Michelle Senior Portrait.jpg
by kirbic

Comment:
I like that the right (her left) side of her face is oof, but I'd have to agree that I'd like a little more in focus chin.

beautiful colors, love the darkened edges and she looks like a natural born model : )

Mr. Mom
by timfythetoo

Comment:
oh my gosh! that is an AWESOME photo, very well done, technically and all otherwise

B&wtracksDPC.jpg
by kawana

Comment:
I like the dark b&w feel to this photo. You might try tilting it a bit to the left. I think this photo might work better if it's aligned by the horizon (maybe use the first track at the bottom) instead of aligned vertically. The right side of your photo is straight, but the left side tilted - it might work better if both sides were tilted toward the middle and the horizon line were straight.

I really like how you burned the edges, and perfectly done -- Do you have a trick for that, or did you just use the burn tool by hand?
Also, your clouds came out really nice, nice exposure between the shadows and the sky

Seven.jpg
by rjkstesch

Comment:
I like it.. her eyes are so sparkling!

the only thing is that her bottom lip looks a little chapped, maybe you could blur them a bit as they look more in focus than the rest of her...

other than that, it's a really cute picture, nice crop (I like the border too) and great candid capture

serenity
by hanneke

Comment:
awesome shot! congrats on 6th place... you're really getting good at the self portraits, your eyes are so hypnotic

Feathered Rainbow
by Mick

Comment:
this is a really cool shot, I love the colors and the composition, feels like I'm there

bliss
by hanneke

Comment:
congrats on your third best score! what a perfect capture - makes me happy just looking

~~ the hood ~~
by ShutterPug

Comment:
that is the cutest little picture! made me giggle out loud... very nice, congrats on top 15

Starry, Starry Night in the Italian Alps
by levyj413

Comment:
holly crap! you did some awesome post processing work!

and what are you talking about?? this photo far outscores my best one... and this was for Aug? I have been out of it...

congrats on such a super awesome photo, esp. a 6.8 in a free study!

Not-So Perfect Match
by Beetle

Comment:
I think your photo turned out pretty good, awesome parody on the original (also, in case no-one said anything, the best way I've found to do selective desat is the sponge tool - you can even set the percentage of desat to do with it and then you use it like a brush... I'm pretty sure you find it where your burn/dodge tool is... or if you want black and white using gradient map, just make a layer with mask to single out the colored part... I always find that it's easier for me to zoom in and use a brush type tool than to try to use a selection tool)

anyway, glad you posted this in that forum... it's the first time I've seen this photo and it made my morning : ) you're lucky to have such a fun husband!