Into The Unknown
by GeneralE

Comment:
Thanks for all the comments. Lego-guys have usually done almost as well as the little wooden action figures.
For everyone who wanted the comparison, here is the color original:

South Head Lighthouse
by stuart

Comment:
Would look good as a painting ... I wonder if the terrain would allow for positioning the tower a bit off-center to the left.

Happy Halloween
by rexrode

Comment:
Would make a good Hallowe'en card.

C-5 Galaxy
by thelsel

Comment:
Did you wait for that jet to fly by or was it just a coincidence? Good job controlling the sun ... I've been shooting a lot of backlit flags lately myself -- it's an interesting "challenge."

1:19 AM
by Quadrajet

Comment:
Looks like an effective time-exposure ... are those streaked clouds or aurora effects?

Finishing the Crème Brûlée
by dr rick

Comment:
That was last week ... another technique popularized by Julia Child.

Gazing...to be a Star!
by Sonifo

Comment:
Effective use of unusual perspective for a portrait. Flesh-tones look a little grainy to me; I might try either smoothing them, or (post-challenge) running a Canvas (or similar) texture filter to give it a painted look and make the grain more "acceptable" to the average viewer.

In the Spotlight
by arnit

Comment:
Exceptional detail considering the amount of backlight and a dynamic subject -- I look forward to reading what settings it took to do this.

First Kiss of Light
by Toddh

Comment:
As the cliche goes, you'd have to get up mighty early in the morning to beat that. Pretty much feels like being there.

Light
by GolferDDS

Comment:
I like photos which meet the challenge in multiple ways. I've used a similar diagonal black/white composition myself; I might have cropped it to the edge of the shadow on the right as it seems just a touch unbalanced now.

If it's cropped so tightly on the left because the feather's actually suspended instead of falling, I have an idea for doing that which might allow more background on the left. If the feather's falling, then never mind ... I don't think I can do that.