Stormy at the Top
by jbsmithana

Comment:
What an awesome scene, and captured in beautiful, dramatic light. My one nitpick on this is that the final web image is a little "crunchy." Slightly oversharpened to my personal taste.

Laurelindórinan (Land of the Valley of Singing Gold)
by Neil

Comment:
This, honestly, is just stunning. My top pick of the challenge... and there are some other images that are extremely good in this bunch. You've nailed the composition, and of course the content is beautiful. What takes it to the next level, IMO, is the fact that you have held the maximal amount of detail, with no hint of oversharpening. Nice job.
From the sun angle and the foreground detail, I do assume this is multiple exposure HDR; it is, IMO, what HDR is all about, rendering a natural scene believably, yet with more detail in darker areas than would normally be possible.

Do grasshoppers dream of gossamer wings?
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Oh, that is gorgeous! Philip K. Dick tribute in the title? ;-)

CRW_7084-Edit-Edit.jpg
by cpanaioti

Comment:
This is a beautiful result. It's neat how the slight offset of the hood ornament from center of the photo created the "crossed rings" in the final image. I still get the feel of "automobile" from the final image, but in a very abstract kind of way.

_MG_1192web.jpg
by delin

Comment:
Ha! Stunning!
The addiction takes hold next, LOL!

IMG_9961-ridiculous.jpg
by Bear_Music

Comment:
I absolutely love the result!

F&B-2.5 part 1
by RKT

Comment:
Stunning! It still screams "vacuum tubes" but in an abstract way.

flip10.jpg
by SDW

Comment:
How beautifully geometric and simple! What does the original look like?

flip8.jpg
by SDW

Comment:
Holy Moly, Scott! That's a retina-burner!

P51 Mustang Flip/Rotate
by SDW

Comment:
This one is stunning! Love to see the original photo it was created from...