Great job David! Wasn’t it a fab week for portraits, with zenjenny Jen’s rising to the top. That is one hell of an image. Congrats to Pema with an equally disturbing/arresting image and to Leslie for getting TWO images in third place. Thank you for my HM and well done to all the other HMs, and to everyone who posted images and comments. I love it when a discussion starts.
Right, me and the Urban Shaman have a date in the Gallery. Edit: I’ll tell you what - I defy anyone who enters the B&W Gallery not to be instantly drawn to this one!
So many to choose from but I'm going to have to go with this challenge being The Week of the Portrait.
Top prize goes to zenjenny and her Urban Shaman. I can't stop looking at him looking at me. Very arresting.
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Second spot to Mingmarlama channeling The Alien with his eye-catching (literally) self portrait.
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Third is shared by lkbside for In the Pool..
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and lkbside for the model with the cowboy hat
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Honorable mentions to
Pyke Pos and his Man on a Bench
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terse's Portrait of a coffee roaster
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RHKing and Shadowplay -13
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rizole's non-human portrait
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and JillyG's inhuman portrait
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I apologize for the lack of analysis/thought process. It's late and that's all I have.