Solitude
by p_johns

Comment:
sunsets might be cliche, but I love them, and this is a great shot - brightest highlights are overexposed, but the near clouds are unique and obviously make the shot

Curves n' Lines
by dinn

Comment:
nice capture of the architect's vision, eye stays on the subject - spelled n' wrong (just kidding)

Summer Days
by dan_pendleton

Comment:
dreamy textures and color, neat framing, very appealling

In the Fangs of Shadow
by librodo

Comment:
beautiful shot - title a little too edgy (no deduct) - shadows and highlights very appealling

Munising Falls
by pitsaman

Comment:
beautiful water, perspective a little confusing - ie, how far between the bg falls and the foreground?

Rachel
by dsa157

Comment:
nice portrait, but highlights on right cheek are too broad

Natural Woman
by heida

Comment:
great DOF, skin texture pretty nice, but the background highlight is distracting

Leo emerges
by wkmen

Comment:
Thanks for (almost) all the comments!! I did mess up here - the upper right-hand corner, there's a wrinkle in the wax paper I used for a backdrop. I didn't see it until I had everything broken down and I was chosing the photo to edit - with only an hour left to go. The wrinkle got progressively worse to the right and up, so I cropped really tight!

Also, when taking the photo, I didn't notice how distracting the woodgrain was. That was the reason I darkened the red channel - it actually de-emphasized it best. But not good enough - next time - plain cloth for the floor!

Playing with the florescent hand-light, I liked this angle best, even though it didn't emphasize the eyes. The eyes on this particular "sculpture" are really plain, anyhow - not much there more than you can see in this pic. The rippling muscles are the thing for this Leo. And I really liked the shadow of the tooth on the back of his mouth.

Again, sincere thanks for your comments!!

Bear versus Man
by wkmen

Comment:
Thanks for all your comments. I really should have taken the knife out for a few shots. I agree that it could have been better without the blade, but I got all tied up in the struggle thing, when a simpler shot would do. Live & learn...

Mr. Monkey
by wkmen

Comment:
I don't get it. Now - I know it's not a top 20 because it lacks imagination, but spot-on focus, no blow-outs (over exposures), a uniformly-colored dark background, obviously meets the challenge. And it's bottom 5%?? Check out the photos 15-25 spots above this - out of focus, confusing elements, overexposed, camera shake, obvious use of photo manipulation software...blah, blah, blah. I'm done with faking "studio" shots.

That said, I really do appreciate the comments - well, most of them

Message edited by author 2004-01-30 01:08:15.