Desolation's Rest Stop
by TMStamp

Comment by SaraR:
Desolate, indeed. That you can invoke such feelings through little more than tones and colour is a testament to just how good this is.

Desolation's Rest Stop
by TMStamp

Comment by MarioPierre:
Love the intrigue here. Almost post apocalyptic.

Desolation's Rest Stop
by TMStamp

Comment by jim29028:
could be a movie setting, great moodiness

Desolation's Rest Stop
by TMStamp

Comment by Barroness:
Beautiful lighting giving your image an amazing dreaming effect to the viewer.
One of my top 3 for this challenge.

Working hard or hardly working
by TMStamp

Comment by jbirkman:
I like the lighting, the focus, the colors, and the foreground. I find the subject's right shoulder and hand distracting. I think this might look better with some of the left side of the shot cropped out. This would also move the face a bit to the left and into a "rule of thirds" location in the frame.

Working hard or hardly working
by TMStamp

Comment by mycelium:
Strong portrait - great composition, excellent use of DOF, good pose and lighting. Only criticism, really, is the brightness of some of the highlights, namely on the hand, and to a certain extent on your face and shirt, too. If you were shooting in RAW, you could have output a darker JPG/TIFF and done a faux HDR to tone down the bright spots. In any case, strong image, and good luck in the final standings.