Human After All - Daft Punk 2005
by Samantha_T

Comment:
Congratulations Samantha on your well deserved win! I love your ideas, and it is a pleasure to read that you will be able to enter more in the future :)

girrl
by MargaretNet

Comment:
You are really a master of these "through-water-impressionist" shots. I love the result, it is simply beautiful, and would be an excellent album cover in my opinion. Congratulations on the nice finish.

Toxic Waste
by vawendy

Comment:
It is an excellent concept, a wonderful execution, and I love the creativity! Very well done Wendy. I am surprised it didn't finish much higher than that, it is clearly a favorite of mine in that challenge.

Released June 79, Cat #1555001
by dougi555

Comment:
I am really impressed, wonderful design. It totally could be a real album cover, extremely convincing work.

Find more places like this
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:
The left side is definitely a very clever addition, it really makes the view more impressive. Congrats!

number 9, number 9, number 9
by jmritz

Comment:
You are not a number, you are a free man!

Silent Night (Feliz Naviduck)
by vawendy

Comment:

Originally posted by Venser: if the duck was traversing the scene and in a different location for each exposure, I don't see how this can't get DQ'ed given the precedence set before it.

The submitted image is probably the result of only one of the three shots (at least it seems perfectly doable, editing-wise), in which case there shouldn't be any problem with validation.

Silent Night (Feliz Naviduck)
by vawendy

Comment:
What a wonderful shot. I love the processing as well! Congratulations on your much deserved ribbon :)

Thief!
by gyaban

Comment:

Originally posted by LydiaToo: I truly am interested in what your lighting thoughts are.

Thanks a lot for your extensive comment Lydia! First of all, I am so very glad so see you back :)

Regarding the lighting, you are right, there are supposedly two light sources (which is also why things have two shadows projected on the ground). The head of the dog being close to the lower right light source, the back of it is logically in the shadow. So, why no shadow on the wings? Frankly, I hesitated. I suppose that in reality, it would depend on the head size and position. I was unsure whether the head was big enough and high enough to actually cast a shadow on the wings: I tried with and without, and finally left it like that.

The lesson in that? Composites do require good photos to begin with! Unfortunately, in that case, the bird photo is far from being good: not the ideal position, not the appropriate lighting. No wonder why the result is not convincing enough. I believe the concept and angle are decent, but the overall image could have been much better with a good bird shot, which I was unable to obtain in that time frame.

Let it Snow!
by rjkstesch

Comment:
What a wonderful, original, and clever concept! I really love it Rebecca. Congratulations, a fantastic idea. I wish you a very merry Christmas, and... can't wait to see your next creation!