Incredible shot!

Amazing photograph, would just love a little more light at the bottom, so we could see a bit more detail.

Very nice but have to agree with friiskiwi , a bit more light. still a great shot. !!

Superb shot but needs a tad more light..

Congratulations, a clear winner

Oh yes...congrats on 1st...this shot is amazing!

Congrats for first place

congratulations...

Congratulations

Congrats, GREAT shot!

OOOOOH my goodness.

this is fabulous. i really think you could have pulled out a bit on your crop to include the arms fully, as its a tiny bit close on the sides.
but...this is definitely great. i love the contrast, the shadowing, the fact you did it in black and white...and oh lord...well...the subject. *drool*

nicely done author. thanks for the eye candy.

Very nice work with the lighting here Author...you have surprised me (in a good way of course), nearly spot-on for this type of shot! Well done!

Just a little nit-picking thought here to give a try though...although the shadowing and contrast here is very good (don't get me wrong, love it!)...try taking your light center and high at about a 20 degree down-angle to really get the muscles to ripple and "pop"...

Just a thought and something I've had great success with

All-in-all, a simply wonderful entry...GL

I had a body like this once...but now he's buried in the basement with the other "studs" that were chasing my daughters!

Thanks for the help itsmymoment and jadedink...I am always looking for ways to improve my work.

LOL....you are so funny itsmymoment (at the bottom of your comment)

HaHa....Caught you! (FINALLY Read the whole comment)....

Great shot! Another thanks for the eye candy!

Like the grayscale here, great high res..

Let me have a better look at this shot... two better looks... three better looks...

That does it! I am going to suggest we have a" HUNKS " theme! Great shot author, (and model!"

I never got why chicks dig back muscles, my gf is the same - mystery...

Very, very nice. I agree with the above advice, but might also add just a tiny bit of a lower perspective. That way, the arms would block the horozontal bars, which kind of blend in with the grey scale. But, a very nice shot

CONGRATS!!!!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great capture, love the angle!

Oh yes, you can see the sweat and the effort! Great capture!

nice one.

I like the tensed muscles in the neck

A different direction of the light source would make miracles in this photo.
As it looks you fire the flash straight to the model.
Try to fire the flash with an different angle than that.
Slightly forwards will reveal more of your models arm & weight.
Slightly backwards will create a beautiful border around the hand & weight.
It's up to you off course!
The way it is right now is too dark...NOT a bad photo but too dark (IMHO).
Good luck author!

nice

Nice shot, just a tad bit dark.

Great clarity!

Superb clarity..