curtpetguy

Comment by Tiny:
Nice.

self protrait texture 1-22-11
by curtpetguy

Comment by jagar:
That's really powerful, i definitely wouldn't headbutt you, very good B&W.