Day 2
by sillygoat

Comment:
I like it. Expression is very demanding, drawing the viewer up away from the color ink on your back (more nice tats). Nice crop/composition. Lovely shot. The bright spot only emphasises your facial features...great job.

My Favorite Earrings
by enajj

Comment:
Again expression and eyes really make the shot work. Great job on the post p. It is a fun and effective shot.

Just me but I'm struggling with the crop a tiny bit; You are looking back into the frame so the left of center placement looks/feels good but I might have gone even further left almost centering the earring and having all that negative space to the right to push the viewer across the frame.

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by Khatie

Comment:
Nice sharpness and clarity. Creative use of less than photogenic task. As others have mentioned the lighting, I'm actually nearly ok with it. I might have gone with a tighter crop (off the top) but that is just a personal thing.

Loose Strands
by Wyrdling

Comment:
There you go... make the viewer think about the shot. Simple and soft, I like it. Great capture.

Day 1 - Aug 08
by SJCarter

Comment:
Great expression and clarity. It comes across candid even though we know it was a setup shot. Great job.

Day 2 - Aug 08
by SJCarter

Comment:
Nice clean portrait, great expression. Great Tones...

Now we got the serious stuff out of the way, get on it dude...As always it's great to see you in this Side Challenge.

Day 1
by view360

Comment:
Great job, nice tones and lighting. Yup that 10 second timer thing can be hit or miss with sharpness (you got a good one here). I used to put an object, where I would be standing, for the camera to focus lock on; Hit the shutter release, run over and move the object and hope I was standing in the right place... your right lots of work but can be done.

This is a nice shot and turned out pretty darn cool; when shooting close in Self Port/portraits don't be afraid to do an even closer crop. I might have cropped this even tighter to emphasis the eyes/expression. Maybe something like



Left some negative space on the right but I removed the black area on the top so the viewer doesn't get drawn off and out of the top of the frame (IMO of course).

Day 1
by sillygoat

Comment:
Very nice, just enough of a smile to make us wonder what you are thinking. Great ink. Pretty darn good for a quickie. Let's get a tad bit more lighth on those big brown eyes...I bet they can be piercing.

You mention the 420EX behind you in a couple shots now, just curious how you are triggering that? I trigger mine with a 580EXII but that gets old especially when I disable flash on the 580 when using with strobes... is there another way to trigger the 420?

Day 1- EMERGE
by Ringostarr

Comment:
Great concept shot. Wonderful lighting in the photo and great exression. Keep it up.

Bad Hair Day
by enajj

Comment:
Great story telling expression/pose. Wonderful eyes. I like the composition/crop. I'm betting we see some wonderful shots in your SPs.