Check Mate
by vprndsg

Comment:
Maybe you'd get a higher contrast if the forground piece was black.

knock knock
by gmarceau

Comment:
I can se the mask and the eyem but I can't identify everything else... All I see is a big shadow.

Duotone
by accady

Comment:
Good composition and capture.

Screened in Butterfly
by Shaman

Comment:
Not sure the bg helps the HC, but The BF is HC indeed.
A very nice shot nevertheless.

Glass Beauty
by JoJoe

Comment:
Wouldn't even be better having it a bit off centered? The left part of the image is dull and compromises the whole. You've got vibrant colours on the rest. I'd have it cropped.

Spinning UFO
by marcellieb

Comment:
It's a nice composition and well executed, but this kind of subject is becoming a common place IMHO.

Contrast Hands
by Haukur Jo

Comment:
Hands too much saturation IMO.

Dimensional
by Kelsee

Comment:
Something doesn't look right for me. Not sure if is the tight crop on the subject or the white blow up.

the dunes...
by Hairlessman

Comment:
It doesn't look HC IMO.

Summer's Last Breath
by gg3rd

Comment:
Thank you all for your comments and votes.

This was a last minute submission (I was working in another pic, on which I gave up and tried to work this out), so I knew it would fall short (though did better than I thought).

The flower and its background was not very pretty at all, so in order to hide that, I decided just to keep the petals in color and desaturate the rest (camera feature).

I agree it got oversaturated and it came out more pinky than purple. Also I didn't like the crop myself.

Here's another rendition which I like more (though still too pinky):

//www.pbase.com/gg3rd/image/67681728

Message edited by author 2006-10-04 00:51:52.