The Great Escape (Part Duex)
by Schuff

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I remember this image when it won a ribbon a while back and it still brings a smile. So, it was fun to examine your emulation to see how close you came.

I'm not going to dwell on the focusing; you've obviously had enough comments on that. Tripod & bracketing are my only suggestions (and you probably did all that).

But the lighting also comes into play in this fun photo. Froglet made her image seem warm,friendly and sort of mischievous through the use of warm lighting behind the wall, where you went for the harsher lighting associated with black & white. Not good or bad, just different. And - maybe - voters were attracted more to the warmth of the original... Who knows?

What really counts is that you obviously had fun making this image and that you learned from it.

Keep up the good work.

Overground Babushkas
by srichmond

Comment:
A great capture of the moment

The Wall
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Stunning lighting on this excellent image.

Vortex of Chaos
by Dr.Confuser

Comment:
Beautiful interpretation. 10

Stacked Up
by bandit

Comment:
The quality of the color and the composition easily get a 10 from me.

Crab Apples
by SharonS

Comment:
Just beautiful. 10 of course.

egg/shell
by dsa157

Comment:
I wish there was a higher mark than 10 for this image.

Salt Marsh at Midsummer — June, 2002
by Bear_Music

Comment:
You've gone with "painterly quality" here and to me it's so well done you've earned a 10.

Delicate beauty
by arpita

Comment:
What a beautiful image. I"m happy to give it a 10

The Ancient Of Days - Before I found DPC
by Nobody

Comment:
I love what you've done to this image - except - for that border.