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Ended 01/06/12 1:15 AM GMT
Winner: 100k_xle
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1st place ovar2008: Awesome.
rvdb: Congrats with your first place win EJ very well done.
Rob
tigger3: Excellent manipulation E.J. Very creative, I have no idea how you do this, but I sure do like what I see. Tigs♥ =^..^=
Logun7: Outstanding!! Best of luck to you in the contest:)
100k_xle received a 2 month membership in the Caedes Cadre.
2nd place
Catharina1: Congratulations!
Mich
a2002swim: Everything about this picture is amazing.
ro_and: oh that's awesome for the contest, good luck ...Ro
Sinestro: Nice coloring, Reflections, and Composition... a Little Dark on the Left, but, That sky More than makes up for it, and the Darker shades Force ones eye's to It... Beautiful Work!
solita17 received a 1 month membership in the Caedes Cadre.
3rd place nec: Just keep playing if this is what you come up with. A very nicely taken image. Very crisp and sharp. Colors and lighting are superb. Congratulations!
garrettparkinson: The water droplet really adds perspective and a touch of
reality to your shot. Very nice.
garrett
4th place
Piner: Joanie,
Thanks for the comment,
I can't expect you to understand the photographic arts since you do fractal art, but I can explain parts of it to you and hope you absorb some of what I pass on to you for future reference when viewing photos. Who knows, you may be the first to use a certain photographic effect in your fractal art.
Not every part of every photo is supposed to be totally in focus. It is called Depth of Field (DOF) or "Bokeh" and it is done on purpose for several reasons.
1) To make a photo more pleasing to the eye by isolating the subject of the image from the background/foreground.
2) It is often employed to accentuate the distance between two or more points in the image.
3) It can be used to leave an aspect of an image up to the viewer's imagination/interpretation by hinting that something is there without having it defined by the camera.
4) Sometimes it gives a photo a dreamy quality or heightens the mood of an image.
I hope that clears up why it was not as sharp as you think it should have been.
5th place bfrank: Great manip. I liked your creative thinking on this.
purmusic: I remember those shiny hubcaps.
Great execution, David.
If I may be bold here, thinking a drop shadow under the fingers might be a good good tweak/further assist on the realism front.
That said..
Best of luck to you in the contest, if this is your submission. :o)