Symmetry
by adeldegan

Comment by sherpet:
Works for me.....

Symmetry
by adeldegan

Comment by charliev:
nice!

Symmetry
by adeldegan

Comment by scooter97:
sweet image!!

Symmetry
by adeldegan

Comment by ScubaSteve13:
this is very cool picture i like how you have captured the spinning of the tops both of them i mean i think there are two right???

Symmetry
by adeldegan

Comment by jonfrommk:
Love the shot, the reflection, the fact that you hit the challenge bang on, the colours...Well pretty much everything

Great Job

Distant Memories
by adeldegan

Comment by adeldegan:
Ya, well it turns out that I don't care for the false eye color either. I should have trusted my instinct and left the eyes alone :(

Starlet
by adeldegan

Comment by adeldegan:

Originally posted by SaraR: 286th place? I am astounded; I really did expect to see this in the top 30 at the very least! I gave it a 10, although viewing it agin I would probably drop that to 9 - the phto could do with a bit more in the black range - on my moitor I can't actually see any true blacks. I reckon this is one to work on more - in particular look at alternative ways of converting to B&W; I don't have the full version of Photoshop, but I have heard that using the channel mixer can produce the most satisfying results.

Thanks so much for the comments. I edited this image BEFORE I calibrated my monitor. Now I can see how bad it looks and realize why I didn't score higher. Quite frankly now all my pictures look crappy with a calibrated monitor. Oh well, I guess you live and you learn. For converting to B&W I think I am going to try this technique next time:

Greg Gorman BW Conversion

Distant Memories
by adeldegan

Comment by alexjack:
I really dont care for the false eye color... if that's the case. 5

Jack

Distant Memories
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Comment by JuliBoc:
Nice lighting and focus. I'm not crazy about the angle of the shot -- looking up his nostrils.

Distant Memories
by adeldegan

Comment by digitalknight:
shooting up one's nose is generally frowned upon, and I agree with that rule (not a rule really, more of a guideline) - and the eyes need to be about 70% less artificial green. A little color there goes a long way.