Wonderful piece of art! Truly beautiful and well done author!

Wonderful shot the lighting is just beautiful

Awesome shot.

Great shot, in every way.

simply awesome

Oooh, a mystery! Nice mood.

yeah... really beautiful without diverting from the theme.. liked it.

Wonderfully done, no wonder nobody else is trying. Just to hard to compete with and I guess we are all to lazy.

Wow, this looks great. both set up and the photography, love it

You really have amazed me with your talent Author.

this is an example, a very good one indeed, of what to expect from this contest..

the only entry right on theme so far and very well executed. You put quite some work in this, congrats!

Very nice Author, very nice

Great shot. I was going to submit a shower shot, but it doesn't compete with this. Lighting and catching the drops are excellent. I'll wait for another self portrait contest.

Nice work

Very nice. Good job!

great work

Very imaginative and creative!

Very nice lighting.

authorrrr...just brilliant

congrats, wonderful work as always.

Congratulations! A well deserved win!

Congrats.... glad you won....

HDR is supposed to bring out details in the lightest and darkest areas, but here I really miss details. For my personal taste contrast is way to high. Idea and concept would have allowed a great shot, though.

Love the lighting & pose ... and eye candy lol

VERY nice. Great lighting and shutter speed etc.

Excellent shot

This looks really heavy post-processed. The contrast in values is too blown out.

Great image -- composition and lighting are first rate great DOF as well -- super job

RIPSAW: I am truly sorry you had to witness your dear old mother wearing a leaf

This is an amazing shot. The pose is and the way the shadows and light fall make it a winner!

OK gutsy shot I agree, but dam man squeezing your thighs together to make the shot safe must have been a pain.

Exquisite! Rare and appealing excellence! Good work author!

sorry, Author! , it say " looks like just my dear old mother "


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I really like the idea behind this, great original thought. As far as possible improvements go a softbox may help a bit, but I would suggest perhaps moving the light a tiny bit more towards the front of the model so that the light isn't so specular and hard. Also move the leaf up and to the right a bit to cover the unsightly razor bumps. As far as the apple goes, maybe turn the wrist in a bit so it isn't at such an unnatural angle. Maybe add a smaller light or a reflector to open the shadows a bit.

lítur út eins og bara ég kæri gamall móður

agree with jadelink about the pose. superb!

The leaf can't be photoshopped in + men should never shave (or, is it a leaf put over a photograph - which would be ok for this theme?)

Don't know how I feel about this,,the idea was great, just the lighting doesn't seem right with the apple casting a hard shadow from what appears to be a direct flash? The leaf also seems kind of tacky the way it was placed.

Nice shot Whose next ?

I'm saving up for a wide angle lens so I can do a shot like this! (nice shot. I agree with jadedink about the pose. Good job!)

Whooooooa. What a lucky time to start being active on the photography side, eh ladies?
You boys are brave! And I have to applaud on such artistic vision in the pose. Its graceful, and strong...and very reminisant of classic sculptures by the masters.

And most of all! Tasteful. Nicely played.

Well, you know what has to be next, right? A "Men of PXL" wall calendar!

And...so the games begin! Well done my friend,,,it appears I need to hit the gym before the next self-portraits contest...LOL

Bravo on another superb entry

Oh... my Lord... ... love the lighting and the body too...

I knew it! You do live in a cave! Lol. Perfect job yet again my friend

Author ... YOU ROCK

Don't get me wrong...I understood, indeed...a superb portrait as always. The attention to detail in the author's themed portraits is always complete.

I meant it as in - the lighting and composition is great as usual, but his creation....
He really out did himself this time! (double entendre intended)

BTW, What is up with the new avitar?