turn to tell
by smardaz

Comment by MinsoPhoto:
Wow, why so low?? This is great all around.

turn to tell
by smardaz

Comment by blindjustice:
I like it- love the vague title- is he a reluctant groom? a washed up lounge singer? A best man in love with the bride? we the viewer with have to wait until it is our "turn to tell"
great lighting and contrast, especially on his face. great shot.

turn to tell
by smardaz

Comment by Could_Be_Me:
Oh PooP I cant vote on this !
I think the lighting is really very well done,
love the contrast between light and dark.
And the titles not bad either *giggle* :)

turn to tell
by smardaz

Comment by tanguera:
Love it, Jason! How's it doing for ya?

turn to tell
by smardaz

Comment by njsabs:
You stud you. Hot date with Tammy?

a pear-fect balance
by smardaz

Comment by tanguera:
Totally missed this one. You nailed the lighting, Jason.

0. . . .0
by smardaz

Comment by aylin1478:
Great shot! I do think making the border all black may help.

January
by smardaz

Comment by NiallOTuama:
This is a nice self portrait. I like the composition and the execution and lighting.
Not sure what else to say about it really. I do think that if it was cropped by the bottom of the sleeve on your right hand and a little outside your arms it would have worked better for me.
It certainly pops well which is nice.
I'm not sure if I have any helpful critique/suggestions/anything else. Though your right hand does look a little blue to me...

groovin
by smardaz

Comment by NiallOTuama:
I don't know what to say about this image. It's excellent. Really excellent. And you were robbed of a 6+ score for it. The image screams of music, as I said. Composition is excellent. Lighting is gorgeous. The expression on his face is superb. This is my second time looking back at it. I gave it a 7 during the challenge. When I went back to look at it after I said I'd've given it an 8. But now I think I'd give it a 10 and fav it.
The expression evokes so much.

All In
by smardaz

Comment by NiallOTuama:
As she said herself there's a lot of attitude in this image. The eyes stare you down. Very nice.

The only criticism I can say here is that in your notes you said you got her to spike up her hair. It's very difficult to see that with the image. It might have been possible to selectively lighten the hair a tad to give the attitude more umph. Perhaps not though. The face is great. It's the focal point of the image really. So maybe if the hair was more noticable it would have taken away from that. It's hard to say without seeing what happens to the image when that's done.

Perhaps there's a bit too much of a nose shadow under her nose too. And of her left hand on her arm/shoulder. Though maybe this adds to it. I don't know. I certainly wouldn't have taken marks off for it anyway.