dear father
by magnetic9999

Comment by myqyl:
IMO, the soft focus didn't work. This would have been much more striking (to me) in sharp focus.

dear father
by magnetic9999

Comment by Kimbly:
Good choice on the black and white. I definitely wouldn't want to run into him in a dark alley. Too bad it's so pixelated. Effing Kodak!!! ;-)

dear father
by magnetic9999

Comment by jmsetzler:
excellent black and white... this guy looks evil :) the grain actually makes it look like an image from an old movie.. good shot! = 7 - jmsetzler

dear father
by magnetic9999

Comment by ragde_77:
I liked the idea, but the quality could be better.

dear father
by magnetic9999

Comment by FranziskaLang:
i totally can't make up my mind whether the graininess or oversharpening )or whatever this effect is) is good or not. -- gr8photos (5)

dear father
by magnetic9999

Comment by willsy66:
should i be laughing? sorry it just looks funny :-)

dear father
by magnetic9999

Comment by crisa58:
Did you over sharpen this? The teeth and shoulder bones have weird little white dots indicative of Photoshop sharpening, in my limited experience. The eyes are quite nice however.

dear father
by magnetic9999

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Surreal look, guessing, but did you over sharpen? Skulls don't have tongues. Bizarre, but scary. 7 Swash

dear father
by magnetic9999

Comment by chariot:
focus is off, very grainy image. other than that I really like it. Probably could have captured more at the bottom and left off the open space at the top.

Clarity of Vision
by magnetic9999

Comment by magnetic9999:
i like to take the offbeat path, so i steered away from glass and water. i had taken a macro of my cat's eye before that came out really nice, so i wanted to try it again. the cat's eye really has a lot more curvature than the human's.

well, kitty wasn't so cooperative this time, she kept trying to nuzzle the camera and roll over. so i turned to my long-suffering wife : ) .. i tried a number of angles and came up with this amazing edge lighting that really seemed to evoke someone looking at the something visionary.

the light source is a bare bulb about 5 feet away in front of the eye and a little bit to her right hand side.

this was a fun one. thanks for all the positiivity, folks : )