grand canyon trip 470.jpg
by bigalpha

Comment:
Mess with the levels on this, clip the blacks and white a TON, and increase the midtone contrast a bit. change the hue/sat decrease the lightness and saturation on the blues and up everything else a bit. Run a pass of USM (unsharp mask) at about 100,.5,0 but only at this size, larger pics need different settings than small.

campus pics 052.jpg
by bigalpha

Comment:
Well, the technicals are necessary as Nick said, but there REALLY needs to be someone/something even slightly interesting at the end of that gargantuan leading line.

Signet
by surfinbird

Comment:
nude? That's one HOT CHICK!!

Llama
by silverscreen

Comment:
This picture is officially approved ;)

Caitlin 10 Feb 07
by surfinbird

Comment:
perfect, this picture captures an old soul in a young face perfectly. beautiful

At the waters edge
by MudHut

Comment:
Should have saved this for free study, still time to hide it ;)

1
by Brad

Comment:
Can I get a 1280x1024 to put on my desktop? ;)

Things that make you go hmmmm...
by smardaz

Comment:
Judging from the midrange scores, looks like most were just really ambivalent about it, not really creeped out.

Who's in Charge!?...SAY IT!
by RazorsEdge

Comment:
Frame is cropped too closely above the queens head, specular highlights on the king detract. The queen intersects the background OOF element, which draws the eyes away too much. Sharpness of in focus elements is not very good. The background elements are overall more brightly and evenly lit than the queen/king, try a gobo between the oof elements and the light to reduce the spill. soften the light with a thin piece of cloth (sheer silk work great) or a thin piece of tracing paper.

Root Of All Evil
by liberty

Comment:
Nope, but the love of it is.