"The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was"
by bspurgeon

Comment by posthumous:
lovely to look at. well done.

"The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was"
by bspurgeon

Comment by stowell48:
Wow, this looks awesome!

"The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was"
by bspurgeon

Comment by tootsweet:
I read this story and there is no girl...except the princess and she wasn't looking to find out what fear was. That being said, I love this shot too much to let a little thing like that get in the way.

As all Grimms' tales are dark & forboding, so is this shot. You have captured a fantasy-like feeling with the long exposure and the b&w presentation. I saw this and I said "Wow!" Only 3 shots got that response from me.

My only thing is that it is tough to distinguish her head from the rock, but that is minor.

Shell of a Snail
by bspurgeon

Comment by Mark-A:
It's certainly an interesting shot, what I like the most is that the dots look like they are on a different plane to the shell (almost floating). Makes a lovely abstract image IMO

Hornet in Hiding
by bspurgeon

Comment by Mark-A:
I think it's a good shot, but not a good subject for shallow DOF because of the nature of this shot you were always going to be minimising your impact, the fact that the flower has become your main element is I believe the reason you scored quite low.

Still an interesting shot though and it certainly looks like he is about to jump out from his hiding place :)

Shell of a Snail
by bspurgeon

Comment by bjoern:
For me it's a tad too dark and I somehow miss the separation between object and background. Could be this is because of the BW - with colors it might be different, as the background might have a different color than the shell. The dots you mention (sand?) seem to be more in focus than the shell, which is also somewhat distracting to me.

"The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was"
by bspurgeon

Comment by jeger:
Beautiful movement in the water

Pixie
by bspurgeon

Comment by DrAchoo:
What a cutie! :)

Fútbol
by bspurgeon

Comment by Rino63:
great poetry in this image.

"The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was"
by bspurgeon

Comment by aznatural:
Nice in B/W great capture