Pure
by Chinarosepetal

Comment:
Simple, Clean, Pure.... Nicely done. A ping-pong ball?

self.x2
by hanneke

Comment:
What a cool self portrait! I'm a great fan of 'different' portraits, and this definitely fits the bill on that count, solid composition, nice lighting, and a really intense expression. Nice choice of subject camera as well, I'm lusting after an old blad at the moment on an auction site, but it's going to go too high for my pocket.

'Pure' is such a vague topic that I can't say this doesn't meet the challenge, but I'm not getting pure from this, but heck, as I said, Nice portrait.. The only thing that could be different for me is to lift your hair/side light a little higher to get some definition to the top of your head as well, to finish the framing of your face. Without that I might have cropped it slightly tighter at the top. I find my eye wandering around the top of your head looking for the hairline, instead of concentrating on the great angles your arm makes, and your eyes.

I feel like I've just sneaked into the studio and caught you taking a self portrait with the camera you're holding, and you're looking at me with some disdain, as if to say, 'What are you doing in here'.

I also like that you've used a square crop while you're holding a 6x6 camera, although that'll probably go past most folks on this site.

Hope this does well, but the DPC voters are a fickle lot... In a self portrait challenge I'm sure this would rock. - 9

Pure Peace
by Atlantis

Comment:
Ooo Columns, and water, my feng and my shui, are all happy now...

Pure Fetish
by JohnnyPhD

Comment:
Neat idea, but you need a little more light on the feet... I'm assuming you're going for foot fetish? The eye is dragged into the bright white area, and there is no detail there. When I go back to the feet I can't see enough detail...

Great composition and idea though, and given that you changed it to B&W the light on the feet could be anything, it doesn't need to be colour balanced with the other light in the room.

100% Pure RAGE!!!
by Pixlmaker

Comment:
A 7 from me, for having the guts to put this up if you didn't ask her, or the courage to ask her if you didn't! (Or the crazy-ness if it's a self portrait!)

Pure Relaxation
by psullivan

Comment:
Yikes, all the water is going to run out the side....! :-). This is a nice study, but in this case I really don't think the tilted horizon works.

Hello from Shiloh and her favorite toy
by pinky303

Comment:
Awww, cute. But why so small? I'm sure this would have looked better a bit closer to the 640pixel size limit..

Pure Skin Protesting for Pure Air
by Natasha

Comment:
:-)... Obviously not winter where you are! It's a bit cold for this sort of thing down here in NZ at the moment.

Hole In One!
by psullivan

Comment:
Really, really nice pic... But why this challenge? That's one heck of a and held torch...

DNMC trolls
by Sheryll

Comment:
:-)