Careful Now...
by lisae

Comment by justine:
Good. Really on the challenge, really shot well.....love it.

Careful Now...
by lisae

Comment by BadPigg:
Nice perspective, it makes me kinda dizzy. That means its good :)

Careful Now...
by lisae

Comment by jodiecoston:
Good shot for the challenge. The angle you shot at really makes you "feel" the steepness of the steps. 8

Just Another Sunset
by lisae

Comment by lisae:
It's funny how a lot of people seemed to have thought the clouds were waves. A few commenters didn't seem to work it out, so I'm sure a lot of voters had that impression too! I didn't see the photo like that, because I knew the sky was impressively overcast that day. I guess it's kind of an optical illusion that I didn't intend.

From Concept to Lapel Pin
by lisae

Comment by magnetic9999:
you designed that pin? cool!

Just Another Sunset
by lisae

Comment by Becky:
I lke the colors in this photo. The light is brillant. I like how the cluds look like waves.

Just Another Sunset
by lisae

Comment by Anachronite:
pretty nice sky... I am guessing you did not have the fstop # set as high as it would go? the larger fstop gives a greater depth of field of focus and might give the pic finer details, enhancing the shot even more.. but otherwise it's a splendid capture

Open Minded
by lisae

Comment by GeneralE:
A very cool idea, which I also think could use some tweaks as others have suggested.
One technique I've used for helping composite images is to use a soft-edged mask (or feather the selection) before you copy the image you are transferring.
For the glowing kitty, you might try either using the burn tool on the fringe or (my preference) applying a tone curve to just the kitty's layer to soften that highlight a little.
I guess I don't mind the softness on the face -- I see it somewhat as a fancy frame for your smaller composition.

Open Minded
by lisae

Comment by lisae:
Thanks Mag. I do understand the sharpness problem (as I said in my comment). The white edges... I understand how it looks, but the ones around the cat are really where her fur made her edges fuzzy, and I left them there because without them she looked a bit weird. There are also white edges on the inside of the window frames because they're there in the photo. I smudged the life out of all the other edges in the image with Gimp's little smudgy tool. I like your other suggestions. If I do have time I will definitely try it again!

By the way, I had the idea of putting windows on a face, although I thought of replacing the eyes. Exposing some brain was Annida's suggestion, and I love it :).

Open Minded
by lisae

Comment by magnetic9999:
Critique Club

A fun picture to critique!

OK, I'm going to be brutal about what I think would make this better, but please don't take it personally because I think this is a great concept with much imagination.

A) the photo of the person needs (implied imho) to be sharp.

B)the cutouts of the window and the cat should not have any white edges. That destroys the illusion to a degree. The cat is a nice, sort of Monty Python-esque touch :).

C) If possible in your image editor curve the window so that it appears to follow the contour of the forehead somewhat.

D) Raise the brightness and saturation of the brain, for more contrast with the black and white, and more visibility.

I hope you try this again, and if you do, let me know!