Frozen
by gyaban

Comment by gyaban:

Originally posted by senor_kasper: The light on her right appears to be backwards, but that is irrelevant given the overall quality of the result. Amazing! Congratulations!!

Thanks a lot! In fact the sun being right behind her, she should theoretically be quite dark. As a consequence, I decided to deliberately add (virtual) frontal light sources (mainly from her right). And since the sun's reflection appears right between her 2 feet, I went for that choice, which looks strange from an analytical point of view, but was what worked the best in my eye. Choices, choices...

Frozen
by gyaban

Comment by senor_kasper:
The light on her right appears to be backwards, but that is irrelevant given the overall quality of the result. Amazing! Congratulations!!

Frozen
by gyaban

Comment by gyaban:

Originally posted by HarveyG: There are a lot of EMO and / or Goth chicks out and about these days, visible in "normal" walks of life :) But one with three eyes...now that would be weird(er).

Thanks for your comment! I sure hear what you say, but my point was simply that looking strange does not necessarily imply wild physical mutations. Of course it was a valid option, I just chose another way which I believe is a valid one too, even if not being the most extreme one.

Frozen
by gyaban

Comment by HarveyG:
WD on the Blue...again. Wonderful PP work and dedication.

With reference to the "I believe she does look very strange (would you witness such situation in real life and say "Oh, look! a perfectly normal looking woman in dress jumping bare-foot on the frozen lake and staring at us"? Off course that would be weird. However you see her every morning without purple rings around the eyes and make up :) so the contrast between her in normal every day life and this look is more noticeable to you than I.

In context to the challenge however she is hardly weird(er) than some of the other entries and that is how I chose to vote this. There are a lot of EMO and / or Goth chicks out and about these days, visible in "normal" walks of life :) But one with three eyes...now that would be weird(er).

Frozen
by gyaban

Comment by markwiley:
Masterful job of conceiving the image and then seamlessly assembling it from so many photos.

Frozen
by gyaban

Comment by thesaint77sh:
Congratulations Excellent job

Frozen
by gyaban

Comment by hotpasta:
Absolutely faultless...congrats

Frozen
by gyaban

Comment by Tiny:
Wonderful in every way, had to be the winner.Congratulations once again.

Frozen
by gyaban

Comment by gyaban:

Originally posted by IreneM: Artistically and technically you are (for me) the most complete photographer. I love your work and the time, thought and effort you put into it. This image is my all time favourite. Many, many congrats on your well deserved blue, Christophe.

Thank you so much Irene, such comment coming from such photographer... I'm speechless. You just made my day. Thanks again.

Frozen
by gyaban

Comment by IreneM:
Artistically and technically you are (for me) the most complete photographer. I love your work and the time, thought and effort you put into it. This image is my all time favourite. Many, many congrats on your well deserved blue, Christophe.