Uploaded: August 11, 2006 12:28:15
*August 2006 ~ People*
sleeping kid + bored photographer = self-portrait
~converted to B&W, contrast/levels/brightness adjusted, porcelain used to soften, used blur & clone tools, noise filtered~
Chastity Abbott August 11, 2006
(bravo) clapping hands!! Brilliant job and I love it!! Wonderful contrasts and the thin black framing has accented this perfectly. Good to see ya! :o) #501344Judy A. Lawhon August 11, 2006
Beautiful portrait, Sherry! #3152740Joannie Bertucci August 11, 2006
Your work paid off with this fantastic SP Sherry! I went through your gallery and creative is definitely the word for your work! I love how you label each month of photos, fantastic idea! #3152873Tonya Shackelford August 11, 2006
Very creative and awesome SP, Sherry!! Love the angle and love it in b&w! Great work! :) #3152892Karim Abiali August 11, 2006
Very beautiful self portrait, I like the compostion, and works well in B&W. I had a chance to check you gallery, and it is wonderful. Karim. #3152975Amy JACKSON August 11, 2006
Very nice SP, Sherry! I really like the b&w tones. #3152990Sherry Stricklin Boles August 11, 2006
Chastity, Judy, Joannie, Tonya, Karim and Amy: Thank you all so much for commenting on this image! I'm sure a whole lot more comfortable BEHIND camera! :)Joannie and Karim: Thank you for the compliments on my gallery...I really appreciate you all taking the time to look and comment! :) #3153043
Megan p August 11, 2006
really well done Sherry!!!! I love the deep contrast and the slight tilt, fabulous BW! #3153219Janine Russell August 11, 2006
Sherry, excellent tones, detail, composition and effects; great SP. #3153269Michelle J. Harvey August 11, 2006
Awesome SP Sherry!! I love the tones and effects :) #3153551Ronald Balthazor August 11, 2006
Great self portrait, Sherry. Fine art. #3153635Daphne Mills August 11, 2006
I love your use of black and white as well as the angle! Fabulous! #3153692Sherry Stricklin Boles August 11, 2006
Megan, Trula, Janine, Michelle, Ronald and Daphne: Thank you so much for your comments! :) #3153735Rhonda Smith August 13, 2006
Sherry.. I absolutely love your style and creative streak. I always feel inspired when I visit your gallery... This is a wonderful SP .. as I said, very creative and even though I can only see part of your face I can tell you're a very lovely young woman... Love this!! WINNER !! #3158224Sherry Stricklin Boles August 13, 2006
Thank you so much, Rhonda! Your comment really brightened my day! :) #3158330Laura Clay-Ballard August 14, 2006
LOVE this shot! Beautiful work! #3160763Sherry Stricklin Boles August 14, 2006
Thanks, Laura! :) #3161194Darren K. Fisher August 14, 2006
Being bored really worked in your favor here. Love everything about this. #3161591Carla Metzler August 14, 2006
This is just beautiful, Sherry!! #3162203Sherry Stricklin Boles August 14, 2006
Thank you so much, Darren and Carla! #3162571Lavone Vannoy August 21, 2006
Wow! Brilliant SP Sherry! You are an amazing artist. Great job!!! :) #3196543Sherry Stricklin Boles August 29, 2006
Thank you, Lavone! #3241952Nemil B. Chabebe September 18, 2006
Excellent! very well done, great pose. #3324341Sherry Stricklin Boles September 18, 2006
Thank you very much, Nemil! #3324506Chastity Abbott September 26, 2006
Sherry....you Rock!!!! Congrats on this awesome SP!!!!! I am sooooo happy to see this one win!!!!! :o) #3365866Lavone Vannoy September 26, 2006
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS SHERRY!!!! THIS WAS TOO AWESOME FOR WORDS!!! :) #3366045Megan p September 26, 2006
Congratulations Sherry!!! You need more nap times, LOL!!! #3366486Diana L. Ralph September 26, 2006
This is GREAT, Sherry! Congratulations on this win... it's well-deserved! Great post production work! #3367203Tamera S. Phillips September 26, 2006
Congrats on this great self portrait! Good luck in the next round. #3367422Datha Y. Thompson September 26, 2006
WOW!!! BIG CONGRATULATIONS!!! :0) #3368776Kay E. Mahoney September 26, 2006
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist. Good luck in the next round. #3368934Dawn Leslie September 26, 2006
Congrats Sherry! #3368946Lani J September 26, 2006
Wonderful! Fantastic finalist! :o) #3369773Sherry Stricklin Boles September 27, 2006
Thank you all so much...I REALLY appreciate each of you for commenting! #3370365Rakesh Syal September 27, 2006
Beautiful finalist, Sherry!! Congratulations! #3371900Kenneth Mucke September 27, 2006
Supreb finalist..congrats Sherry #3372086Susana Ms Heide September 27, 2006
Looks like you should be stepping out from behind the camera and be in front of it more often! Great SP Sherry! Congrats on yet another finalist! #3372814Laurence Saliba September 27, 2006
Another congrats Sherry!!! #3372995Terry L. Ellis September 27, 2006
Congratulations again, Sherry! Terrific finalist SP! #3373938Gary Lange September 27, 2006
Wow, Sherry this is great!! Wayyyyy creative. We all should get so bored. Congrats to a very beautiful and talented photographer! #3374211Bill Wyatt September 27, 2006
Congratulations on your finalist, Sherry!! Good luck on the next round!!! #3374273Renee Doyle September 27, 2006
This is such a fantastic sp Sherry!!!! Congratulations on this terrific finalist - hope to see it win gold!Sherry Stricklin Boles September 27, 2006
Thank you very much, Rakesh, Kenneth, Susana, Laurence, Terry, Gary, Bill and Renee! :) #3376404Sharon Day September 27, 2006
Congratulations again, Sherry!!! Good luck next round! #3376845Sherry Stricklin Boles September 28, 2006
Thank you, Sharon! #3378778bob cornelison September 28, 2006
What I love about this is the camera being straight up and the door being at an angle. This gives the viewer a second to try and figure whats wrong with this picture. The high key just adds more to the shot!Tiffani S. LaNeave September 28, 2006
This is the coolest SP ever! LOVE it! Congrats! #3380638Sherry Stricklin Boles September 28, 2006
Thank you so much, Bob and Tiffani! :) #3380892Tonya R. Boles September 28, 2006
Congrats again Sherry. #3380940Claudine Grove September 28, 2006
Congrats! Great picture #3382207Sherry Stricklin Boles September 28, 2006
Thank you very much, Tonya and Claudine! #3382317Beverly A. Wright September 29, 2006
Hi Sherry. Your site is new to me. I amSherry Stricklin Boles September 29, 2006
Thank you very much, Beverly! #3385415Tonya Shackelford October 03, 2006
Congrats on your awesome SP, Sherry!!! #3403149Sherry Stricklin Boles October 03, 2006
Thank you very much, Tonya! #3404687James E. Coleman January 07, 2007
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Thank you, Jim! #3793637Kevin M. Carnevale February 26, 2008
Very Nice #5559238Sherry Stricklin Boles February 28, 2008
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