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From a critique perspective, there is nothing interesting about this picture. Sorry Don. Its almost like the shutter accidently went off.

I like it - the hands and crossed legs show tension - balanced with the negative space.

I like the tones too, if not the way I feel it has fallen on it's side.

hmmm. Contraversy, I love it.

--Don

How about if I add the poem:

Adds a whole new element. Love it now.

Ah thank you Jerry. That feels very good.

--Don

Hi Don.
I realy like this image it has a lot of impact.

The woman seems to be suffering in an impersonal institution of some sort. She is ignored, even by the viewer.

I hope you don't mind but I gave it a treatment to highlight her plight.



P.S. I expect few people will like this version, but it's just how I see it.

Interesting, Bingle--how did you do this?

--Don

in photoshop...
I opened the image and copied it in to a second blank image of the same size.
Converted it to gray scale, and then to bitmap (using a round halftone screen).
I then copied it back to theoriginal as a layer.
Then on the dot layer i masked out the woman and set the layer style to darken.
I then inserted an gradient map (black-green) adjustment layer between the original and the dot layer and gave it the same mask as the dot layer.

Neat effect.

--Don

i like the original, so tense and scary, almost like undercover photography of raw emotion

Agreed - in my view the original is the best - still great variations all around.

Thanks guys. I like the original too. The poster with the poem is the one I framed.

--Don