Nice and sharp. I like the minimalism here. Well done.

i love the composition and color, great job!

Good composition. Contrasty and with good light.

Very graphic . Good job.

George - Both of your power line shots are in my opinion, perfect. I can't pick between the 2. Good job.

Lemmingstone, thanks for the kind words :-)

A wonderful way of making an industrial image look beautiful.

the expression is cool! altough the colors are strange and the whole photo is a lil bit blurry.

excellent shot ! the reflection and the detail on the trees is great! really showy and cold feel to it!

Strange how the fisheye played with the railing... nice one, but maybe darken it a bit.

I love the hand.... it shows the frustration

I think this is awesome. How much more in your face can you get? A bottle pushed actually in your face. Great job Manuel.
I see your point Kyla but I agree with Ana and think it shows the frustration. Love it.

Nice pic. I'm sorry, is this the self-portrait topic?

ich denke nicht

@the lithograph
"in your face" is the self portrait topic.
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du hast es in selbstportrait hochgeladen.
in "portrait of a person" wäre es richtig gewesen.

xLeave & Craig - Thanks for your thoughts. This shot has actually gone through quite a few stages of evolution - tighter crop, wider crop, B&W, lighter, darker.

In the end, I thought "what would make it stand out against all the other b&w, half-lit, negative space filled self-portraits?"

This was the result, which I'm kinda quite happy with.

Agreed on the comments above - I think that you could also try a hikey (sp) bw approach to this photo. Double "Oh Yeah" on the lighting....

I'm thinking black and white too. I think the skin tones are too ruddy. But I really like everything else about it. You are right though in your observation about the style being a bit repetitive for a theme like this. This is a slightly different take.

Good light. Like Peter, I like the fact it's dark, and the negative space. The choice of the angle is interesting, too, and I'd like to see a version where you look at the camera.

I would love to see this in B&W also. Besides that its great, I like that you can see his left eye slightly makes it slightly more interesting (to me)

Who would not enjoy that? Watching the big city, but in quiet peace. Great shot.

Yeah, I love boating...my kind of thing.... and flying down the Chicago River, or out on Lake Michigan is the way I enjoy the city.

I remember this one! Nice perspective on the city.

Love the colours and layers here.

Philippe - This is great. All the layers, sky, haze and trees give a wonderful perspective.

Thanks Arne and Peter. I presume you've recognized LA, from the Getty museum.

No problem philippe. LA has a great skyline doesn't it? I love how downtown just rises up on all sides.

Wow... very nice. I love how the light brings out the tower like that.

Cheers, Brandon! I take it as a great compliment to receive a compliment, from you, yourself, the boss...lol!

I'm not sure you'lle take this a compliment, but I like it too... :O)
Very moody.