Midnight Serenity
by bspurgeon

Comment by Ja-9:
this is really cool...what was your exposure? It must have been a long one as your stars are "moving"

Hogs
by bspurgeon

Comment by hajeka:
Beautiful bikes. I like the contrast and the eating man in the middle.

Midnight Serenity
by bspurgeon

Comment by kcm:
I love how the clouds and the water almost merge together. Great job!

Midnight Serenity
by bspurgeon

Comment by Melethia:
Like a whale frozen in time.

Midnight Serenity
by bspurgeon

Comment by hotpasta:
wow...that looks amazing...I am a fan of the blue tint

Bax
by bspurgeon

Comment by hajeka:
Very nice looking portrait, but I think (as you said yourself) he will choose the colored version. Hope you don't mind saying this, but I think the focus should be more on his eyes than on his neck (see eg. shalrath portrait of this week)

Boy and Dog
by bspurgeon

Comment by bspurgeon:
Thanks for the feedback. I agree about the muzzle. Hopefully I'll go back and reprocess it, I need a clone!

Midnight Climber
by bspurgeon

Comment by colorcarnival:
I really thought this would have finished higher. The look on his face makes us wonder whether he is looking at the sky or is condering whaterver predicament he may be in lol. I like this - it's so different from you! Quite artsy :)

Midnight Climber
by bspurgeon

Comment by Zigomar:
What do they know... What a wonderful concept.

Not Worth the Effort
by bspurgeon

Comment by bspurgeon:
Steps submitted: crop, exposure, wb in LR2, export to CS4, photokit sharpening to snail with mask, two curves adjustmet, hue/sat adjustment to master, created border, added text, resized.

When I created this poster I made an attempt to enter at the 200 file size limit, when it was rejected I realized it was a basic challenge. I remade the poster under the basic ruleset. Global USM produced the nearly the same results but with more artifact in the snail.

Lesson for me: keep a copy with the layers or write down the steps. If I had that I would not have made that error.