Candlehand and Smoke
by rodgers_le

Comment:
You were robbed.

Best in challenge.

X i i i!i )i i i i
by Cory

Comment:


Awarded for the August 2011 Free Study

dorian's passion
by bspurgeon

Comment:
Ephemera incarnate.

This was never going to be in the ribbons but nonetheless 315/322 is lunacy.

A 9 from me.

Lost in Thought
by Paul

Comment:

Originally posted by jagar: Wonderfully natural looking, the processing is as always superbly done, I'm guessing this has gone through CEP on a glamor glow maybe?.

Not on this one John. From memory, pretty much straight from camera. I may have used the Ink filter or a cross-process, pulled back a lot globally and removed from the dark areas to even out some of the tones. I'm not sure I kept notes on this one, but definitely a light-touch edit.

Lost in Thought
by Paul

Comment:

Originally posted by tanguera: Proof that you should NOT listen to me, LOL!!! Congrats Paul. Team Ephemera RULES!

I DID listen but then this got published on 1x so I decided that was a pretty good pre-selection test. ;-)

The Artisan
by gyaban

Comment:
Knew this must be you but I had assumed you had made some custom brushes. I had already given you a 10 but now that I have read your notes on 1x, I wish I could give you 11!

How long did you take?

I'm all shook up
by Neat

Comment:
Bumping to a 9 - excellent dog shot.

Afraid of the Dark
by Carlo21

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: Excellent title - it anchors the image and the back story. Great POV, inspired tones and plenty of mystery. It really does look dark over there! I'd really like to know what the surface you subject is standing on.

Critical stuff: The waxy smoothness is a little distracting.

Overall: Imaginative and effective. Nice job.

giddyup!
by jmritz

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: Noise aplenty here - but put to good use. The obscuring noise is curtain-like - makes us keep our distance and keeps them private - it feels like we are invisible to them as a consequence and as such it feels like we are looking at an authentic (and truly unobserved) scene. You have left exactly enough of the horse to assist the brain in making sense of the scene.

Critical stuff: Nothing really - it is an extreme image that should not be compromised.

Overall: Bold, effective stuff.

Veloce
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: This is a beautifully constructed image - good enough for an advertising poster. The tones are perfect and the POV and DOF absolutely do the job.

Critical stuff: I think you could have shaved a little off the right side, so losing that structure.

Overall: Brilliantly done - I'd like to know what inspired you to take this perspective.