Skywards
by BigK

Comment by LERtastic:
Awesome picture, should have cropped the picture so that the side of the building is straight with the side of the frame. 6.

At second glance, some weird optical illusion is going on here. I change to a 10.

Skywards
by BigK

Comment by BrianR:
Good lighting...6

Diana's Possessed Carrot
by BigK

Comment by oOWonderBreadOo:
I loved this, thought it was very funny! By the way, your fiancè and my friend Carrie look very much alike... I made her look this photo up during voting- she even thought so & was suprized! :0) (my DPCinema entry...)

Diana's Possessed Carrot
by BigK

Comment by BigK:
He he he, thanks eschelar.

Dont worry, as I said above, venting's over! :)

The reason I chose this crop, was that I wanted "Diana" to appear almost withdrawn, which is how I would kind of imagine a sinister person to be. I disagree that the carrot had to take center stage, that would make it too obvious?

This movie, in it's totally ridiculous form, wouldve been about DIANA and HER POSSESSED CARROT. Thats why the carrot isnt singled out. I still believe the 'subtlety' of the carrot in this pic makes it even more sinister in a sense.

Thinking out of the box here - looking at Diana... would you take that carrot from her? To me logically - if a "possessed" object was in the hands of a madwoman (Diana), my mind automaticaaly says that the carrot makes her evil.

BUT, this movie is about Diana and what she does with her possessed carrot, so no reason to single out the Carrot. Diana and the word Carrot is in the title after all, so they go hand-in-hand.

He he he... anyhow, like Bear_music said to me, i'm overreacting and this is just a lesson I have to learn about how to think next time. :)

Thanks for the input though eschelar, I really appreciate it!

Diana's Possessed Carrot
by BigK

Comment by eschelar:
Ok, please don't take this as a 'narrow minded comment' because I am pretty open here. I used to write some small time fantasy fiction for a couple of sites on the net...

I am going to say that I found the pic hard to vote on because the subject of the title did not match the subject of the photo.

I looked at a lot of things in this pic, including the lighting, the composition, the makeup, the lines, the colors, and in the end, I couldn't come up with a vote. I skipped it. I don't do this very often at all.

What I think might be the issue rather than the 'possessed' quality of the carrot is the balance between your two subjects. I think you have tried to balance them a bit too much. The picture seems to be about as much about 'Diana' as it is about the carrot...

The title is worded in such a way that the carrot should take center stage and the model should be playing second fiddle.

There are a few different ways that could have been accomplished. I would probably have gone for either DOF or Lighting to shift the balance ever so slightly towards the carrot.

Perhaps pushing the saturation a bit on the carrot and darkening everything else a bit might keep the picture as is, but make it more suited to the title.

Just some ideas...

Diana's Possessed Carrot
by BigK

Comment by Pixelstate:
Made me smile... nice work... if a slightly convoluted title!

Diana's Possessed Carrot
by BigK

Comment by MacDonald:
good job on the cropping - the model has an interesting face/expression - please share how the carrot acts out its possessed state :) because, the model looks more p[ossessed than the carrot. well done

Diana's Possessed Carrot
by BigK

Comment by tngrndream:
looks like diana is posessed not the carrot.

Diana's Possessed Carrot
by BigK

Comment by KiwiShotz:
Now that's a good giggle - especially when she's trying to be so staunch over a ..... carrot? :)

Diana's Possessed Carrot
by BigK

Comment by TooCool:
Very nicely done. You have negative space for the poster wording, but it's not cropped right... Great composition though for the challenge.
TC