Bodhisattva
by labuds

Comment:
amazing - must be a double-exposure, yes? Since everyone else is guessing too...I'd say used to filters over the lens (maybe painted a UV filter, or used black cardboard)...one with a black spot in the middle, for the hand, and one with a black surround, for the eye. Immaculately done. :)

Haleakala
by srdanz

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Beautiful. I'm going to Maui this weekend - I'll have to be sure to see that place. :)

Yummm
by BigZenDragon

Comment:
Wow - what a spectrum of comments! it was a very iffy submission....so I guess I should have expedted both sides. I agree that the DOF is too narrow - there really is just a sliver that's in perfect focus...and while I would love to blame it on the equipment, we were really just dealing with bad lighting - opened the aperture almost all the way just to be able to get the shot. I hadn't planned to retake it, but all the positive comments may inspire me to!

Tawny Frogmouth
by BigZenDragon

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Yeah - I know the contrast could be better...I was shooting through a wire mesh, hence the 'haze' some of you mentioned...tried to up contrast/sharpness through that, but enough to compensate for the haze was too much for the rest of the picture...but he manages to look mean anyway. :)

Amida Autumn
by BigZenDragon

Comment:

Originally posted by tfaust: Speaking on title alone, this image doesn't speak 'Autumn' to me at all. Speaking of the photo in general, I don't see much that captures my interest.

Well thanks...That's constructive. Given your stated lack of interest, you could have withheld comment...

So you know, autumn is alliterative and refers to the timing of enlightenment. I live in Hawaii which looks this way all year round (not too much in the way of color changes).

Temple in the sand
by BigZenDragon

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Here's the original shot of the sand...used 4 copies of the same shot (2 zoomed in, 2 zoomed out) to make this one....

Surf Shack
by BigZenDragon

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Just starting to get the hang of digital editing - Photoshop is the best!

Temple in the sand
by BigZenDragon

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I'll try to resize one of the originals - doesn't look much like the final, though!

Sailboat
by BigZenDragon

Comment:
I do have a bigger one uploaded for prints - if you go to the dpcprints page, I think it'll offer a larger preview... (sorry - I'm still no good at linking to other images...)

The Bee of Frankenstein
by BigZenDragon

Comment:
The picture is from underneath a honeybee, as it is drinking. The title was probably a bad idea - mostly irrelevant - just a (what I thought to be) humerous reference to the 'Frankenstein' like lightening effects overhead. I was trying to focus on the point of the proboscis contacting the drop...hence the blurring of the legs.