"Gateway"
by Joker1114

Comment by Paul:
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for my Mu (most underrated) award:

Positives: Good use of HDR / tone mapping and brilliant perspective / POV - you had made the doors look towering. I love the vibrancy of the the red too and the golden hue of the surrounding stone.

Critical stuff: Not much really - I would perhaps have liked to have seen a bit more latitude but I can see why you wanted to keep this aspect ration.

Overall: A very effective image.

"Gateway"
by Joker1114

Comment by Ammie:
Real nice and deserves a high score.

"Gateway"
by Joker1114

Comment by bmartuch:
The wide angle perspective works very well here.

walkway2.jpg
by Joker1114

Comment by Ivory:
Love the light coming through the tree, very pretty.

"Heather"
by Joker1114

Comment by levimazereeuw:
verry nice good angle intresting place for a shoot

Elephant
by Joker1114

Comment by patio127:
I love this !!! Great processing :)

Elephant
by Joker1114

Comment by ThingFish:
Nice and interesting processing. Looks almost like a batik.

"Fortune Teller"
by Joker1114

Comment by colorcarnival:
Your fortune teller needs to aim higher! lol Love the lighting.

"Fortune Teller"
by Joker1114

Comment by elTORO:
lol very cool! great idea

"Fortune Teller"
by Joker1114

Comment by Covert_Oddity:
Can you tell who that red is going to then?

I like the way the light seems to be emanating from the sphere itself, yet there is no obvious light source. It doesn't completely appear as though the ribbon is 'inside' the glass though (which obviously it isn't), but I imagine that would have been pretty tricky to accomplish.