What a great shot, I love the grinder in the background. Have you given any thought about sharpening and adding a bit more contrast? With the wrinkled and stained skin I feel it could make the photo seem even more weathered, helping to narrate the story better. Just a thought though, the photo is great as it is. But like they say everything can be improved.

Love the rustic feel. Very cool

Thx HrseTog!

You are...scary.. :-O

This is great. Love it

Awesome creativity! Great lighting and framing. GL!

Loving it.. just hope the Mods latest comment doesn't get this removed tho'

Thank you for all your comments :x

TQ JEANIBLOG, I just read the latest mods comment. Actually, I just thought of being creative. I understood the goals for this contest and took the previous self potraits contest as a reference. Seems that it didnt matter whether the shot were half faced, blurred, darken etc. Therefore, I thought it would be OK if I covered half of my head. Also, ths pic has been posted before the mods latest comment which now requires the face must be clear

Awesome expression !!! ...and teeth!

yeah awesome expression !!! ...and er..hair!

wow... lots of teeth! The shot has great impact!

I should think this would be ok. It is a picture of your face, and even though it's partially obscured there's still quite a bit showing.

BRILLIANT!

TQ.. TQ,, TQ all for the comments. You are all very encouraging and funny. I should have thought of putting my hair on fire and brake a few teeth for a more dramatic effect

Cool - that would be extreme art lol

Fantastic shot author...one of the best in the contest for sure...Instant fav from me...well done

A well deserving placement. Congrats!

congrats!! Definitely well deserved indeed!

really out of focus author, try taking a few shots first and maybe get outside or play with your camera settings. You can replace this you know?

oof and really cropped. I would try another shot at this .

oof.......

Okay,thankz for your comments..this was something i had taken may 4 yrs back..felt like uploading it..so i did..i think ppl should give a commnet which is useful n not which kind of oof's me,or jus say what the above person has mentioned(gawd knows what expression is that by the way)

I think people just told you what was wrong, "OOF" means "Out Of Focus". And I have to admit that your picture is totally out of focus. Nothing is clear on it. More, you cut the eyes. Please don't do this again.