deconstructed
by bvlindalou

Comment:
The concept is fabulous. Clever, perfect execution, I'm very happy you won this one. Welcome back and congratulations!

Flower Child
by vawendy

Comment:
Very creative, and the high key works so well here! Very well done Wendy, I like it a lot.

Looking Strange and Acting Strange
by AllenP

Comment:
Impressive shot Allen, your battle against the other photographers was well worth it! Congratulations on this achievement, and on the ribbon of course.

Frozen
by gyaban

Comment:

Originally posted by IreneM: Artistically and technically you are (for me) the most complete photographer. I love your work and the time, thought and effort you put into it. This image is my all time favourite. Many, many congrats on your well deserved blue, Christophe.

Thank you so much Irene, such comment coming from such photographer... I'm speechless. You just made my day. Thanks again.

wash him away
by tanguera

Comment:
What a great concept. Very creative, and beautifully done. Congratulations on your ribbon!

Once Upon A Summer Scene
by adigitalromance

Comment:
I am really fond of the small touches of warm light introduced by the lamps and windows, as well as the subtle green glow from under the mushroom's hats, it really gives a fairy-talish mood to your wonderful picture. The shadow work around the doors and windows is also very convincing. Great work! Congratulations on the HM.

Newborn
by gyaban

Comment:

Originally posted by NiallOTuama: Did a quick query there, and Librodo, you and William88 are tied for the most 8's. Reckon you have more in you? :-)

Well, while these stats are fun stuff, it is always hard to compare such scores (different challenges, different rules sets, different voters, etc). All I can say is that I'll keep entering challenges that inspire me, and I'll try to do my best each time!

Newborn
by gyaban

Comment:

Originally posted by tate: Amazing as always. However, like I said, the reflection should be more on top of the sphere IMO.

Thanks :-) I don't mind criticism at all. After all, I can always simply discard it ;-)

About the shadow and reflections, I made real life simulation of the situation (using a ping-pong ball and a glass ball as well) in order to reproduce something sensible. According to my observations, the results highly depends on the material of the sphere and of course its color. With materials that are a bit mat, objects reflected gets blurry very quickly with the distance, which is why I mostly reflected sky colors on the upper part. Maybe I overdid that effect though. Thanks a lot anyway for sharing your thoughts, I appreciate it a lot!

The Dwelling Place
by vawendy

Comment:
Congrats Wendy, very nice work... but beware, having fun with expert editing is highly addictive ;-) I hope to see more of those from you very soon :-)

Divine Inspiration
by tanguera

Comment:
Johanna, my big congratulations for that work, it is very very good. I confess I laughed when I spotted you as an angel :-) The model's attitude is also just perfect, and the touch of smoke works extremely well. I'll probably borrow that idea in some next picture!