Papaya Seeds or Mantis Eggs?
by timfythetoo

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Dude! This is awesome! Was he alive? The colors are beautiful! I didn't vote in this challenge, but it would have gotten a 10 from me.

SP Day 12 alternate
by Melethia

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Wow Deb! This is fantastic. It reminds me of an 18th century set for a gothic romance novel. I bet if you sent this in to one of the romance publishers, they would use this for a cover.

Purple, complemented
by Melethia

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Nice job again. I love your colors! I gave this a 6 in voting. The composition is very nice. I think if all 3 purple flowers had been in focus with the yellow flowers blurred it might have done better.

Soft
by Melethia

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I thought this was fantastic. I gave it a 7 in voting. The colors are sweet and even though it has a soft look you can see all the detail in the main petal. Wonderful job. The voters suck!

Blight or beautiful?
by Melethia

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Again, I didn't vote in this challenge. And again, I would have gone with a 7 or 8. Beautiful sky. I like the birds hanging out. I wouldn't have noticed the airplane if you didn't mention it. I always wanted to take a picture of these here. There's a spot (but it's on a main highway) where they line up in pairs, one after another for miles. I'm afraid to stop there though.

Weed seeds
by Melethia

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I've been slacking with comments. I didn't vote in this challenge but I would have gone 7 or 8 with this. I thinks it's beautiful. I love the contrasting subjects. Soft vs. sharp. Lovely job!

Hmmm...wonder how I get out of this one?
by Kelli

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Hey Tim,
You asked so I'll tell... what I was going for with the processing was a cartoon look, since FarSide is a cartoon. I went to the zoo specifically to shoot this and the tree for the Lone Tree challenge. 2 birds and all that. I had two ideas for this challenge (the other being what I posted for an outtake, which was my first idea, this was the fall back). Larson used a lot of animals, and a lot of the times they were getting the best of the humans. That's what I was going for here. I wanted it to appear that the frog swallowed the child in retaliation for messing with it's children (the eggs behind it). I didn't want to copy an exact cartoon (of which I have a whole book of his). I'm finding I never do well with original ideas here though.

edit to add: the frog actually had a big hole in the back for the kids to climb into, I just filled it in with Photoshop.

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Dance of the fairies!
by Judi

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This is absolutely beautiful! My top pick. 10

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by timfythetoo

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Great shot Tim...I gave this an 8 in voting. Wow, you really did do a lot of work on this! Kudo's!

Baking Soda, Cider Vinegar, Food Coloring and a Beaker (quite original huh?)
by timfythetoo

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Cute. I didn't even look at this challenge. Love the orange color of your bubbling mixture. And the tack sharpness of the bubbles as well. The green background is kind of glaring though. Maybe a lighter shade? Overall, a nice job. I probably would have given this a 7 or 8.