Self Portarit - my first post

[Marty_Oz]

Hi,
As a photographer new to digital, this forum has helped alot.
I am just experiment/playing with my 20D, generally have lots of fun.
This is the first image I had printed, on 12X12 matte and am happy with the result.
The image is soft, which is the effect I wanted.
I now see a few areas which I would improve, but thats next time.
Any comments....good, bad or ugly are appreciated.
Cheers
Marty

http://photos10.flickr.com/15050850_4a280496a5.jpg?v=0

[bikerider]

Good strong image......I cropped it to my taste.......what do you think?
Roger.

[exposingmyself]

really nice self portrait.
too much black space for me but i can see you utilize that space with text.

[Marty_Oz]

Hey BikeRider, I do like your crop, thanks for that.
Thanks exposingmyself, the original is landscape 6x4 format which I am planning to use as the background for my web page. So the buttons/links will be on the left edge of the screen which is all black.

[exposingmyself]

wow, i'm glad i had the right concept. good work if it's going on a website. looking forward to seeing how it works out. :)

[DwightMcCann]

I'd like to see more gleam in the eye and less on the nose! :-)

[SuzanneCarey]

I like it! I love pictures with the face cropped in half. To me, it feels "strong."

Suzanne

[exposingmyself]

passing the pressed powder ;)

[Dante King]

Welcome to the Forums!!! Nice shot. I like the original best.