Thankx for featuring my picture

This guy has some wonderful character. His wispy hair and the sparkling bokeh behind him give this image a magical feel to me.

Looks like there's some dust and scratches on the photo, but for some reason I actually like to see that kind of thing.

Good portrait! Maybe with a little more contrast...

nice happy portrait

Wow - instant fave! Great and interesting subject and great light.

Best,
Jon

good point.

I love how the shadow is of a different shape than the person seen in the photo.

Yeah - I just noticed that difference in shadow shapes as well - great effect - I would not change a thing

Nice 'genre'
Love the author's view and the antouraje

Very well seen and thought out, I think. Great light and an interesting subject.

Best,
Jon

harsh flash lighting,but great overall composition.since lighting was low,pumping up the iso to increase the sensitivity to light.

If you could move the object further from the background it would be easier to light it and isolate it. As it's currently shot, a slight curves adjustment might make it pop out a little better.

it's a little bit crooked, and lacks some tonal punch. curves and levels adjustments will help, as will touching up some of the specks.

The blue and the brownish background really work for me. I love the way the slighly darker parts in the background form a frame around the glass in the bottom part, balancing interesting features in top and bottom of the picture.

Nice shot, but a little work would turn this into a gem!

Best,
Jon

I like this photo I think it's well done.

I think it would be a more interesting photo if it were cropped to remove the space on the right (back of his head)In other words, take him out of the center.

i agree with jseligman. and take some off the top to balance with his chin.

I like the DOF

It would probably be interesting to get him out of the centre, but I'm not sure if cutting the right hand side would work (because you'll be cutting from his back). Perhaps extending the left hand side will do the trick (which will still mean taking the picture again, unless you already cut that to start with).

George, your photo is certainly a reminder that instead of looking up all the time, we sometimes should look down.

you did and were rewarded with this wonderful photo that is dark and brooding with a sense of mystery and adventure.

Well done.

The simplicity of this picture is great, it gives me a Zen feeling.

it reminds me so much of a pic i shot on the wapizagonke lake...
i think i'm gonna post it soon.
The place looks so peacefull in your pic, great feeling thanks.

very impressive

beautiful and simple photo!

Nice atmosphere, great light!
Almost looks tilt-shifted / miniature ...

how happy you must have been to get that red roof in the photo, to have the mist only in the back, and then to have the sunlight in the foreground!

Either you must be really lucky or you camped there till you got this great light!

Either way, congratulations!

Wow, so crisp you can feel the frost, excellent capture! Almost feels like a model...

This image is just only sublime -

I love the sharpness & feeling you captured. It's hard to relate the grade of slope in a photo without a vertical reference but you've pulled it off nicely. Everything about it makes it a favorite for me.

very interesting work and place ! i guess different angles would produce very interesting result!! good job!

nice abstraction--did you buy anything or just "steal" images?
;]

mac has enough of my money; i was an image thief.

great point of view, it seems a rounded game!
perfect for architectural communication.

I LOVE this shot, it seems so Sci-fi, abstraction rules.

Hmmm...I don't know how this fits the theme.

Wow, you were trying to do a lot with that image. I think if you really want to evoke the mood and meaning of those lyrics you're going to have to start from scratch and pose some teens to really make it happen. The teens here would be great, but I imagine you probably grabbed this shot on the fly and hoped it fit with the song.

As a Florida resident, I think I've seen kids cruising the beach in a convertible on spring break that would have fit the song great. I'm not sure you can capture that same mood in the mall.

I have looked at your site. In my opinion you have much the best pictures.
Sorry for my english.

If look could kill - great capture!

If the girl on the far right were in sharp focus this would have greater impact perhaps. It would seem to really lend context and evoke a teen girls envy or angst. She looks really annoyed but that is kind of lost in this photo since nothing is sharp enough to be the focal point.

The girl on the far left also seems like she's annoyed but I'm left wanting to see who she is talking to...maybe her mom is there saying it's time to go, and she's protesting?

I wish I could tell more from this but its just got too much going on and nothing specific enough.

I don't see hope and despair I see teen girls, 2 that look to be annoyed, but too difficult to tell if it's with each other as they don't seem to be interacting with each other, but it's hard to discern.

Nice photo.
The only thing that bothers me is the negative space behind the subject. It may have worked better with the negative space on the left. In this case, a tighter crop may do the trick.

Thanks for the comment notter. I'll think about a crop.

i have to disagree, this crop is great. it creates a different mood, a loneliness, than a standard open neg space would not. sometimes you have to break the rules.

This image is crazy! Great capture!

Wow awesome long exposure!

Well deserved feature!

thanks everyone for your comments

This really is a great shot.