The King of Beers
by PhotoDave

Comment by ekmai:
Great shot, looks a bit too close to the bottom of the frame imho

The Thinker
by PhotoDave

Comment by mia67:
Great shot.

The Cell
by PhotoDave

Comment by colorcarnival:
Very creative, Dave. Love the dramatic lighting. Maybe go a little darker for a contrasty drama. Actually, it looks like a cool place to hang out. :) But don't give up on your landscape shots - that stuff is too good to let go.

The Cell
by PhotoDave

Comment by lovethelight:
This is an interesting contrast to the rest of your work. I would love to see this in black and white, or maybe with some more smoothing on the red curtain in the background. So cool, photography is such a great way to express your emotions.

The Cell
by PhotoDave

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Good lighting (a little hot on the right side) and great symmetry in the composition. It needs a more dramatic secondary subject instead of the dangling black drape thingy - like you are facing something terrible and fierce. No, not Godzilla. Who knows. I could be way off base on what your concept is here anyway. :)

Hope
by PhotoDave

Comment by JulietNN:
HA I am on top of you again and with a cowboy too!!! lol, congrats you!!

Hope
by PhotoDave

Comment by BeeCee:
You're really on a roll :) Well done!

Hope
by PhotoDave

Comment by bassbone:
Outstanding work - one of my favorites during voting. Wonderful use of light to create the emotional connection to the theme

Hope
by PhotoDave

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
I gave this a pretty high vote. It fits my concept of low key, and the subject is (for the most part) well outlined by highly contrasting highlights. I did have to look at it a bit to figure out what kind of hat he was wearing. Once I realized what sort of person this was, my impression was that he is waiting for his turn in a rodeo, or something where he is going to have to prove himself. About my only real nitpick is that his hat is hard to make out from the shadows, and recognizing the hat and boots is what gives context to this image. In advanced editing, you could have done some selective editing to pull it out of the shadows a little more. For this one, however, you would have had to light it a little differently to make it stand out. Lighting is one of my own weak areas, so I would be hard pressed to do as well.

Hope
by PhotoDave

Comment by npasel:
Good choice for low key, nice job!