suspend
by posthumous

Comment by bvy:
Astounding the way the leaf blends in to the patterns and textures of the pole.

suspend
by posthumous

Comment by mikala:
I would have like more contrast.

they always play with the box instead
by posthumous

Comment by shutterpuppy:
Critique Club Comment:

The expressions on the kids' faces are priceless, but the eye has to hunt for them when you first look at the shot because the majority of the image is taken up with the less-interesting details of the box surface and the wall/door/floor. I can see how this can be taken as the children playing a "hiding" game, but, for me, the faces of the children should be more prominent.

Maybe a shot directly down into the box, or a different angle altogether (such as the kids peering over the edge of the box) would have made this more interesting.

I like the color conversion a lot - although some, who prefer less contrasting black and white images, would prefer less contrast so that the girl's head does not appear to be floating by itself.

kaboom
by posthumous

Comment by JuliBoc:
Makes me think of a moth and flame.

kaboom
by posthumous

Comment by xianart:
A burst of light, an explosion of phoenix flight, flying from in darkness to enrichen us all.

sistering
by posthumous

Comment by xianart:
The layers of light between us and them. How can we communicate, if we can't wade through the honey weighted light?

they always play with the box instead
by posthumous

Comment by xianart:
O, the joy of big boxes. And hiding in the bottom of the frame. Excellent tones and composition, simply scrummy.

kaboom
by posthumous

Comment by bvy:
Your own personal fireworking. I love it.

tentative transformation
by posthumous

Comment by bspurgeon:

Originally posted by posthumous: Originally posted by bspurgeon: I have a feeling the average DPCer would have cloned out many of the floating white "distractions" (dreaded DPC D word). those are stars! ;) I also put extra sharpening on the crud at the bottom of the photo.

Stars...now it makes sense!

tentative transformation
by posthumous

Comment by LevT:
this is fantastic... straight out of Tarkovsky's "Mirror" ...one of my all-time favorite movies [if you haven't seen it Don, you should, it is right up your alley]