1st Place Streetlight By Barry Shaffer by Canon DSLR Challenge

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Streetlight
By Barry Shaffer


March 2, 2008	Barry Shaffer

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Guest		04-Mar-2008 21:57
Very elegant and touching. The diamond crop really works well with the shape of her face and hand position. -Michael

Canon DSLR Challenge		04-Mar-2008 21:21
Extremely nice :) I love the positioning of her hands and the way the opening in the black fabric repeats the theme of her beautiful eyes. Jim H.

Canon DSLR Challenge		04-Mar-2008 04:27
This looks way better now Barry without the box within a box (RGB values look good here). You know centering aside; the diamond shape does also makes me think about the glare of a streetlight- it lends well to the title. You have a contender here :-) ~Brent

Canon DSLR Challenge		04-Mar-2008 04:16
Thanks for all the kind words. Yea, I've been trying to make this diamond crop work because I think it emphasizes the 'centered-ness' of the subject. I think my previous background didn't match the page and was distracting (I learned the rgb values from this page's .css file don't port well to PS - maybe the save for web screws things up a bit) I finally got it to blend into the page on my monitor and I'm happier with it now - but it could be that I've been starring at it too long. -Barry

Canon DSLR Challenge		03-Mar-2008 17:37
I agree with Brent. Good image... not sure about the crop. Her eyes speak to me... and make me wonder at her story. ~Lydia

Canon DSLR Challenge		03-Mar-2008 15:03
This is really beautiful Barry, quite stunning really. The face is wonderful as is the shadow on the bricks. I'm just not sure I can warm up to that diagonal crop. Maybe I will, but I keep trying to rotate it around with my eyes. I really like the image though :-) ~Brent

Canon DSLR Challenge		03-Mar-2008 13:02
what a great image! Rob.

jnconradie		03-Mar-2008 11:23
Well done, Barry. Regards Nico

Vikas Malhotra		03-Mar-2008 07:28
Simply Super! Cheers, Vikas.