Uploaded: August 15, 2007 16:48:23
Changed the color of the cloth and eyes, lighting effects, filters, layers, saturation, sharpening and blur in PS.
1/10s f/5.6 +0.67 ISO 100
Amanda Chapman August 20, 2007
So mysterious and beautiful!!Alot of your images embrace these qualities!!! #718915
Emily E. Bem August 20, 2007
WOW!Melissa Olsen August 20, 2007
Thanks so much guys!!!1I am feeling limited at the moment...those are much appreciated comments!!!!! #4673536
cheryl m. phillips August 20, 2007
WOW MELISSA!Melissa Olsen August 20, 2007
Thank you so much Cheryl!!!!I just recently began dedicating more tiime to my photography...comments like yours keep me going!!!!
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Jennifer L. Alder August 21, 2007
wow!! I JUST Did something like this a few days ago-- LOVE IT!!Melissa Olsen August 21, 2007
Jennifer...that's funny :) I'd love to see yours!These are my sons amazing eyes and lashes (I wish they were mine)! ;) #4678823
Lynne Morris August 23, 2007
Wow Melissa this is a fantastic image, love what you have done with this, excellent work! #4689491Luigi Di Serio September 05, 2007
AMAZING! Great colour #4749800Derek D. Dafoe September 05, 2007
Beautifully done Melissa!! I just happened to stumble onto your gallery, nice work!! #4750692Jennifer L. Alder September 21, 2007
Wooo Hoooo----Joan Powell September 21, 2007
Congrats on this outstanding portrait ! #4824622Emily E. Bem September 21, 2007
WOW! Congrats! I love this! #4824808Donna La Mattino Pagakis September 22, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist win!! Creative and beautiful Melissa! #4830380Colleen Farrell September 23, 2007
Congratulations on this gorgeous finalist, Melissa! WTG! #4832423Joan Kocak September 23, 2007
Melissa this is spectacular! a huge CONGRATS to you~ #4833680Sherry Sturgis September 23, 2007
Congratulations on this magnificant portrait finalist, Melissa!!! #4834246Melissa Olsen September 24, 2007
Thanks BP friends...I was excited about my two finalists for August...my first time ;) #4841238Rakesh Syal December 19, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist, Melissa!! Great capture and composition! #5228032Hector Contreras January 11, 2008
Mysterious and gorgeous,LOVE itJennifer L. Alder February 20, 2008
Congrats on your HM, Mel-- how cool!! :) #5522667Michelle L. Frick February 20, 2008
Congratulations on the honorable mention Melissa! Beautifully done!! #5523853Cyn Valentine February 21, 2008
Congratulations MElissa! #5525527Angie Sidles February 21, 2008
BIG congrats Melssa!!! #5528382Stefania Barbier February 22, 2008
congratulations Melissa!!!!!! #5529526Jessie L. Cole February 24, 2008
Simply amazing....! :) #5542536JO ANN CLEVELAND February 26, 2008
Congratulations on this fantastic portrait!jo ann c. #5558493
Shari Kelly February 28, 2008
WOW---I thought this was you until I read the comments...Husain Akhtar February 29, 2008
Attractive, glamorous and nicely done photo! Portrait?Melissa Olsen February 29, 2008
Thanks BP friends!Husain - I agree the judges' should be selective in their evaluations... however, we all need to remember that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and that judges are not robots, but people who are ruled by their emotions just as we are. ;) #5574397
Jean-Pierre Ducondi March 01, 2008
Congratulations on your mention. I find this image so mysterious and attractive. A beautiful portrait.Laurence Saliba March 05, 2008
Wowwwwww congratulations Melissa!!!! #5598888Max Aureli October 04, 2008
Well composed, great expression! Congratulations Melissa!!! #6554378Leslie Carson Wolfe April 30, 2009
Wonderful mystery, color, and light in the eyes ~ very, very nice, Melissa. #7468717Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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