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MossyB says:

The girl looks very out of place, she is casting no shadow, and the edges are very hard, making her look more pasted on than the pictures she is hanging. The Blur Tool, with a small brush and low opacity, around the edges will help the hard edge. The weird pose and shadow problem are a different matter.

(5 years and 2993 days ago)

girl
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MossyB says:

Very unusual looking!

(5 years and 2993 days ago)

Edible "Bull-Head"
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MossyB says:

Good visual composition.

(5 years and 2993 days ago)

Sleeper Fence
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MossyB says:

I had to look this up, since Penrose is an important name in the Colorado Springs Region, and I wondered if it was the same or related...Found out that Loe pool, once part of the Penrose estate, is the largest natural freshwater lake in Cornwall...Interesting trivia for the day...

Nice composition, with the shadow echos of the fence by the path leading the eye into the picture, and the trees then bringing the eye back down. A bit too centered, though - the path and the horizon are both "target centered," rather than slightly offset. This would be stronger if you crop off some of the left side and the top to bring the horizon up a bit and move the curve of the path a bit more to the left.

(5 years and 2993 days ago)

Penrose Estate
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MossyB says:

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence...Great photo, good color and composition, leading the eye into the picture plane, and back down and over to the horse. Well done!

(5 years and 2994 days ago)

I want to break free
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MossyB says:

A bit too much of a color cast, it has a hard green tint overlying the wonderful natural color of the squash, but the photo itself, sans the plasticy, artificial color is wonderful!

(5 years and 2994 days ago)

Harvest
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MossyB says:

What a fantastic photo! Very creative - great imagination, excellent execution!

(5 years and 2994 days ago)

Striped waterdrops
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MossyB says:

What an exquisite looking cake and what an excellent photo - no flash glare, crisp focus, clear colors. Extremely well done!

(5 years and 2995 days ago)

cake
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MossyB says:

Beautiful contrasts, the highlights really make this pop!

(5 years and 2995 days ago)

Old Glory
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MossyB says:

The backwards 't' in talent, along with the offset arch on the right are the only flaws in this. Nice work.

(5 years and 2995 days ago)

Crown
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MossyB says:

The upside down balloons looks very weird.

(5 years and 2995 days ago)

princa
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MossyB says:

Great photo, terrific lighting, EXCELLENT back story - it made the photo more interesting for me! High marks for a job well done.

(5 years and 2995 days ago)

The Bard
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MossyB says:

The face looks very flat and "cut and paste," and the folded shirt beneath even more so. You've done a nice job of attempting some 3d depth with the cables extending from the face to the circuit board, but there is no lighting on them to help convey depth and space, they too, look very flat.

Your edges are a bit too sharp, you might try going over them with a small brush and slight blur to help them cohere together as a single image, and you may want to use the pen tool to extract the face, so that the edges are not quite so rough and angular.

(5 years and 2995 days ago)

Technological Constraints
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MossyB says:

Interesting shot, but not enough of the subject (birthday cake). The focal point is the candles and the "Happy Birthday" decoration, with a few candy dots. It almost looks like they are sitting on a towel. Pretty, but slightly misses the mark, here.

(5 years and 2995 days ago)

Happy Birthday
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MossyB says:

This is an amazing panorama. One of the best I have ever seen. Super well done!

(5 years and 2995 days ago)

Trio Fences
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MossyB says:

Great lighting and shadows. Nice perspective, good composition. Well done!

(5 years and 2995 days ago)

Storm
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MossyB says:

Excellent photo of a device that "catches the wind!" Spot on in all ways!

(5 years and 2995 days ago)

Wind creator
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MossyB says:

Beautiful composition, great color. Good that you were able to recover this!

(5 years and 2995 days ago)

Farm fence
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MossyB says:

The line of the corner is hurting the composition. It is too bright, and is dividing the visual plane, segregating the figure. The line of books lead the eye out of the image, through the window, with nothing to bring it back in except the heavy and oppressive black walls. While effective, the overall feel is quite confined, rather than liberating...

Like Eladine, I gave this high marks, but honestly I much prefer the original, with it's expansive, light, and open feeling.

(5 years and 2995 days ago)

prisoner of the knowledge
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MossyB says:

This is haunting and beautiful. Truly amazing.

(5 years and 2995 days ago)

Soul of letters
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MossyB says:

Very good composition and design. Nice movement, great balance, nice shapes, good range of values, wonderful focus showing visual texture. Very well done!

