Works of Skilled Hands
by Lydia

Comment by roz:
this is wonderful .. i'm loving that its like a story .. the tool that was used to create that magic piece .. and the shavings ..
the light is beautiful as well .. :)

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Comment by roz:
many congratulations Lydia for such a brilliant photo so full of personality and fun ..
you do it like no other .. :)
oh . forgot to say .. so good you got the blue for this .. totally wonderful .. :)

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Comment by thrumyiis:
Congrats on the blue Lydia, this is such an endearing shot, made me smile..

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Comment by markwiley:

Originally posted by Neat: You are brave, very brave.

It is a subtle difference, but I think fearless more apt.

Shrimp w/ Cocktail Sauce
by Lydia

Comment by JakeKurdsjuk:
Because you asked... I gave you a 6 for the work, but there's a lot here. Venser has covered much of it, particularly around "story" (you might have been able to tie it in with a title if you built it around "pink") but I'll add some.

When you're compositing you need to look at light and just looking at the coat rack you can see that light/shadows fan out from just that image and fade quickly, not like those on the flamingo that has them.

From there you've utterly messed with my OCD when it comes to lines and while the floor is fine your verticals are a bit of a mess for me, and a corner line always wins to a coat rack. You're shooting the room into the corner when perhaps you should have moved right and shot with the image plan parallel to the far wall.

Finally, it's vertical, and while I can see a lot of details here when it's presented to vote in a squashed format you lose details and nuance. I stay away from verticals whenever possible here for that reason.

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Comment by Cory:
This is ridiculously adorable for some reason, like a cartoon of the kindest lady ever. Incredible!

Shrimp w/ Cocktail Sauce
by Lydia

Comment by Venser:
Anyone want to tell me (brutal honesty is fine with me!) what's wrong with my entry?
Lighting is a mess. The shrimp look like they were cut and put into this scene without regard of keeping continuity with the lighting of the surroundings; same with the flamingos. Shadows are missing. The flamingo standing on the plate should have a shadow that points to the lower left part of the image. You can see the shadow from the leg of the dresser cast by the window present in the scene.

From your comments: Then, I put them in the scene, but there was no "story".
WHY were they there?
Even with the shrimp, there's no story. It doesn't make sense.

Message edited by author 2019-08-23 14:27:06.

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Comment by Refocused:
Wonderful! This proves you are weirder than me!

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Comment by digifotojo:
I recognized this from a similar one you shot back in 2017 for Lens Effects.. which did almost as well. I think you've found a winning shot, lol. Congrats on the blue!

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Comment by SandyP:
Haha! When you suggested this “Glutton for Punishment” challenge, I thought you’d win because no one else would enter... but you sure showed me. There are some AMAZING photos in this challenge and every one of my favorites won top spots... but this! Award worthy not because no one else entered, but because it’s freaking awesome! Of course it is!!! It’s YOU! Congratulations, friend! Welllll DONE!!!