Cigar Smoke
by hopper

Comment by graphicfunk:
A magical experience. You got the right swirls.

Porcupine
by hopper

Comment by graphicfunk:
This is a very good quality capture. The delicate tones adds to the beauty. Above average work.

Earth From Above
by hopper

Comment by bongo:
I'm not a fan of those little wooden guys....but this was my favourite out of all the entries.
Congratulations....very creative image.

Earth From Above
by hopper

Comment by aznym:
Congratulations. You've got a great imagination and you have done a brillaint job at converting your idea to an image.

Earth From Above
by hopper

Comment by geewhy:
Fantastic lighting,
Congratulations Kris.

Earth From Above
by hopper

Comment by EPhoto:
Congrats!!!! Nice job!
P.S. I hope you got a model release! Ha Ha!

Earth From Above
by hopper

Comment by Zoomdak:
Gradulations on the red! Cool setup, nice idea.

Earth From Above
by hopper

Comment by hopper:
Wooohooo!! Thanks everyone, I wasn't expecting the wooden man to do this well. For those who asked, the set up is as follows:

I have a 1/2 wall in my house between the kitchen and dining room - I drapped a black cloth over it, and then another black cloth behind hanging from the ceiling. Set the book on the shelf and shoot. I used the 420ex flash and bounced it off the ceiling, but under exposed just a touch so both black cloths meshed into each other so it would look like the book was floating.

I knew that big freakin' book would come in handy some day :)

Earth From Above
by hopper

Comment by asij:
Congratulations...
I didn't vote on this challenge but you would have got 10 from me!
Would have liked to see this one with the blue ribbon...
Great idea and brilliant lighting!!! The shadow under him makes me have the feeling of dark empty space where he is looking

Message edited by author 2004-07-21 04:04:50.

Earth From Above
by hopper

Comment by markmyshots:
congratulations. Very clever idea and was one of the pictures that wow'd me.