Crash Landing - Tuck'n Roll
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Comment by Louisa:
Cool shot.. but not really focusing on balloons..

Crash Landing - Tuck'n Roll
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Comment by Louis:
Poor little thing. Did you know that these insects are not actually insects, but are terrestrial crustaceans? Your DPC fun fact for the day. Vote of 6.

Ride the spiral
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Comment by Melethia:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

She did indeed make the shot! Without her you have a nice geometric pattern/design that is quite interesting, but with her you add that all important sense of scale and a bit of a sense of how grandiose we humans are when we build things like this. Nicely framed, though if I were to pick a nit, it would be to add just a wee bit more on the top - ie include all of the rail, although I suspect the space and lens limitations may have prevented that.

A good shot, I think, and pretty good for the challenge, though I might argue it would have worked in Exit as well or better. As for processing, looks pretty good to me - nice light touch with the Topaz (I'd not have guessed it was used.) Did you try it in B&W at all? Not sure it would work better, as I do like the beige-ish/brown-ish palette here. I'd also not have guessed you used a flash - nice work with that, too!

If you have any questions, feel free to PM me!

Jellyfish à la Pollock
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Comment by dahkota:
I gave this a 7 on my first pass and never made it back to fine tune my votes. Would have bumped it definitely. It is actually quite beautiful and I love the color pallet you chose.

Jellyfish à la Pollock
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Comment by posthumous:
This goes into my fantasy art show.

Jellyfish à la Pollock
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Comment by jjstager2:
Interesting crop choice on this subject.

Jellyfish à la Pollock
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Comment by Denise:
a little difficult to make out what I was looking at, thanks for the title, it helped, interesting image

Jellyfish à la Pollock
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Comment by glad2badad:
This is different (and a little strange). The top area looks like a row of teeth.

Ride the spiral
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Comment by Dave Gordon:
Interesting subject, nice rendition.

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Comment by mitalapo:
How many people are shown in this picture? I like that one needs to fight in order to see beyond the distracting bulbs.