You Get the Title When I'm Done
by raish

Comment by levyj413:
Meets the challenge somewhat, but it's a pretty busy shot without much to hold onto my attention.

Christmas Future
by raish

Comment by kelbelle:
beautiful!

Christmas Future
by raish

Comment by dsidwell:
Quite soft, but I love those eyes and the rich tones.

Christmas Future
by raish

Comment by pamelasue:
looks like way too much neat image was used here .. all detail in the skin is lost

A Vietnamese Hat in a Norwegian Attic
by raish

Comment by inanutshell:
The door ruins it, and the subject just doesn't do it for me

Christmas Future
by raish

Comment by Alain:
B&W works really good here, I really like the "Soft Focus"

Christmas Future
by raish

Comment by tjbel05:
beautiful eyes

Christmas Future
by raish

Comment by Wink:
Great eyes and interesting but curious crop.

No Giant Steps
by raish

Comment by JuliBoc:
The thing that I find distracting in this image is the large negative space in the upper right quadrant of the picture caused by the straight line of the half moon leading directly down to the left bank of the fjord. And I am confused by the abstract black and white of the fjord vs the very realistic foreground with the boys/men.

The odd thing is that those same things are what I like about the image. I just think I would like them in separate shots. The abstract of the fjord and moon would be good as one, and the boys/men would be good in another. Or the boys and moon without the fjord.

I have no problem with the quality of the image on my monitor. Larus probably has a much finer setup than I do.

No Giant Steps
by raish

Comment by raish:
Thanks for all the comments.
3 pictures, one of the men, one of the fjord and one of the moon in the night sky.
I should have left the moon out, maybe - got a bit conceptually carried away.
Another thing that I might have done is explained in the title that these are two heroin addicts cooking up a fix.
Then again, dpc is a family programme, so maybe I just shouldn't show things like that at all.
I chose the shot with the faces hidden in case their mothers see it.
The black sky is toned down by choice to fit in with the fjord, but all of that's pretty disastrously done, so . . .
I'm sorry to say that the contents of this picture are, indeed, real.
The frozen fjord and the people are taken within twenty yards and ten minutes of each other.
I hang my head.