Twiddling
by GeneralE

Comment:
You may want to increase the contrast in PhotoShop or in your camera. It's always good to have really white whites and really dark (as close to black as possible) in your B&W shots. There's a tiny bit of black in the lines around the fingers, but it's good to try to create some sort of visual balance between your lights adn your darks. This is unfortunately too light and there is a bit too much noise. You may want to try to set your ISO at the lowest possible.

plush
by jus6681

Comment:
Most excellent! My bet for the winner.

Detached
by timmotyka

Comment:
In future challenges you may want to ensure you save at a higher JPG quality and ensure your ISO is at the lowest setting (on some cameras it's 50, on others its 200). It looks like there is a ton of noise grain in this, almost like it was taken by a cell phone camera - which I know it wasn't. I like the effect you're trying to captuer here, but the image is far too pixelated and grainy.

Aperture
by Zoomdak

Comment:
Bravo. I'd say this is the photo of the year (including 2004)!!

Aperture
by Zoomdak

Comment:
If you don't win a ribbon I'll be shocked. This is national geographic quality. Congratulations and bravo!

ball no face
by real_ndn

Comment:
This image is very pixelated. You may be able to turn down the ISO to 200 or less to have less grain. I can tell it was probably a very nice reflection - it is just hard to make out in the actual digital image.

Round Up
by debitipton

Comment:
Fantastic. This is destined for a ribbon. 10

The knitter
by heida

Comment:
LOL! This is fantastic. Love the lighting and the overall image. 10

Early Morning Runners
by jonpink

Comment:
This is my favorite. I hope you win!

Painted by Nature
by akshayvh

Comment:
Finally! One of the shots using this technique works. You really really nailed this one. I hope you win.