A self portrait. It was originally in colour and I changed the image to black and white. I blurred the background a bit. I also spot edited some funny reflections in the lens using the blur/smudge tool. I did not make any adjustments to the eyes. It was too late to take out the railing so I left it in. I may get lower scores, but I didn't have a lot of time to play around with the final image.
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Intense eyes. Great b&w photo. Vertical format could have worked well. The lense of the camera looks like a black hole though (but that's being picky).
wow.. i should tell you.... there are many very decent entries to this challenge, but when i saw this one,.. it really grabbed me right away.. in fact i stared at it for about 5 seconds gave it an 8 and moved on but immediately came back because i had to look at it again... such mesmerizing eyes... changing the voite to a 10... deserves even more... great job...
Very rich contrast. The trees in the background are nicely blended in. The railing is bothersome. Wish the camera were just a tad bit lower. But these are personal tastes. BOL
The two areas of background at each side add nothing to the image and I think portrait orientation would have created a stronger composition. An interesting image that tells a little about the subject.
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