Bright eyes
by sprite777

Comment:
Great composition and contrast. I'd love just a touch more detail on the highlight areas and slightly more focus on the hands, but that's just me. It works wonderfully the way it is. Love how they are so seriously concentrated on what's off to their left. Such a closeness, warmth, security and tenderness. Really nice.

Hope for tolerance
by nico_blue

Comment:
Ok, I'm confused. A veiled muslim with a catholic rosary? Or am I missing something? Regardless, it is a striking photo , well balanced with nice contrast. I would have liked it even more if it was cropped with an additional 1/2 inch added on the bottom so the whole rosary shows.

Scarred Beauty
by lagavulin

Comment:
Nice llighting. Would loved to have seen it in black and white.

Defeat
by movieman

Comment:
Guess it must be a nude, since it's in a shower, but it's too gross for anything that I'd want in my own personal collection. Couldn't find that much to positively rate it for when taking into account what I expected a "nudes" challenge to be.

Candid Moment for Woody
by joebok

Comment:
Just to cutesy and cartoonish. Definitely not my style. And why the swirling background? Only mid-section was in focus - to draw attention to the crossed hands? No, it just doesn't appeal to me at all. Sorry.

Peaceful
by menardmam

Comment:
Great composition. Nicely contrasted zones from dark hair at base to light skin to dark background at top. Love the soft feeling. Curves throughout complement each other and are similarly softly shaped. Lighting is very effective. Congratulations on a very nice image.

Bashful
by Dufus

Comment:
Simple, anonymous, well-posed, elegant. I'm a sucker for black and white anyway. No intrusive background materials; good detail, nice lines, pretty. I really liked it.

port_005.jpg
by ScantyNebula

Comment:
Ooooh, this one I really like. Simple, clean, nice color (I'm a "blue" guy, even though I've done mostly black and white - which also probably explains some of my attraction to the image), and upbeat. It also is composed nicely. Makes me want some blue berries. (They ARE blue berries, right? Not something else "painted" blue?) I need to learn how to play with this digital stuff to get the really clean back ground you captured.

Message edited by author 2004-08-25 14:43:18.

Parallel rulerverse
by shangri_La_gypsy

Comment:
This is such a wonderful abstract of nicely complimenting colors and patterns. Good contrasts with the blacks and lines, too. Really liked it.

Neon Explosion
by vasilkovaya

Comment:
I really liked this photo. Rated it probably two or three times, raising the rating each time. (It sort of "grows" on you.) There's lots to look at, the patterns of colors and swirls splashing outward from the center are very attractive and when you get done admiring it, you start to wonder: How the heck was this done?