I like this, for reasons I cannot quite define.

It's just got a sort of realness to it, rather than looking like a set up shot.

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i like the different angle

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-linds

|the day i learn to fly, i'm never coming down.|(rise against)

I like it. I think maybe I'd be more inclined to crop the sink out though. If you crop it just above your ear, the colours of the composition are simpler.
That's just my 3 cents though.

Great photo. I like it. Great composition, colors. Good work, man.

I understand what you're saying, and good photographers always say don't be afraid to crop crop crop - get it as simple and understated as possible. However, the basin isn't just a prop here, it's an Actor in the image, along with the mirror, the tiles, the Wall with the Rediculous Paint Job, and myself! I think it also adds context. Imagining it without the basin, there'd just be a mirror and some tiles, and it was a hassle to frame the shot to INCLUDE the basin as well as myself.

Thanks, though I like constructive criticism. I just have to learn to defend my art a little less. Hehe.

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"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but, rather, to skid in sideways, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: 'Wow! What a ride!'"

Hey, you'll probably like to hear that my boyfriend prefers your original.
(then again we disagree on this kind of thing a lot)