Week 5
by jdannels

Comment:
The lighting spilling over the shoulders is great. Perfect white balance and colors. Wonderful darkness. The only thing I could see to play with would be to spill some light on the face. Unless of course you were going for the two lights with a dark stripe down the middle look (technical term unknown), in which case I would say increase the light on the left side (your right) so it is more symmetrical. Very fun photo!

Bliss
by k9logic

Comment:
It's perfect! My choice for a blue!!

Snowfall
by vickio

Comment:
This is an excelent portrait. The subject is beautiful and bright. The picture has a little soft blur to it. I am pretty sure the focus is good, it's just not too sharp. It's a personal preference though. It looks like the hair on the forhead is a little sharper than the eyes are.

A L O O F
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Kirby must know the Lensbaby steals a bit of it's subjects soul every time it composes a shot...

I am liking the texture overlay and the blur. Does the lensbaby 2.0 use the single glass optic or the double glass optic? Your lensbaby shots are so much darker than mine it makes me wonder if it is the cifference in the optic. Also it looks like the focused area blends into the unfocused area as if a brush was applied to feather the edges together. Is that the shot or is it your PP technique?? I would love to know your secret!

(=)
by Zigomar

Comment:
To me, your style with the lensbaby is representative of the Mod revival trend of the 70's and 80's... Your shots seem to focus on young British or German working class folk and I enjoy your lensbaby work a lot!

This particular photo feels like an album cover for The Smiths or maybe a scene from Quadrophenia or something. Anyway great job! I'm a fan!

Blurred surf
by Melethia

Comment:
Great use of complimentary colors! I love how you used the panning to create smooth lines throughout, even managing to get a horizon in the top third. Excellent Blur!

B E N C H E D
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Some very rich colors and a tack sharp sweet spot allows this to be a textbook shot with the lensbaby... if there were a textbook... and only if lensbaby users would read it.

Da Vinci's Diver
by rinac

Comment:
This pic looks almost 3D with the lensbaby blur perfectly placed around the very interesting subject!

Kissable?
by paynekj

Comment:
Here is another example of getting too close with the composition. It's not very appealing but perhaps that is your point. I think the emphasis of the challenge was to create a photo with some form as opposed to photographing a piece of a human.

Me, Myself, I. Or a minute Piece of the Human Form.
by EgillP

Comment:
With this image you have technically met the challenge. I recognize this is a fingerprint... I think it's such a huge fingerprint that CSI wouldn't even need their complicated computers to match this to a suspect! I can't believe you got that level of detail... what a piece of glass you must have! With all that said, I think you have gotten a bit too close here. The skin is kind of grey and dark. You did get some great textures here! I'll bet you could posterize this and make a fine piece of graphic art to hang on the wall!