Red Pierrot

comments are welcomes, thanks

Excellent compo, congrats.

Excellent photo. Very vibrant colors, good DOF.. Among the nicest 'mask' shots I've seen. Well done...

x me dire fantastica e' poco ...complimenti ... a bocca aperta...non mi pre de 7/7

This is wonderfully different. Can't help wondering how it would look square --- cropping from left, might be more abstract, definitely sharper.In any event, lovely work, well done.

Mg i love your work its very exciting to see your talent, you are one of the best.

Regards Rod

Excellent. wow..wow..

Biliana

Excellent !

The soft don't permit 7/7...

A very good subject and pleasing composition.

amazing portrait!... despite the chaotic colors/designs and her stoic manner, her emotion/expression is still very subtle, yet vivid...

Wow! Brava!

Jim

Well done. Love the position, eyes and wonderful color.

but, it's very hard to choose - they are all great :-)

This is my favorite of the Carnival series. . . this is an amazing set of images.

Another excellent shot, I love the color and texture, great composition!

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Thank you and enjoy!

I usually am not fond of these types of mask shots, mostly because they tend not to be very original. This is one of those, although some of your others in the folder, Carnival, are very interesting. An example of this is "Kiss". Anyway, you deserve to have one of your photos as Photograph of the Week, as you are a suberb photographer. Congrats MG. Megan

Every once in a while you see a shot that makes you sit back, stop what you are doing and just look. This is one of those photos, for me. The color, the detail, the light (and dark), it is all there. MG, I went to your portfolio, and saw another that I truly am taken with, simply entitled "sign". WOW! Thank you for being the most excellent artist that you are, and for sharing with the rest of us!

Wayne

Wow! What a beautiful catlike image, green eyes and all. This is spectacularly good, from composition to colors to originality of presentation.

 

--Lannie

What an extraordinary shot. Maybe one of the best I have seen on photo.net!!!

 

I especially like the infinite entry points for the eye : the girl's corrol, her flower, her eyes pointing out of the frame.

 

Exquisite, congrats.

 

I am stunned by the increased quality of the POWs since HP sponsors this section!

I find this image beyond amazing. My favorite POW this year. The colors, the composition, the EYES. You should be thrilled with making this image!

I like the colors in this shot, but perhaps not in combination with the eyes. I like that there are eyes behind the mask, but for some reason would prefer to see ONLY the eye, not the corner of they lower eyelid.

Colorizing the eye color would seem to be a legitimate "cheat" on this shot. I wonder if decolorizing the eye would be interesting. I think the composition is excellent, and in my opinion the positives in this shot well outweigh the few negatives. Personally, I wonder if perhaps the "type" of shot, a "mask" shot, indicates that this is a money saving, and work saving device to perform studies when models are not handy. I certainly could not afford a model with any frequency, and so such devices would be a way to practice the art at lower expense, perhaps. This should NOT be seen as detracting from the value of the shot as an artistic expression, however. Just some rambling thoughts, perhaps they relate to the purpose to the POW.

Excellent , very emotional!

I believe this photo is exceptional. The detail is wonderful and makes the image desirable.

 

I cannot help it but she looks as delicious as a sculpture of milk chocolate inlayed perfectly with mouth-watering white chocolate, however; I will only consume with my eyes.

A saturated and over worked image. It leaves me cold. I feel the subject is very unoriginal and the very dark vignetting is not a subtle

manipulation.

Yes, I don't like it at all.