Buttheads
by Neat

Comment:
This was among my favs. I wouldn't have pegged it for you, though. Still learning to admire your range. Congrats!

Pail Comparison
by kanaj

Comment:

Originally posted by posthumous: "pails in comparison" was right there...

*forehead slap*

You're so right. I can't believe I missed it!

Chongqing Lines
by davidandgoliath

Comment:
I enjoy the way the arrows in the lanes direct attention outward even as the lines toward the vanishing point draw you in. Creates real kinetic energy.

spirited
by PennyStreet

Comment:
Love the abstract perspective. The evocative title and "flat" processing obscures that it's water I'm looking at--and it makes me linger to study it further. Nice work.

The local
by Neat

Comment:
I wondered if this was you. 🙂 Loved this one.

nightmare
by skewsme

Comment:
A dark grunge glow on this might have softened some of the masking edges around the horse, but even as it is, I rather like this a lot. Great fit for the challenge!

Mirrormorphosis - Two Face Value
by noraneko

Comment:
Awesome shot. Love the confounding and conflation of personalities this optical effect creates. And the framing of the photo really helps, too.

Country Pumpkin
by DCrest01

Comment:
Very clever. Visually, the composition is terrific and technically executed with zero notes from me. It doesn't impact my voting, but I do think if you were to try staging this a second time, I'd go for something less "sinister sheriff" and more "bucktoothed farmer." Maybe no expression on the pumpkin at all, for that matter--just the hat and bandana?

Good luck! I expect this one to do well.

Brassworks
by bassbone

Comment:
I own a single Yamaha compensating euphonium and a single Benge trombone. And even when I was playing semi-professionally (many, many years ago) I barely could find room in my home for them! I can't even imagine what your storage and display scenario must look like. :-D

But seriously, you've got a lovely knack for photographing these and other instruments attractively. It's surprisingly difficult to get right, and you have a signature touch with it.

Patinae
by kanaj

Comment:

Originally posted by glad2badad: But why didn't you blur out the drivers door window area?

Good question. I'm not sure I have a great answer. I did have the benefit of the distressed windshield to help me in making some adjustments to obscure the background details of the building in front of the vehicle. And I do remember trying a few things with the driver-side window, but I was never quite satisfied with the result. I think the building was just too close that I couldn't find a convincing edit that didn't look "fake" in my butterfingers. In retrospect, the way I think I would have preferred to try capturing this would have been to get more distance from the subject and shoot at it with a zoom lens; that might have helped create some bokeh out that window. Of course, that might have also caused me to lose some detail in the frame of the rear window. I'm still learning a lot about DOF in these sorts of compositions! :-P