Shapeshifting (She turns into smoke)
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:
Well done, nice finish!

Fiery
by gyaban

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By the way... 0.008 away from ousting Langdon. Nice nice!

Fiery
by gyaban

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Originally posted by Gyaban: If this ends needing validation...

Haha! You are pretty funny. I always assumed you uploaded your originals along with your entry. :-D

I'm glad this is your PB. It's by far my favorite of yours. Thanks for the inclusion of how it was achieved. Looks like a lot of work paid off.

I see you slowly approaching the 9.0!

Lens Flare with her Point & Shoot Firepower
by CNovack

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This almost looks CGI and that's a compliment. Cool image.

Point of View
by gyaban

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Originally posted by gyaban: I'm not sure to understand your reasoning. You're of course free to think what you want, but with all respect due, many photos (even achieved with no or minimal editing) are nothing that could be seen with one's eyes directly (lens baby, B&W, wide angle, fisheye, long exposure, etc.). Consequently, I don't believe that if a scene can't be seen as such with one's eyes, then it automatically isn't photography. I also don't believe photography can only depict hard cold reality, many other uses are possible. IMHO, of course.

I 100% agree with you. Well said.

Part of the appeal for me to your composite images is that they look photo-realistic. In a lot of cases with composites, that's hard to pull off.

I am a big fan of conceptual/abstract/surreal photography and the appeal to that style for me is when it looks like a photograph at first, then you realize it can't be...but that part of you wants to believe that it is and that it was taken in some weird world of altered physics and extraordinary coincidences.

I suppose it depends on one's...Point of View.

Shapeshifting (She turns into smoke)
by Alex_Petrini

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This is great and is one of my highest scored images. The model looks a tad...bored? But maybe she turns to smoke all the time! Haha, still the effect here is nicely done and looks really cool.

Fiery
by gyaban

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What a badass image. One of your best, in my opinion. The editing is superb, all the details are sharp and the lighting is spot on.

Recipe for rain candy
by mariuca

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Another underrated beauty.

Just a Taste
by vawendy

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I love this because I remember doing it. It's good to 'feel' something when you 'see' someone's art.

Waiting on Dinner to "Fly" By
by Lydia

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I love this and it's perfect. One of my top rated and it's an interesting choice to use a "portrait" orientation. I highly approve!

I have a feeling I know who shot this, but I'm holding off on mentioning my guess. I will let you know! :-D