Thinking of you this Christmas
by Lawton

Comment:
Are you really? :P

Wishing Everyone Happy Holidays
by beatabg

Comment:
Well look at that - this was the first image in the voting pool. Good job - very cute pic. Now here's some brutal critiques: could use some distance between you and the backdrop for some depth and since this was Expert editing, there is no excuse for some of the flaws like the white part of the wall showing in the upper left and you could have compensated for the lack of lighting on your face and your lovely blue eyes. Great detail on the dog and the hat fur, though. Of course, if this ribbons, I will surely STFU. ;-)

Day 10 - Pots
by BeckyT

Comment:
Thanks for letting me play with your image, Becky! Here's a quick shot at what I was referring to in my comments:
- Add a new layer above your cropped image, fill that layer with a light gray and then apply the mosaic filter to it:


- Set that layer's blending mode to Overlay

- CTRL+T (Free Transform) that layer and hold down CTRL while dragging the corners to distort it into a similar perspective that the underlying image was shot at:


- Hit Enter to apply the transformation and voila:


- You can also play around with erasing the textured layer from the in-between parts:

or the objects themselves.

I'm still not convinced that texture works with the image, but the image itself has a LOT of possibilities. Things like that I like to throw some LucisArt, Fractalius and Dry Brush filters at:


All a matter of taste, but like I said, it's a terrific image to have some fun with!

Out of Proportion
by jovan91

Comment:
Way to go, Jovan! What's funny about your story is that you could have shot this anywhere - you can't really tell that's a tennis court. :)

Condor, Clearing Storm, Point Sur
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Congrats!

MJO_5845
by MattO

Comment:
Your images always look so professional. ;-) Great lighting here - wish I knew what the setup was. ;-)

Day 10 - Pots
by BeckyT

Comment:
Very lovely. Although put me in the "meh" category on the use of the texture. Here is a possible something you could try - if you rendered the texture on a separate layer, you could distort the perspective of it to match the angle of the image. It might look more natural. Just a suggestion. If you have the original and want to send it to me, I'd be happy to give it a whirl. Still, I do like the underlying image. :)

112012 - Heading Home
by vawendy

Comment:
trying to find something I don't like about this... ...I got nothin. :)

Day 11 - Time Window
by tome

Comment:
utterly awesome.

MJO_5723
by MattO

Comment:
Excellent. Howzabout some lighting diagram for us non-pros? :)