Harbor
by heavyj

Comment by citymars:
Very effective use of HDR!

Great Thinker
by heavyj

Comment by Ken:
Great detail on the face, but my eye is drawn to the bright area on the right. Perhaps darkening or cropping a bit may avoid that. 7

Great Thinker
by heavyj

Comment by Tygerr:
Very pensive indeed.

Great Thinker
by heavyj

Comment by Nuzzer:
Nice detail, I wonder if the landscape was the best choice?

Great Thinker
by heavyj

Comment by neophyte:
Priceless capture. Title fits perfectly.

Great Thinker
by heavyj

Comment by photokariangel:
i like how yo uamde his eyes pop. and the detail tha tyou captured is very nicely sharpened, not oversharpened like i see so many others do.

Great Thinker
by heavyj

Comment by EBJones:
I like that you got him looking right into the camera. There is definitely a deepness there, even without the title leading me to see it.

Great Thinker
by heavyj

Comment by Jutilda:
Great portrait. Love his eyes. The background seems a touch off though. :~)

"...und dat is how much vood ve can chuck!"
by heavyj

Comment by ambaker:
Critique Club Review

Color Saturation and Hue: Hues are realistic, skin tones are natural.

Brightness and contrast: Brightness is good, contrast comes across as a little low, as the blacks look more like charocal grey. Most likely because of the processing.

Focus and depth of field: Focus and depth of field are good, post processing has introduced softness to the image.

I get a kick of of this image. I probably sat here for 10 minutes trying to think of something to say. It just leaves me almost speechless. In the end, I'd say that I think this one is a bit overprocessed. Even the cord holding up the sign is bleeding into the surrounding area. And, while you were going for, it seems, the wild look... The processing around the eyes makes you look angry or downright mad. (Either definition of mad would fit.) The disembodied hand also puts me off a bit.

Other than that, congratulations on a quite humerous take on the challenge. Very creative and original.

"...und dat is how much vood ve can chuck!"
by heavyj

Comment by Blackbox:
You know, I really thought this photo would be appreciated a lot more and would have scored very high in the rankings. I still crack up over it. Ok, so it's not the best quality but the set-up is great and it's certainly not 'bad' quality. Holy Cr*p - it's cracking me up! 'Speed of Chucking' HILARIOUS! Can't you just see Einstein and his Theory of Relativity? Maybe it's just that people didn't realize or have never heard the old tongue twister 'How much wood would a woodchuck chuck'? You should do 'Sally sells seashells down by the seashore some time'! Anyway, the answer to 'How much wood would a woodchuck chuck' is - just as much as a can could can cans! Dang, I'm losing my mind that photo is too freakin' funny!

For those that never heard it, here it is:

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
And chuck as much as a woodchuck would
If a woodchuck could chuck wood