twig and ice
by falvey

Comment by casualguy:
Lackluster subject, muddled composition, background distortion.... sorry.

twig and ice
by falvey

Comment by Dave Gordon:
Very nice texture on the ice - I know this isn't easy to do. The wide variety of layers of unsharpness gives the picture depth.

twig and ice
by falvey

Comment by Mona:
Lovely.

Monster at Red Fish Lake
by falvey

Comment by DJLuba:
When you submitted this, did it look real to you? I think the only thing that would make this look more fake is a person walking on the water in the background. That said, I can see it has been validated...thank goodness.

The two things might go together, but they don't look natural in this setting, which detracts from the scoring. The fish looks like the pic was taken two days ago, and the mountain like it was taken in 1972.

I think you would be have done (Scoring) better if you would have gotten the two components to work more naturally together. It's a neat photo though...very interesting to look at.

Monster at Red Fish Lake
by falvey

Comment by karmat:
The color contrast between the fish and mountains is nice. however, it lacks depth, and the focus on the fish could be a little stronger I think. that would make the softness of the background look more deliberate and effective.

Monster at Red Fish Lake
by falvey

Comment by cmangis:
This is weird and fun; kind of like one of those jackalope postcards. There could be more detail and interest in the background.

Monster at Red Fish Lake
by falvey

Comment by movieman:
Haha.

Sorry.

Just looks as thought you PSed it in, although I know you didn't. It just looks too fake.

Monster at Red Fish Lake
by falvey

Comment by Dave Gordon:
A beautiful landscape and a well-photographed fish. Somehow the fish is too big for the overall composition - even given that he is supposed to be a "monster."

Monster at Red Fish Lake
by falvey

Comment by Crafty Sue:
good composition 8

Monster at Red Fish Lake
by falvey

Comment by mrblobby:
Note that well done I am afraid, looks very fake.