Phantom of the Opera
by Tallbloke

Comment by Wade:
10..period

Phantom of the Opera
by Tallbloke

Comment by theSaj:
a little longer for a more substantial phantom would have been nice

Phantom of the Opera
by Tallbloke

Comment by BobsterLobster:
Interesting shot, but not really sure what to make of it for this challenge. Perhaps for a 'dead music' challenge? ;-) I think he should be a tad less transparent. I do feel I have to vote this down for not meeting the challenge, but I do think it is a good shot.

Phantom of the Opera
by Tallbloke

Comment by Balko:
Amazing, I am speechless. 11, if I could give it.

Phantom of the Opera
by Tallbloke

Comment by bcoble:
Boy, nice idea. I wish the image part of the Phantom was a little more defined.

Phantom of the Opera
by Tallbloke

Comment by Skip:
almost too subtle. if the viewers don't spend enough time with this, it will not get the score you want. nice effort, though.

Phantom of the Opera
by Tallbloke

Comment by LegatoMuzic:
Nice efeect

Phantom of the Opera
by Tallbloke

Comment by lshles:
Beautiful photograph of the organ. The phantom is a wee bit too phantom for me, however.

Edited-small.jpg
by Tallbloke

Comment by armelle:
It's a nice photo! and the clouds are so rich in texture and contrast.
You did a good job with the dodging and burning to bring out details in the clouds. It might have added 'sparkle' to dodge a bit more of the sea surface on the right side, where the sun is shining...not sure if you were using midtones or highlights for the dodging? not sure if it really makes that much of a difference?
And I wonder how it would look if you darkened the mountains more (all while lighting up the ocean more as well...)
The post processing gives extra dimensions to your already nice photo! Well done!

Edited-small.jpg
by Tallbloke

Comment by Balko:
I know we are supposed to critique the porcesing....well, Steve, you did a fantastic job! I had to really hard, which I think is the point here, to find one small area that I would like to improve.
That area is the green/yellow of the land on the far right. I would lighten that a bit as it would reflect the light of the clouds.
I'd love to be where this picture is!