Boo
by Arti-Elvi

Comment:
Just a note to say that I've been really enjoying your stuff.. creepy and creative! Keep it up, I'll keep lookin

Unveiled
by librodo

Comment:
I'm going to throw something out there:

I can understand the low votes. Especially the 1s. (Doesn't mean I necessarily *agree* with them fully).

There are a very many people on this site that hate feeling manipulated. That hate feeling like they're being played for the fool. There are also people on this site that view such things as the same model (especially one so recognizable), in consecutive or near consecutive challenges, violates the spirit of DPC. This leads to emotions that lead to scores of 1, 2, or 3.

Whether you agree with it or not, these people's thoughts and reactions are here to stay and are a part of the site, and should be respected along with everything else.

I've been a victim of putting the same model in too many challenges too closely together myself. People simply don't like it. That's the chance you take when you submit something of this nature, and I bet donuts to dollars that Manny knew this when he submitted.

Instead of being angry at the people that are angry at Manny, just enjoy the photo if you like it.

Personally, and as much as I think Manny is a great guy, this *does* smack a little too much of voter manipulation... but hey.. it's competition. It's DPC.. and you do what you gotta do. Some of us might not like it, but life goes on.

Angelic
by GIS_boy

Comment:
Are you sure you aren't copying some of my techniques? ;)

Great portrait.. between you and Bazz, Team Pentax continues to be a contender eh?

Future Male Model
by espy2

Comment:
Some pretty weak processing artifacts here, especially along the cheekline against the black. The noise in your shadows and some midtones, coupled with the unnatural smoothness of parts of the boy's face, also give this photo a very unrealistic feel. I'm also not feeling the pose. Too manufactured. It reminds me of beauty pageant mock-ups or glamour shots. Entirely inappropriate for child portraitures IMO. Lastly, it lacks the "studio" feel, as it's too tightly cropped, and could have been taken anywhere. It's easy to black out a background by lighting your subject brightly. Not the greatest effort, but I hope some of this helps for next time.

Threatened
by amber

Comment:
I wouldn't worry about what you are referring to.. go read the comments on 20 - 30 other candid entries, and you'll see what I'm talking about. It's throw away :)

As for the photo, the only thing I don't like is the amount of smoothing. Falsens it up a bit, takes me out of the moment. Lovely candid otherwise.

Conquered
by Artyste

Comment:
Heh, looks like I predicted myself well again. Although this score kind of surprises me, I thought maybe a 5.8ish would have been more fitting.

Them's the breaks.

Abra-Cadabra!!!
by Shermy

Comment:
hahha.. very whimsical.

Day 11
by jenesis

Comment:
You need to give me a lesson on how you do your eyes.

just wow.

Femme
by jenesis

Comment:
Now *this* is gorgeous. Dang. I thought I was doing good work... you're blowing my crap out of the water :)

(by the way.. color studio portrait.. hellooooo!!!)

Poison
by smyk

Comment:
A wonderfully creative take on the typical water drop.