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Comment by dcl53:
The subject has good tone and contrast to pull him out of the background.

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Comment by witam:
I very much like the idea. A laptop on the background and a person that is looking away wearing a geek-sign: all very complementary elements. To me personally i feel you could have maybe placed them better. He looks away from us, which fits the geek part, but he also looks away from the laptop, which doesn't fit. Maybe placing the laptop to the left of him (from our point of view) would fit more in the story. vote=6

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Comment by dimitrii:
Great composition & execution!! 10!

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Comment by chip_k:
Nice :) You might get "the subject is going out of the frame" comments, but I think it totally works here. A great example of when breaking the rules works. 9.

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Comment by scalvert:
Interesting arrangement and above average B&W conversion, but a little weak on image appeal. Personally, I prefer to have the subject looking into the frame rather than drawing the eye out of the photo. Those two sparkles on the front edge of the laptop certainly could have been cloned out in Advanced editing, too. Nice use of DOF.

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Comment by roz:
gets better and better the more i look at this one ... about the 5th time thats happened while voting on this challenge ...
this is an excellent photograph .. love all the different types of contrasts going on ... =8

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Comment by dwterry:
See the white line that separates his sleeve from his arm, or his shirt from his chest? These "halos" are caused by too much sharpening. It's also evident (but harder to explain) in his beard and even in the letters on his hat). Anyway, the main thing is ... sharpen the image, but don't over sharpen it.

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Comment by macrothing:
6 - Despite the eyes closed, like the effect here, although perhaps a little more subtle to allow more detail to come through in Digit, may have made this even better in my opinion. Also, not so tightly cropped (especially bottom right), as well as perhaps a litlte more height at the top for added compositional balance, not sure. Overall has a nice feel to it, just the aforementioned issues.

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Comment by pwm6:
I think the problem here is a lack of focus and detail.

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Comment by hannka:
The texture of the fur paralleled by the texture of the blanket it gorgeous.