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Contest Results: Photographic Manipulation

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Ended 06/08/17 12:15 AM GMT
Winner: Dunstickin (See the full results)

1st place
When Worlds Collide by Dunstickin

Ramad: Congrats on your win Bob. Well deserved.

questjester: Incredibly complex and sophisticated image layering woven in there. If you did this while you were "learning", I'm thinking that you really didn't need the class. It's excellent!

Dunstickin received a 2 month membership in the Caedes Cadre.

2nd place
Cottage Industry by Tootles

tigger3: This is much improved in my humble opinion, all of your hard work paid off with the lovely artistic image. tigs=^..^=

bfrank: Congrats on second place Sandra!!! This art really appeals to me.

purmusic: ooOOoo.. ooOOoo.. you must have read my constructive critiquing mind!

Great improvement over the original upload.

In a nutshell..

The house/home was lost in the original.. to my eyes. Was going to suggest some masking and/or use of a Brush to fade parts to give more prominence.. but, you done already did it now.

Looking at the original once more.. was unaware, and/or the path didn't quite register visually and initially for me. Now, it sets the overall image off well, on the note of strengthening your composition.


Good good stuff.

Colours are in your face nice. (That's a good good thing.)

This is.. lovely. :o)

And..

But, of course.. thanks for creatively persevering and presenting us with this beauty.

And..

Again.. +favs for me.

p.s. But, this time.. it's an amped up +favs. The bestest kind of +favs, doncha know.

Tootles received a 1 month membership in the Caedes Cadre.

3rd place
Going walkabout by gonedigital

Nikoneer: True photo-manipulation is so much more than simply using a texture filter or a piece of software designed to create an effect. I've done a lot of manips in my time, including one I shot of a blue car passing me on a curve in South Dakota's Spearfish Canyon, reproducing the car multiple times from about 6 shots I got of it as it passed. The car was in the open, however, with no trees or iron bars in front of it, unlike this submission of yours. I know precisely what it takes to try a manip like this, taking all the obstructions and different shadows into consideration. This, in my 33-year-photographer's professional opinion, is masterful, and certainly deserves the top position in the contest. Kudos in advance.

-Nik

4th place
Elven Tree by bfrank

GomekFlorida: I really like where you go with your imagination and creativity.

Flmngseabass: Congratulations Frank for a 4th place win here. It's well deserved!!:)

ryzst: If you hadn't specified elves, I might've guessed The Thing morphing into some new horror. Or something from Lovecraft's twisted mind. But an elf it is, just pushing it's goat-head out of a tree trunk. I'm good with that. Beautiful and mind-melting stuff.

5th place
The Seasons Change Quickly in Dakota by Nikoneer

icedancer: Way to go, this one made me laugh. Congratulations

icedancer: Oh my goodness, this one made me laugh, truly a Canadian season also, lol. Good Luck and really wonderful entry, good luck

questjester: lmao ...

Clever and creative. Best of luck in the contest!