Electric Laces
by Geo_Griffin

Comment:
I LOVE this image. I mean, visually, I'd hang it on my wall. But I admit to some trouble understanding the painting with light aspect - did you do some actual painting with light and then photoshop a neon glow in or is this all natural so to speak? It doesn't matter how much you photoshopped it to me - as long as it started out as being "painted". Can you tell me about it?

Winter Morning on the Dock
by inspzil

Comment:
I could be wrong (and correct me if I am) but the light souce does not appear to be under your control (seems natural). Aside from the meeting the challenge aspect - boy this is a lovely photo. I love the colors and the dark spots.

Pool candle taking an off-ramp!
by wetland

Comment:
I understand the set up but I find it visually confusing - no place to put my eye and rest it. I think I might have left out the little hook shaped squiggle - but that's a personal opinion. That said, the part where it goes into the pocket is wonderrful. I bet a crop of that aspect alone would have been lovely, Clear as a bell, too.,

Different
by Chiqui

Comment:
I don't have an appreciation, from the photo, of how "painting with light" applies. If you have the time can you tell me? Other than that, it's a lovely photograph - well balanced, colorful and clearly focused. Good compotision.

Crystal Bowl and Spheres
by Samara

Comment:
Good idea, I like it but the effect of the light on all the glass is a little harsh, making it seem out of focus. Hot spots are unavoidable, I know, in this sort of technique. Extraotrdinary composition - the set up is pleasing to my eye.

ostrish 1.JPG
by train

Comment:
Is this the final version? Reason I ask is I would give it a 7 as is and an 8 if you could have worked some levels magic so his eyes had more depth. Beautiful shot. It's wonderful as NG because the trees in the background seem unlikely to be a part of this animal's natural habitat and I can see it with a story about habitats and domestication and so on. I love his expression.

Time Stands Still in the Rural South
by dagaleaa

Comment:
Gorgeous. I love the neat image effect on this photo - it makes it very illustrative and moody.

Crystal Clear
by dg02

Comment:
What a beauty. Your composition is sublime. The weather looks cold - too cold to be so deeply colored - did you have to push the saturation a lot? I admire your eye.

Overhauling History
by mbardeen

Comment:
Pretty shot. Those odd perspective shots are hard to frame - I see you chose a right alignment to the scaffolding - good choice, I think. Perhaps you might have cropped the entire left vertical line and the persoective skew would not have been noticeable. The blue and cream tones are sublime. I like this shot a lot.

Alliance
by melongrind

Comment:
Bravo! You've captured the spirit of NG precisely, imo. It's a wee bit unfocused but in some way that seems to add to the ambience. Excellent entry.