Shades Of Blue Stir My Soul
by glad2badad

Comment:
Beautiful!

At times, I feel all alone
by bwo

Comment:
Great composition. Love the vague treeline in the background

"You say you've lost your hamster?"
by MissAunica

Comment:
Excellent title and picture

I Have Power At My Fingertips
by dahlin

Comment:
I love it!

He hated when she wore skirts.
by Alyn

Comment:
Brutal! And awesome!

The Human Catherine Wheel
by sarampo

Comment:
This looks very similar to some shots I saw on another site recently... Great photo, well executed.

Seasonal Eating
by Covert_Oddity

Comment:
Beautiful!

Pasta Thieves... Not on My Watch!
by bcrants

Comment:
Brutal yet incredibly funny, I like it :)

It's a Love-Hate relationship
by Chandi

Comment:
This is fantastic! No hate from me, only love :)

April
by gyaban

Comment:

Originally posted by gyaban: As for the unprocessed versions, no sorry, I usually don't show them. I don't like the opposition that some tend to make between "pure photography" and "post-processing": consequently, I don't want to provide originals that would be used as (so called) "evidences" by one side or another. I consider the whole thing (imagination, sketches, hardware preparations & logistics, setup, lighting, shooting, raw conversion, post-processing, quality check) as a process aimed at delivering a final product. Isolating one element or another would alter the way the image is perceived, in my opinion. This is also why I don't shoot "making of" photos.

I see your point. Just to clarify, I wasn't trying to make an opposition between photography and processing, I completely agree that they are both important for the end result. However, I am quite mediocre in both categories but try to learn from examples of others' "making of"s, before and afters. I fully respect your decision to keep this to yourself though, as giving it out might indeed "pull away the curtain" and take away some of the magic from the photos.

I nabbed a high-res version of this picture from your flickr feed to use as my new desktop background by the way... Now I'm forced to maintain a clean desktop not to clutter this masterpiece :)