Cotton Eyes
by IsabellSchatz

Comment:
nice, however generally I am not a very big fan of ringlights. the sweater reminds me one of the best Anne Leibovitz's photos of Susan Zontag

Flowers
by r0yal

Comment:
nice graphics. love the negative space above

zero pain
by lowonenergy

Comment:
striking photo, however I can't really tell what's going on

shy
by rami

Comment:
excellent

Who's who?
by Szerwo

Comment:
very interesting inversion! took me a while to figure it out.

Bee
by CWelch

Comment:
I haven't seen the version before you adjusted contrast, but it is definitely overdone now :). You have to be very careful with contrast adjustments, I learned the hard way to simply stay away from the contrast slider. Tweaking levels or curves usually (always, if you know how to operate them :) gives much better results. The most serious problem of this shot now is the oversaturated red channel, so the texture of the flower petals is obliterated. Maybe it happened when you boosted the contrast, or maybe it was like this from the start, I don't know. Even if the latter. if the original is in RAW you may try to salvage this by partially desaturating it before conversion to JPEG.

i hope you don't mind my blabbering Courtney, I am just trying to help... and thank you for your comment! :)

After sunset
by LevT

Comment:

Originally posted by trevytrev: Nice shot, well composed and the sun peaking just over the roof of the house adds a nice touch. The only thing I think is that it could be a bit sharper, seems soft on the outlines. Good work!

thanks for the comment! actually this is not the sun - it is a light on the roof of this little shack, the shot was taken about an hour after sunset (there is a hint to that in the title :). I think it is sufficiently sharp, it just feels soft because of the long exposure of the moving water. my favorite part of it is the people, especially the one on the right who lifted his arms up half-way through the exposure (or perhaps brought them down, now there is no way to tell :).

Message edited by author 2007-11-13 16:08:44.

The Merchant
by awpollard

Comment:
fantastic capture, and the "retro" processing suits the shot so well!

Amid the Ashes
by Brad

Comment:
hey I know this photo! :) it's still very good, but it is one of those (relatively rare) cases when I think it is better left in color. In the color version the contrast between the blackened sculpture and the surrounding is much more stark. JMO, of course.

Fiat Lux
by mpeters

Comment:
stunning image, mark! but the previous poster has a point, you should try to lighten up mountains on the right and treetops on the left, then it will be just perfect.