Edited mostly using picasa.
"I'm feeling lucky."
Shadows, tint, warmed, sharpened, then cropped.
Adjusted levels slightly in photoshop before sharpening a bit more.
Lovely, lovely Danielle Pittner
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Place: 152 out of 379 Avg (all users): 5.4646 Avg (commenters): 7.2000 Avg (participants): 4.9620 Avg (non-participants): 5.7983 Views since voting: 981 Views during voting: 292 Votes: 198 Comments: 8 Favorites: 0
Another image I think is great as it is. I don't need the full face - I have enough to build the rest in my mind - isn't that what photography is about - the viewer 'finishing the image?' In voting, I think this image also suffers from the challenge it was entered in and would have scored much higher in a better suited challenge. DPC voters are a literal bunch. If it doesn't punch them in the eye, most don't take the time to consider possibilities. This image is full of possibilities. Very well taken and edited.
I like this composition. Maybe both eyes would have been cool but it is creative and interesting to see only one - something you don't see everday. Excellent focus, lighting, and color. I might have trimmed a couple of inches off the right of the pic.
Sorry, I for one am not really all that fond of the half face composition, I normally like it but here it just isn“t working for me, I feel like I am looking at half a photograph. Not bad though so I gave it a 5.