Glow
by jackal9

Comment:
First, your model is lovely. and so is your portrait of her. Does she like it? Have you tried the technique where you make a duplicate layer and get the glow perfect, like you have, on the top layer. Then erase the eyes so they are sharp from the bottom layer. It might give her eyes a bit more sparkle. It is nice how you have done it too.

Early Curiosity
by Valdo

Comment:
Oh my! a 10 at last! I've been voting all day and this is a joy! love the way her arm connects her to the flowers, love the patch of yellow on her sleeve. I like the reversal of height, normally a kid would bend down to see flowers, not reach up. The sparkle in her eye, the way she is just about to say something, I love it all.

Eagle Owl
by morty

Comment:
Eek - I don;t want to meet him on a dark night. I dont know if I like the coloring job here, it certainly is striking and those eyes are piercing. Maybe Mr Owl would look as fierce with his natural colors? or a toned down eye? Maybe i'm just too rightbrained for this. Technically it the flawless, sharp, perfect DOF, composition, compelling, I can't stop looking at him.

Flushing Meadow
by TLL061

Comment:
This conjures up visions of Superman and Kryptonite. Something about the black and white and the dramatic world facing towards the Americas is very 1950s.

Thai Boat Silhouette
by michael_p

Comment:
I love the hint of color (reds) on the people in the boat. I like the way the foreground is reds and oragnes and the midsection is greens. I like the way the colors are sharp in the front and muted towards the back. Makes me want to be there, I wish I could go to Thailand!

Blown Glass Poppy
by DeniseL

Comment:
Absolutely exquisite. if this is an Ursula copy then I want to copy YOU.

The underground: the dark chapel
by witam

Comment:
What is this? My pigeon holing brain wants to know. A satanic sacrefice? A movie set? I like your use of angles to emphasize the importance of whoever that is in black. the fire seems to go up through the rock, making it glow from within and then bursting out at the "alter" above.

The Badlands
by sfarrell23

Comment:
Mmmm. geology, look at all those layers of eons, and the horizon makes another layer which seems to represent the present and the matching layers of clouds to represent the future? Very nice. I like that the colors are muted and haven't been un naturally saturated.

Thick Skin
by PDavis

Comment:
Very nice textures and lines (wish the ear had more room at the tip, sorta like chopping off fingers) I like the sweep of the eat and the various sizes of crinkles. It's a rhinoserous? I have one of those pigeon-holing brains that needs to identify things.

Daddy's Little Girl
by tiggermo

Comment:
The lighting is harsh, a flash is too much for such a tiny baby. But who cares? This image is pure emotion, the tiny nose, the tiny fist, the giant jacket, the implied separation as Dad goes back to war. That's what makes this picture wonderful. My son is a Marine with (so far) two tours in Afghanistan at 21 years. No baby yet but yes, the difficulty of him being gone, the contradiction of feeling so proud of him and so distressed by this war. So ignore the comments about the light, you have a spectacular photo here.