Lush
by krnodil

Comment:
What a lovely picture. I swear I can feel the soft, smooth texture just from looking at it. The shadows and highlights work perfectly, and there are so many nice curvy lines for the eye to follow, you can just get lost in this picture for ages.

Oh wow, just read through the comments, and only just noticed the woman reaching out for the heart. But she's so there!

Nick (edit)
by purpleflutterby13

Comment:
Weell... I think the editing improved it a lot - the shadows are more interesting, there's no distracting white patch of light to the left on his cheek, and the eyes totally make the image stand out.

At the same time, I think it could be done better - I tried to make up for inexpert meddling with layers and cloning on his left cheek by doing a Gaussian to get rid of uneven patches, and as a result, the skin has a smooth processed feel, whereas a bit more natural texture would improve it a lot. Also, whilst I do prefer the eyes to be sharpened a lot, at the moment you can see traces of oversharpening (particularly in the higher res versions). Though I guess that one could be sorted out with a bit more editing time.

Overall, yes, I'm happy with it, but I think I can do better. But hey, it's all a learning experience :)

Penn & Teller
by posthumous

Comment:
Hmm, you know, your shots somehow make more sense to me after that brief glance at the philosophy behind them. The world is interesting, you drift along, go with strange angles and harmonies of shapes, and end up with shots like these. Great picture - wonderful spontaneous facial expression, quirky leading lines in the background, interesting angle. Shots like these only seem to arise by accident, and only if you're open to them.

Harley Davidson - Live Free
by hopper

Comment:
What an amazing shot. I love the way he's captured in mid-movement, the picture looks really alive. 10

And, ok, this is more for my sake than yours: the post-processing looks gorgeous, I'd love to know exactly what you did. As far as I can tell, along with standard adjustments, you burnt the shadows and dodged the highlights to bring out the the texture of his skin, used Neat Image to make the skin look smoother, and had a soft light layer with black and white painted to shift the light (with slightly reduced opacity + Gaussian to make the lines less obvious?).

But anyway, well done, that is very cool.

Goofus McDoofus
by levyj413

Comment:
lol This is just too cute. :)

Fraternal Twin Reunion
by noraneko

Comment:
Beautiful picture, which imo deserved a much higher mark. I love the vivid colours, and the way they stand out against the nice purple background :)

Embrace of the Umbrellas
by posthumous

Comment:
:) That's really nice. Takes you a minute to work out what's happening, and then you go: 'Aah, I see!'.
I can't believe how low this scored actually - the title really works, the composition has a nice harmony to it. and the left umbrella has those nice interesting shapes and sunrays shining through it. Sub-5?! Whatever.

Disco!
by snaffles

Comment:
Ooh, I love those :) Very shiny shoes! Absolutely fabulous - tall ladies in high heeled shoes rock!

Carrot Top
by JuliBoc

Comment:
lol The title made me laugh :)
Very cute picture, lovely colours!

DNMC trolls
by Sheryll

Comment:
lol Very funny, I like it :)