red
by grigrigirl

Comment:
well done portrait. good luck
seems a tad soft on the eyes.

The Spice(s) Of Life
by TommyMoe21

Comment:
slightly crooked BG.

Icy Winter Berries
by KaDi

Comment:
focus too soft overall.

Going Up
by leaf

Comment:
i think i know who took this. though i'll refrain form posting until after.
good luck

Dormant Dandilion
by crabappl3

Comment:
i don't like the border.
photo is good.

B_of-the-Bang.jpg
by Falc

Comment:
looks like a sea anenome...
must be pretty cool in person.

P
by Pano

Comment:
hypnotic image - i missed this one during voting.
congrats on the ribbon.

Solitude
by Brad

Comment:
congrats again - is your lease on the front page almost up?
i looking to invest in some property there ;}

I'm on the top of the world... .
by nolock

Comment:
congrats on a fine photo.

He's Soaking in It
by soup

Comment:
thanks for all the comments. obviously many found this an interesting photo which makes me happy. there also seems ( by the number of 1's ) some who didn't see the tie to the challenge.

i aimed for an optical illusion, which used the human element in a blatently obvious way. i knew many entries would have tiny little hidden people in them. the illusion is two-fold. one is the hidden hand. the other i hoped would be folks seeing there own waldo's in the purple dribbles ;}

pretty simple set up. used a 9x13" pyrex pan, some white interior paint, and some deep purple trim paint. i asked a room mate to dunk her hand in the white paint in the pan, and fully cover it. once it smoothed out, and the bubbles were mainly gone. i used a paint stick to dribble the purple paint over her hand. the point of view of the camera was such to hide the shadows made by the 3D hand, but leave enough of them to let the hand be somewhat obvious.

for the print - i cleaned up some minor flaws - mainly small bubbles.

thanks again.

Message edited by author 2005-01-12 08:09:31.