A Fallen Leader
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Comment by RKT:
********Hi there Mike and greetings from the "Critique Club"********

The first thing that imediately came to mind when I first saw this was Texas, rodeos...then Georgia O'Keefe was a close third.

6.0585...pretty nice score you got for this one. For me...I would actually like to see this without the grain or the sepia...but alas this was the "grain" challenge : } The image does have a slight "vintage" feel about, though old photographs tended to have absolutely no grain at all or that much sepia toning. What the grain does do nicely for this image is enhance the "gritty-ness"...I can feel that dust in my teeth, feel it hitting my dirty dryed out face...The image does lack a bit of clarity, perhaps due to the slightly longer exposure, and on my monitor it seems a bit flat, like it needs just a slight levels adjustment to give a little more punch. And personally, I think it would interesting to see a different crop, I keep wanting to see more of what is going on around the skull, even if it is just more sand storm.

But enough about that...all in all this image was quite good in bringing about a "mood", which I really think was the main objective of this particular challenge.

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Comment by mycelium:
ack

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Comment by AzCKelly:
Too Cute!! Great idea, very creative. Good lighting, love the glow.

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Comment by mawear:
Nice humor with the whole photography thing

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Comment by Canadian_eh:
Haha, love it! only wish you hadn't had to add the black!!

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Comment by rwouthuis:
The carving on this is great, so good points there. The procesing work on the inside f the pumpkin is distracting for me. I find it to be too harsh of a transition from the glow of the caving to the void of the black. JMO.

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Comment by monh:
impressive carving! very original. i love the clear-cut lines. seems almost like a cartoon drawing.

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Comment by hideout:
Like the unique carving, unusual effect with the lighting and black background inside the pumpkin; would've liked just the pumpkin since the basket doesn't have the same edginess it just doesn't belong.

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Comment by ShorterThanJesus:
I like the idea but the photoshoped lines around the black interior throw off the believability. Reality may not have been the goal but I still find the edges too rough and thus distracting.

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Comment by UpUpCanadian:
wow. very nice and creative work!