Squatter's Delight
by jeger

Comment:
Congrats on the yellow Jonathan! This is a great shot. Really like the B/W.

Luxury
by Rino63

Comment:
Congrats on the red! Great POV and PP.

INTO THE ABYSS
by hotpasta

Comment:
Congrats on the blue! Excellent shot!

Greengrocer Cicada
by Beetle

Comment:
Very nice shot. I really like the backlit abdomen also. Congrats on the yellow!

The eye of the tiger 1:1
by GabrielS

Comment:
Awesome detail in this shot! Great job. Congrats on the red!

breakfast on the fly
by roz

Comment:
Amazing score for another amazing shot!! Congrats on the blue!

Construction Zone
by dswann

Comment:
I really appreciate all of the comments. I also appreciate everyone's accepting that this image was created with photoshop, and not with a tilt-shift lens. I have not invested in a lens baby system yet.

bmatt17 - I can see your point about the mud, but I did not really think about trying to mute it. In my experience in construction, the work sites are typically muddy this time of year so to me it added a touch of realism to the miniature looking scene. But your way may have looked better if I had tried it. :)

glad2badad - I started to sharpen the crane supporting cables as you suggest, but it quickly became too painstaking of a job, plus it was looking like crap. For some reason the cables were blurry and not well defined. It was extremely windy on the day of the shot, so I don't know if that had anything to do with it. Getting straight lines defined for the cables was about impossible for me using a mouse, so I elected just to leave them blurred and hope that I wouldn't be penalized for it. I agree that it would have been more realistic to have them.

Again, thanks to all for the great comments and fantastic score!

construction
by ralph

Comment:
COngrats on the top 10! We had the same choice of subject matter!

Bridge to Wonderland
by ekmai

Comment:
Congrats on the top 10! Great image.

Pimento
by Judi

Comment:
Congrats on the top 10! Reminds me of my old cowboys and indians figures.