Meteor Flames
by griz210

Comment by Shadowi6:
Too dark to realy see much ( with cal monitor) Good Luck

Beautiful Eyes
by griz210

Comment by CapeSail:
One of my friends is really into portraits so I've been playing with hers. What I've found that works good(so far) is on a background copy layer using the magic selection tool for just the skin, applying Gaussian Blur (~4-7 pixels) and then decreasing the opactiy to about 30-50% (your preference on how much). Then I magic selection tool the eyes and increase the brightness and contrast to about 6-10. You may know this already, just thought I'd throw that out there. Personally, I think it's a great portrait with great lighting/great subject.

Beautiful Eyes
by griz210

Comment by JuliBoc:
Lovely portrait, Dave. Is this the same girl as the one with the rose? She is so pretty and lighting and pose are so flattering. I think this deserved a much higher score, but all the commenters seem to agree that the focus on the eyes isn't quite sharp enough. It's amazing what a difference tack sharp eyes make.

Beautiful Eyes
by griz210

Comment by coolblue:
good use of the light and shadow

Beautiful Eyes
by griz210

Comment by bassbone:
nice lighting and skin tones - would have liked a little sharper on the eyes - it seems the focus is more on the mouth

"Christianity " walking in the shadow of the Cross
by griz210

Comment by JuliBoc:
Dave, you worked hard on this and it paid off with a really nice photo. I would think this might be a good one to frame and hang. Never mind the voters.

Meteor Flames
by griz210

Comment by aidana:
nice nice nice!!!!!10 out of 10!!!

"Christianity " walking in the shadow of the Cross
by griz210

Comment by Melethia:
David - bring this up in the Team Suck thread and explain how you save and resize for web - we'll help you figure it out!

Very good choice for the challenge, by the way - almost looks as though the cross is floating above the pages. A bit more pronounced shadow would have given this even more emphasis. By the way, check out the average from commenters!

Beautiful Eyes
by griz210

Comment by edmeng:
I like her expression very much, just a bit soft in the eyes. 8

Beautiful Eyes
by griz210

Comment by Melethia:
A warm, wonderful expression - very nicely done.