11/29/2005 4:15:08 AM

Excellent image Josh! Jeff

11/29/2005 4:39:49 AM

Very nice portrait
erland

11/29/2005 5:40:15 AM

Josh, very nice portrait.

11/29/2005 11:59:50 PM

Wonderful portrait of a beautiful young lady!! Big congrats on your POTD, Josh!!

1/3/2006 12:08:02 AM

Beautiful portrait Josh ~ lovely model ~ many congrats on POTD!
susie

1/3/2006 12:43:26 AM

everything works well in this portrait! excellent!! nice job, Josh...

1/3/2006 1:32:47 AM

congrats on the POTD

1/3/2006 3:10:07 AM

Congratulations Josh, wonderful work!

1/3/2006 3:45:36 AM

Very beautiful portrait Josh and very beautifully done!!! Congratulations on a very well deserved POTD!

1/3/2006 4:13:16 AM

nice shot! love the lighting! congrats on potd!

1/3/2006 4:34:21 AM

WOW Josh, truly amazing work. I love the dramatic lighting, the close-up and the clarity you have captured. Also, the color of her eyes really stand out here in a subtle way. Beautiful capture.

1/3/2006 4:35:23 AM

Lovely portrait - beatiful lighting. Congratulations on your POTD!

1/3/2006 6:53:30 AM

Beautiful portrait, with great lighting! Congrats on your POTD!

1/3/2006 7:38:32 AM

Congrats on this lovely POTD, Josh!

da

1/3/2006 7:58:06 AM

Beautiful portrait with great lighting. Congrats on POTD!!

1/3/2006 9:17:40 AM

Johs, you're on the way.Congratulations.

1/3/2006 11:20:54 AM

Many congratulations on POTD, great portrait

1/3/2006 2:03:09 PM

Congratulations on this wonderful POTD, Josh!

1/3/2006 4:16:14 PM

I thoroughly enjoyed wandering through your website. Thanks for posting your photographs; they're inspiring.

1/9/2006 7:12:40 AM

hi all, I m sorry but I disagree with all. I m not professional photographer and I see lot of problems with this picture. 1. one eye is dark and barely visible.2. the shot is taken at close distance with person looking directly at lense leading to " squint" of eyes. 3. since picture is taken at close distance, there is coning of face..with nose and mouth projecting forward like that of wolf or dog. this is caused either because lense too close to face or inappropriate zoom. 4. unfortunately the point of maximum focus is upper two mugg teeth. the coning effect makes them little magnified as well.

terrible shot. please tell me honestly did the girl beat you up and you put shot on web as a revenge?

1/11/2006 1:20:18 PM

O..k...?

Just out of curiousity, what makes you think that both eyes MUST be lit?

She isn't squinting at all. I used a 50mm f/1.8 and I was about five feet away from the model. Also, proximity of one person to another doesn't cause squinting.

There is no "coning" of the face from barrel distortion. If I had shot this tight on this model with a 85mm or a 200mm there still would be no distortion. Distortion comes from the inability of a lens to compensate for the angle of view. A 'normal' focal length like the 50mm would not cause that.

But thank you for being so moved by my photo that you felt compelled to speak your mind.

1/11/2006 5:00:35 PM