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Windows to My Soul
Windows to My Soul
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Challenge: Self-Portrait III (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: Home
Date: Feb 13, 2005
Aperture: 16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 13, 2005

I had hoped to get a nice self portrait done this week, but I didn't have time. I threw this together in about 20 minutes a couple hours before the deadline. I wanted this to show my age, so post processing is intended to accentuate the defects instead of trying to minimize them. Hope you like it!

Statistics
Place: 27 out of 247
Avg (all users): 6.4081
Avg (commenters): 7.7273
Avg (participants): 6.3571
Avg (non-participants): 6.4551
Views since voting: 1306
Views during voting: 479
Votes: 321
Comments: 22
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/20/2005 09:43:34 PM
hi JD :) great lighting and tone. love that intense stare!
02/19/2005 10:47:24 PM
I think this is one of the few faces I recognize ...nice entry for the challenge
The eyes give you away smelly :)
02/19/2005 05:18:44 PM
Nice detail and lighting. very sharp 8
02/18/2005 05:12:24 AM
Really good focus. Perhaps, the cropped is not the best in my opinion
02/18/2005 03:22:49 AM
They eyes in your portraits are always magical, great lighting too
02/17/2005 09:35:22 AM
Indeed. The strenght of a portrait is in the eyes. Here the visual expression is enhanced by a well determined facial expression. The lighting is on the money and the framing is superb. Bumping up.
02/16/2005 11:23:40 PM
Super sharp, your eyes make this shot, this should do qute well. 9.
02/16/2005 07:47:10 PM
Quite striking. Good composition, good choice in using black and white. Great capture of the eyes.
02/16/2005 05:25:44 PM
i don't know anything about portraiture, so i'm using your image as a guinnea pig as to what i think i would or wouldn't do in this situation, as well as what i notice and get out of your image.

excellent work! the lighting, composition, focus, expression--everything comes together here. the range of tonalities and the textures all come through. i hope to have this much control when i take my turn! 8 from me.
02/16/2005 02:32:31 PM
i like the pointy teeth version better.

where've you been? glad to see you back.

P
02/16/2005 10:37:15 AM
Excellent image.
02/16/2005 12:08:29 AM
SmellyFish, Smeee-ll-y Fish... what are they feeding you??? (sorry, lame "Friends" reference. Ok, I know it's smellycat but whatever.... :-)

Great shot, intense look... love the eyes! And excellent treatment. Not quite b&w and not quite sepia, nice in-between tones.
02/15/2005 02:34:20 PM
Nice shot! You can quit staring at me now. Your creeping me out. :P
02/15/2005 02:21:30 PM
Lovely Detail!
02/15/2005 12:59:14 PM
For some reason the slight variation in lighting from left to right eye bothers me. I like it for the face, but I would like the "windows" to be evenly lighted. Excellent focus and good catchlights on the left. 8
02/15/2005 11:34:46 AM
Very intense and personal portrait. Technically excellent and definitely captures the attention. Fine job.
02/15/2005 10:53:37 AM
Very powerful. Many good shots here but the best are with the eyes communicating to the viewer such as yours. Good luck with well composed shot.
02/14/2005 08:16:19 PM
Jeff Bridges meets John Malkovich.
02/14/2005 07:49:31 PM
This portrait is just great. Perfect clarity and lighting to help show details. The skin tones are very pleasing. The only thing that distracts me are the highlights on the camera right part of your shirt, but otherwise this is a captivating and wonderful portrait. the first 10 from me.
02/14/2005 10:28:45 AM
Very well done, 9
02/14/2005 05:39:20 AM
You're pretty good at portraits aren't ya JD, good detail!
02/14/2005 12:10:16 AM
May I be the first to guess that this is his Royale Kiwiness. (but I might be wrong)


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