This picture is rather complicated, actually. It started its life as a colour shot from my D60. Then I converted it to black and white using primarily the blue and red channels. But this led to the iris being too dark. So I copied the iris to a new layer, and converted it to black and white using the green and red channels.
Finally, I wanted to sharpen the image, and got the idea to sharpen the iris more than the rest of the image. I also darkened it a great deal more than the rest of the picture (Hey - Post-shot adjustments were legal for this contest, right? ;).
Personally, I am quite happy with the results.
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great detail. The placement of the iris in the frame seems unbalenced to me. Perhaps having the iris centered or otherwise cropping just a little wider might help. 8
I love the extremely shallow DOF. Gorgeous black and white too. I've seen a lot of eye photos on this site (I bet someone will do it in the cliche challenge too!) but this is definitely one of the nicer ones.
I knew there would be an eye shot as a window to the soul this week. I didn't know, however, it would be this good of an eyeshot! I like that you chose black and white. The detail and clarity is amazing to me. I'd be interested in what equipment you used, lighting, etc. Great job! 9
I really don't like closeups of eyes like this. That aside, I would have been happier to see an actual reflection of a window in the eye. I know about the whole "window to the soul" thing, but in the case of this challenge, I am leaning toward a more traditional interpretation.
Very nice macro. It may have been more compelling with some kind of reflection that played on the window/door theme or more emotion in the eye.
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I don't care for this pic. It's too close and not appealing either, part of which may be the too close. I knew someone would do this for this challenge - Inspzil
Well, at least this is outside the literal box ... and a nice crispy eye shot. Well done, but knowing how people vote here, I'm afraid this would do better in the Cliche challenge.
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