beautiful - very dynamic image.

it's the museum of modern art in milwaukee, wsc.
thanks for your comments.

This might be architectural detail but it's the sky that I love. Reminds me of a plane taking off.

great shot, composition is perfect, nice tones! very nice!

Great, nothing more to say!

did he/she get into the LSD stash?... this is wonderful

You know..I've seen Vernon's self-portraits...and I have to agree with Andrew...this could be Vernon as a wolf/dog. And thats a compliment Vernon!

Lovely photo, great detail.

I have to agree with my husband, this is a sexy version of Vernon. Excellent photo, great detail, lovely work. Yeah my husband even agrees with me now...i knew he would eventually! (My hubby is Rob Hilliard.)

It was a brightly lit full moon night - just saw the wolf. Is it really you, Vernon? Thanks for not biting me.
-kurt

aouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhh
*grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*

:-)))

@philippe
talent is something what can be revealed :-)
for more imagination we could drink a barrel of beer, or take some lsd *LOL* :-))))))

@vernon: beer's no problem - there are some bottles in the fridge... ;-)
-kurt

Who said LSD?

Did someone mention LSD?

...where am I? Oooh pretty colours....

@andrew, the fishes are nice as well :-))

What a great expression, very well composed with this nice lighting.

Very cool (and funny) composition. Great portrait. I'm almost saying "nice textures" (Ops!) 8-)

excellent

lovely

Preciosa fotografía. Felicidades!

fantastic detail. Very eerie!

When I saw that you had begun the cemetaries topic, I had been waiting to see this one again! Great shot, fantastic processing (as usual).

Cool composition. Was the sky a comp?

oh my goodness that's spooky. What a beautiful photograph.

Nice addition of the sky. It makes for a fantastic piece of work.

great contrasting colors. very well seen.
-kurt

Awesome colors and great texture on the wall! The contrast betwenn the straight horizontal lines of the wall and the curves lines of the car (?) are a good eye-catcher!

There are many things i really like about this - the positioning and vibrancy of the colours, the dark shadows and blisters of paint. It is often difficult to spot this sort of thing from a distance, well done.

Thank you. This photo is quite old: the car is a 2CV...
:o)

wonderful colors

I like this one a lot brandon! Think the grain is just perfect for this kind of photo. Great choice of coloring, too.

yepo - fantastic, just fantastic !!

Ater all this time... I don't really understand how it works, but it certainly gives hope. :O)

This reminds me of a sci-fi 1930's Utopia gone wrong! Quite an arresting image. The only thing I might say is the single cloud trail going up to the left seems slightly at odds with the rest of the image.

Yeah, a bit futuristic and retro, at the same time. Like Captain Sky and The World of Tomorrow. Great angle and scenery, good noise effect on the sky. Just a bit grainy than the buildings, some balance is ok.
Great image, indeed.

As far as your portrait, Vernon, great capture. Really stands out from the rest of the self-portraits. There is a common theme to most of them (the camera, partial face crop, a reflection, etc.), but yours is really solid. Well done!

absolutely classic shot. great self portrait, vernon.
-kurt

Regarding Jason's comment, I would argue that the topic asked for "Creative ways to photograph yourself." While this photograph is up to Vernon's well documented standard as a superb portrait and high quality photograph ... I am not sure it rises to the level of being superbly creative. I think that people are trying all of the gimmicks Jason notes in an attempt to be creative (key word, "attempt"). (I should note that I am not in any way maligning Vernon's creativity...he has more in his little toe than I do in my whole body)

Bob I do see what you mean. You have a good point.

thanks for all your kind comments,
this sone is just a simple one, no gimmicks, no special fx... just a simple and friendly one with an expression you would get when I oppen my door at home. :-)

For me the whole minimal idea is very appealing, and I like the angle of the face. However, the eye color looks very unnatural and makes the photo look cheap and a little weird.

I like the angle of the face, however I would do a bit less with the processing on the eyes especially. Maybe see a bit more of the face next time?

I differ from everyone else who has commented. I think this is great. I like the subject, the processing, the vivid colors. I enjoy photos that 'dare to be different' and I think you've done a great job. Very nice photo.

Do you have some other versions of this
AWESOME take on 'portrait of a person'?
I would be interested to see the steps
you took to get this image.

Black an White might be also interesting to see, it may give it a more dramatic look.

I think this would make a great CD cover for some cool jazz band

Mr. Trent has just left the building :)

haha, nice one!! great feel! expressive!! the lighting is very good!

Good light + good atmosphere + good processing = great photo!

"I've been in this business for fifteen years. If people have a problem and don't wanna talk to the police, they wanna talk to me."

As have been mentioned, you really feel a detective short story vibe here. Great lighting. Personally I really like that the right eye is barely visible, but still hidden.