Vita Post Mortis
by surfinbird

Comment by jimmyn4:
One of my favorites. I would say make the girl a little more tranparent so it looks less like an old photo and more like an old photo with a ghost. I'm talking one or two percent more nothing drastic.

Vita Post Mortis
by surfinbird

Comment by mindfulbreath:
I like it - makes me want to know the full story!

Vita Post Mortis
by surfinbird

Comment by Abra:
Expert editing at its best. Wonderful!

Vita Post Mortis
by surfinbird

Comment by SEG:
This is awesome. I love how you made it look like an old photograph. This image was meant for this challenge.

This shot is one of my top 3 shots although I feel others may not think it fits DPC the best. I hope not.

Vita Post Mortis
by surfinbird

Comment by RyanW:
great texture on this. i like the blending of the layers - great opacity.

Vita Post Mortis
by surfinbird

Comment by AllenP:
Beautiful creation!

White Rabbit Red Queen
by surfinbird

Comment by surfinbird:


- this was my first edit! I do tend to post what I want to see rather than consider the viewer. I worried that the 'colourful'card would detract from the Silver Halide vibe I so love. The original image was reasonably sharp given I shot at f/1.2, or at least the rabbit was, but I suddenly decided I liked the really blurry Len Baby shot I took during the same shoot - it had a very lofi feel to it, but would have been at risk of a brown ribbon.....

White Rabbit Red Queen
by surfinbird

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Interesting array of comments here and I certainly agree with many of them - the surreal, eerie quality you've captured is wonderful. At first I didn't *get* the clock, I thought it was a ball until I read your comments. Very good comp, the off-centred subject adds to the unsettling feeling here. I do think that the Queen should be spot-coloured red just to drive home that it's the Queen of Hearts. I think that with just more of a closed-down shutter (and tripod) to help increase the dof and more importantly, kill the flat white on the Rabbit's head and clock, you would have finished in the ribbons. I second pretty much everything Kelli suggests.

Very good work, congrats on the score and placing. Keep it up and I look forward to seeing more entries from you!

Feel free to PM me

Susan

Lens_Baby_1
by surfinbird

Comment by surfinbird:

Originally posted by Melethia: I quite like this one, too!

It was my preferred shot but I didn't think the majority would appreciate it.

Lens_Baby_1
by surfinbird

Comment by Melethia:
I quite like this one, too!