Living Ice
by Schuff

Comment by sherpet:
This is just amazing, as I don't know what it is, but I like it, so thats the main thing..... Look forward to finding out what, and how, you did this.....

The Palantír
by Schuff

Comment by Azrifel:
I'm amazed how low this scored. I gave it a 9.
I liked it how you position the ball on the background and how it was framed by the lines on the top and bottom. The shallow dof worked well with it and the light is pretty good.

The Palantír
by Schuff

Comment by sherpet:
Good teatures in this image.....

The Palantír
by Schuff

Comment by 3eyedcrow:
Is that one of the seven palantir?! I think I see Sauron! Nice work.

The Great Escape (Part Duex)
by Schuff

Comment by Schuff:
Thank you Alice for the critique!

The Great Escape (Part Duex)
by Schuff

Comment by sfalice:
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.

Whirlwind!
by Schuff

Comment by Louisa:
Very nice!

Whirlwind!
by Schuff

Comment by Zigomar:
Unusual and interesting!

Whirlwind!
by Schuff

Comment by posthumous:
there's an unusual perspective!

Whirlwind!
by Schuff

Comment by litsa:
Ah! That's cool. How did you made it? Very nice