The Curse of DIY
by jonfrommk

Comment by msdoubletrouble:
Excellent idea! gl 7

The Curse of DIY
by jonfrommk

Comment by zardoz:
Great title/concept! Love the composition and the simplicity of the whole thing. The focus loos just a tad to far back to me. It may have been interesting to try and get more light into the bubble. If it had been advanced editing I would have said to brighten up the vial and boost its contrast.

Tryp Out With Poppies
by jonfrommk

Comment by Beautiful-Joe:
Opium?
=P
Nice and artistic. The blue flower kind of looks like its a little too.. I don't know, too close up or something?
Fantastic otherwise.

Day 1 - Ev
by jonfrommk

Comment by poser:
I like how you did this shot. I'm not going to comment on post processing because I suck at it.

The Curse of DIY
by jonfrommk

Comment by zool:
LOL nice shot. Great idea..

Day 1 - Ev
by jonfrommk

Comment by idp:
I like the composition here - not quite half face - looks very angsty and Bergmanesque - i do find it too grey though - maybe converting to mono through the channel mixer and then d&d would help ?

Day 1 - Ev
by jonfrommk

Comment by ursula:
He looks like he would make a great model (pity he's shy). I like the shape of the eye, it's rather unique. The lashes go straight down. Great skin texture also (I hate all that skin that looks like plastic, this one doesn't).

As a B/W, I think it needs more "umph", more contrast or something like that. It's a bit bland for a b/w. You have some good suggestions below.

As a composition, it's just way too much dead space. It's an interesting concept, to show half a face, but as it is I don't think it really works well. Again, there are some good suggestions below.

Day 1 - Ev
by jonfrommk

Comment by JerseyGenie:
Nice job. I particularly don't do well on portraits. So I'm not sure how much I can add here. The only thing that comes to mind is that it could use a bit more contrast. I think you got his shyness coming thru.

The Curse of DIY
by jonfrommk

Comment by tjbel05:
very different concept, unique. 7

Day 1 - Ev
by jonfrommk

Comment by bergiekat:
I like the idea here. The contrast may need to be pushed a bit more. Some are purists in that they want complete black and complete white. Being able to do a shot with only gray tones is tougher to do sometimes, but you've done it here. I would say bump up the contrast a bit, then brighten if needed. Nice self-portrait!