Sweet Thirteen
by edmeng

Comment:
Clear, soft, lovely portrait!

Arpoador
by mecfcosta

Comment:
Very nice point of view here with the sweep of the beach. You might try adding contrast or perhaps just lightening your whites a bit.

Luggage
by Imagineer

Comment:
This is an artsy and gutsy shot. The low scores puzzle me, even for DPC voters.

Web
by Tanveerhawk

Comment:
Hmmm. Interesting textures, but I don't see a portrait.....

High School Student
by leah53

Comment:
Nice pose and expression. This image is very soft, though.

Blank Generation
by surfinbird

Comment:
Alien and strange. I like the deep tones and bizarre softness of this image. You are kind of creating your own rules here, but you play by them very effectively. 9 (whoa-9?)

Window
by sumskater41

Comment:
Perhaps a bit of a cliche, but I really like your handling of this classic "pensive and looking out the window" shot. The grain works for me, and the positioning and depth of field are really marvelous. I like how the depth of field shows us outside so clearly--and yet there's really nothing amazing to see, so it's a wonderful red herring that adds interest and meaning to the shot. 8

Fiddlers Look
by mica

Comment:
This is easy to dismiss as an average shot, but I feel that your use of tones, his expression, the slight tilt, and the bleak framing create a really wonderful, but subtle artistic concept and emotional portrait of this fellow. 8

Dude On Street
by koopero

Comment:
Some dude! Very nice, and tricky, tones here! 8

Dark Thinker
by J-Me

Comment:
NIce lighting, pose and expression. You might try sharpening a little to give it some umph.