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by Puckzzz

Comment:
I heard a rumor that if you look hard enough you'll see a tattoo;-)

I like the pose, and good choice for a B&W (of course!). Lovely curves and a nice bottom.

However my eye seems to be drawn to the wedding band. My mind says it doesn't fit, so my eyes get stuck on it.

Home for the holidays
by Elvis_L

Comment:
Elivs - this is great, more so when you see the original, the digital darkroom is a wonderful place!

I do find the branches a tad on the distracting side, but once your eyes get used to them, it's so such a big barrier to the rest of the image.

I like it.

Holy Shot V1
by Someamateur

Comment:
What do I like about this?

Well:
* The sky's colour is really punchy, and set the tower off nicely
* Good contrast and detail in the stone work
* Upward shot of the tower adds drama and perspective to the shot

Not so hot on:
* The shot needs to be rotated in you post-prod software. All software has a crop tool that you can us to rotate, most have a straighten tool. If you straiten the upper-most ledge, the whole shot will be balanced and I won't feel drunk.

* There are two MASSIVE splodges of sensor dust or lens muck in the shot. Again all software has some sort of clone tool. Use it, it will cover a multitude of sins. Just remember to use a large (as you can!) soft brush to do it.

I love contrasty images, and this is a classic composition for a church tower.

Tips for next time:
* Get lower and shoot wider - not sure what focal length you used, but more door would give this a more imposing feel. Get you knees dirty and get down!

* Get your self a polarizer and you'll get deep colours is both the sky and stone (looks like you did this already, but this is the number one for me!)

* Straighten up as best you can in frame. That will mean you crop less in post and can get a bigger print from it.

Overall nice shot, just needs one or two tweaks in software.

Dancing Through Dark Times 'The Passage'
by MAK

Comment:
now for something different...... You suck man!

Just kidding, your so hot right now I can feel it in MK. You trail blazing S.O.B.

Where is this? Stowe Gardens or somewhere similar? I always take crap/dull pictures at places like that, but this is cool. Also, HDR? Loving the contrasty look.

La fumée
by hanneke

Comment:
not for much longer in the UK or France!

Loving your work Hann.

I'm crap at smoke photographs, but this is strong with minimal effort.

Bared
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment:
This is one of the most emotive (and dare I say sexy) self-portraits I've seen here. The nudity is really only incidental, as you 'happen' to be naked. This would & should have scored highly in the challenge.

You make 'body beautiful' what you make it.

Internal Affairs
by MAK

Comment:

Originally posted by Cutter: Originally posted by MAK: Oh dear.... When did this happen? I thought anything IN CAMERA was fine. I pm'd SC a couple of weeks ago and they said the rule "create your entry from a single capture" takes precedence over the "you may" section of anything in camera. I had a similar idea and since I am a new D200 owner was looking forward to this feature as well. Bummer.

MAK - Thought this was validated during voting? I saw the 'This image has been validated' at the time.

I knew this was yours, and is excellent. I gave this the highest of the lot - shame you missed the blue again!

Message edited by author 2007-01-22 17:49:35.

Island in the Sun
by Cutter

Comment:
you need to be selling this to a travel agent. I love this one!

lemon drop
by guillermo21

Comment:
It looks too much like it was cut out and stuck on the background of black pixels, however I see this is not the case as it has been validated.

Because of the highlight on the lemon, the background looks WAY to fake. Assuming you processed it that, you went touch too far.

goog luck.

(4)

Traci
by zanfar

Comment:
I keep coming back this one and keep getting caught in those eyes. Those catchlights are supurb and there is something about the expression I love. I've had to come back and go from a 9 to a 10, only the second one I've given in all the entries. Good luck!