Boy's Life
by vawendy

Comment by mariuca:
Did not vote in this challenge, did not even look at the pictures before rollover, but I did stop at this image now. It is mighty real and engrossing; the boys fixed gaze, the fanning of his hands and its spidery look makes a very interesting image. I agree with Brennan's suggestion but I would not go for a realistic approach. A hint of shadow will do.
Would have given 8.

"I don't know who he was, sir... But I don't think he was from around here."
by vawendy

Comment by eniko:
Great story and great execution. One of my favorites.

The Leaf Eater
by vawendy

Comment by jomari:
Wendy, I love this photo so much - that I just have to repeat myself.

Boy's Life
by vawendy

Comment by Ja-9:
see twice in one week...excellent job...should have scored higher....

Boy's Life
by vawendy

Comment by gyaban:
I love that one Wendy, the idea is great and perfectly fits the challenge. Just a little tip for the next time you want to use that effect: according to your notes, you pasted the "magazine into the magazine" just once at a time, which of course works, but is painfully slow ;) If you do it a first time, from there instead of doing it directly a second time, you can copy the *whole* resulting picture again, and paste that inside. This way, the first time, well, you copy just one magazine, but the second time you add 2 other magazines inside, then the third time you add 4 others magazines inside, and so on. Doing this five times would give you 2^0+2^1+2^2+2^3+2^4 = 31 magazines inside the big one, probably more than enough. Anyway, congratulations on your fine work, I really enjoyed it!

Boy's Life
by vawendy

Comment by Trotterjay:
You're slipping Wendy, only 12th place. Just kidding, great shot!

The Leaf Eater
by vawendy

Comment by Enlightened:
Congrats on the ribbon Wendy! It is a great shot!

The Leaf Eater
by vawendy

Comment by LN13:
I can't believe this finished second. I'm so disappointed....

.....that it got beaten by another photo.

Boy's Life
by vawendy

Comment by nam:
One of my favorites, actually - didn't get back to do my bumping so they were all stuck at 7 :( I think the effect has great impact here. Well done.

Boy's Life
by vawendy

Comment by Beetle:

Originally posted by BrennanOB: I do wish you had burned in some sort of shadows around the fingers to match the shadow of the hat bill on his face, to convince me that the cover of the magazine was actually resting in his hand. It is the only knock on what is otherwise a cleave and well executed entry.

Ditto (there are days I wish we had a "like" button)