A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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Comment by RKT:
4...seems more mennonite than James Joyce. Or maybe he's just a hipster. The crop is strange to me, too tight perhaps? I keep wanting to see the whole hat.

Harvest Harmony
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Comment by nygold:
Very nice finish Nikki.

Harvest Harmony
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Comment by dtallakson:
Wonderful shot and great finish. As others have said, beautiful colors and pleasing to the eye PP.

Harvest Harmony
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Comment by blindjustice:
Beautiful final product, excellent finish!

Harvest Harmony
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Comment by grahamgator:
Back to comment. Nicely processed, beautiful colors.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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Comment by Abra:
Not having read this book I did a quick Google search and found a few images representing this novel. You have captured the general composition here too so there should be little risk of DNMC voting. I'm not sure how much control you had over the background but I wish the nice blues extended beyond the right hand side of the image. The details captured are very good and I quite like his expression. 6.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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Comment by tvsometime:
Good enough as a serious young portrait, but there's nothing to hint at his artistic side. Photographically, although the skin tones work well enough, the background colors are muddy the forms have no clear compositional purpose and therefore become distracting. I think black & white treatment could have been much stronger and eliminated the color issues. 5

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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Comment by lunachicken:
Frankly I'm surprised this wasn't done more. I for the most part want more ties to the story, but this is a little different. It still loosely reflects the story, but is a play on the art commonly associated with this book. For that I can forgive the beard, but the round glasses are a crucial part of that art. 6

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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Comment by Bear_Music:
What's nice about this, is that it actually feels like it's a reasonable period piece, faithful to the time in which Joyce wrote the book. The eyes are terrific, the ears weighted down by the hat, the upthrust chin: there's a bit of bewildered, a bit of apprehension, a bit of resistance all speaking here.

The eyes aren't quite as sharp as the nose and lips, and I'd like them to be tack sharp. The skin color seems a little cool to me. But allin all, a very nice entry. 7 from me.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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Comment by see:
I an one of a few that have taken on the” Comment on every vote challenge”. I will post the score I gave you then try to explain my reasons for said vote. Hopefully nothing below will be taken personally, and maybe we can both learn from it..
Although a fine portrait, there is little that ties this to the 19th century, although the hat helps a bit. I am hung between quality of image and believability of challenge topic. I will place this in the middle and give a point for the hat…6