The Sparkle Of Innocence
by sajin

Comment:
Beautiful, I like it.

Bit of the Irish in her.
by BrennanOB

Comment:
Verry beautiful portrait, I like it!

Attitude
by postoakinversion

Comment:
Verry good portrait!

skeptical
by muckpond

Comment:
Verry beautiful I like it.

Ophelia
by inspir8tion

Comment:
Now this is a beautiful natural portrait. Allow me to congratulate you for depite the noise in it you didn't ruined it with neatimage like everyone else does on this site. 10 from me.

Ronin
by Nazgul

Comment:
I think this would be great with a bit less radius of sharpening.

Windows to the Soul
by elsapo

Comment:
Beautiful, I like it, the only comment I have is that probably the black blouse was not the best choice, makes it look like a suspended head, and it is verry hard to distinguish there is a body attached to it. But the portrait is verry beautiful and expressive.

Walk for Life
by cheekymunky

Comment:
It's a verry beautiful view I like how the landscape twists around the water like a hook. Maybe the line of people is to straight and frontal but if you would take it from a different angle probably the hook will be lost :)

Delicate & Lovely
by librodo

Comment:

Originally posted by Artyste: Over smoothed, oversharpened, and yet still an 8.1 Unbelievable. Guess that's the prize for being a recognizable and very well liked artist on this site. Of course, compositionally it is as great as ever, although I'd have loved to have seen a more colorful background. The black seems to really point out the over-sharpening where a more natural background may have helped hide it a little more. Also, once again, would that I had a bank of "exotic" looking people to shoot.. seems to really make a punch with North Americans. Anyway, for me, a touch less of smoothing and sharpening would give this photo some real life.. Guess that's why I usually don't score well here.

As I also commented during challenge, I completely agree with everything Artyste says. It's a pitty that this site has become a "whoever is the most popular in the forums" wins. No offence intended to librodo, and nothing against him, it is the only image I commented in the challenge, that means it clearly triggered my attention, I really feel the image would be wonderful with regardless how much noise. Like this it looks like the poor girl is wrapped in a plastic bag, a manequin a doll anything but human. You have true talent it is obvious and it's a pitty that you ruin your work just to please the DPC forums audience.

However congrats for the ribbon.

Message edited by author 2005-09-05 15:27:56.

Can Collector (The Bowery, 2005)
by pawdrix

Comment:
verry strong image, I like this one alot, the expression of the guy is what makes it. Like he's having an argue with the guy above!