(5 years and 2995 days ago)

Wooden fence.
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MossyB says:

Boy, a LOT of work went into this one. Beautiful cake, love the chocolate pretzel "water" at the bottom. Nice photo.

(5 years and 2995 days ago)

Happy 1st Birthday
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MossyB says:

This looks like SUCH a fun cake, I would have loved getting one of these for my birthday! Great lighting, no "incandescent yellow" cast, and the flames are crisp and bright. Well done.

(5 years and 2995 days ago)

Dino cake
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MossyB says:

Nice, but too crooked, leaning down to the left. If you level it out, it will be a much stronger image.

(5 years and 2996 days ago)

nameless
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MossyB says:

Love the furry leg stipes - most unusual looking. Great capture!

(5 years and 2996 days ago)

Two Sets of Stripes
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MossyB says:

Interesting, but the eye light is a bit too bright, dominating the image.

(5 years and 2996 days ago)

Masked
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MossyB says:

Nice, but the angle is too extreme. It almost looks like a bad photograph where the camera is being dropped as the shot is taken...Angles can provide visual interest, but like many things in Life, moderation is the key...
The bathtub is over dominated by the mountain, which looks more to be your focal point.

(5 years and 2996 days ago)

Evening rest
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MossyB says:

Great shot, really captures the wind, and the general feeling of "flying..." Love it!

(5 years and 2996 days ago)

Fly with the wind
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MossyB says:

The green face is confusing, and the proportions look wonky with the overly large paint handprints.

(5 years and 2996 days ago)

Demise
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MossyB says:

Great photo, I can almost hear the flag snapping in the wind!

(5 years and 2996 days ago)

Flying Flag!
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MossyB says:

Too blurry looking. I also don't understand what makes it a "Japanese painting," as Japanese paintings were generally pictorial narratives done in a highly refined style, with crisp colors and clean, sharp, stylized linework, not blurry people with a "glow" around them...

"Various techniques thrown together" tells us nothing about how you created this image, and makes it seem more of a random "digital doodle," than any type of skilled chop.

(5 years and 2996 days ago)

Japanese Painting
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MossyB says:

The cool tones of the tub clash horribly with the orangey-red counter and the yellow-green rug, but the rendering is wonderful. I'd just suggest shooting the interior designer who came up with that color scheme...lolol!

(5 years and 2997 days ago)

Contemporary Cowboy Bath
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MossyB says:

Excellent photographic interpretation. Beautiful focus, great concept. Well done!

(5 years and 2997 days ago)

Mine...all mine...my precious
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MossyB says:

I know it's not a numeric keypad, but beyond that, I'm stumped...

(5 years and 2997 days ago)

New Toy
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MossyB says:

The photo leans down a bit to the right,
which looks somewhat odd, even at night...

(5 years and 2997 days ago)

Fountain Navy Pier Chicago
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MossyB says:

Beautiful re-work, excellent image!

(5 years and 2997 days ago)

A story for a kid
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MossyB says:

The heavy shading on the sides, with the center lighter makes the "Welcome" hard to read, and is somewhat contrary to the fact that generally, mats are dirtier in the center from foot traffic. Your light source is not clearly defined, as it looks like it is coming from the lower left, when logic would dictate it should be from the upper right, as a porch light.
The "dirt" is too light, and looks like dandruff.

The textures are beautiful, and the rendering itself is quite good. It is just a few visual inconsistencies that are impeding you.

(5 years and 2998 days ago)

Welcome
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MossyB says:

Poor baby has no hands!
It also looks weird to have only one flower with a handless baby, while the other three are just flowers...

(5 years and 2998 days ago)

BOUTON D
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MossyB says:

The tub looks too small in proportion to the fixtures.
Also, the strong light on the floor in the left hand corner is too dominant for the composition and is distracting.

(5 years and 2998 days ago)

Modern tub
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MossyB says:

Disturbing and well executed!

(5 years and 2998 days ago)

Bathroom
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MossyB says:

Wonderful texturing, from the subtle, yet readable "Welcome" and the mat ridges, to the very fine wall texture. Really well done!

(5 years and 2998 days ago)

Breaking and entry
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MossyB says:

Good imagination, nice effect.

(5 years and 2998 days ago)

her own tattoo
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MossyB says:

I'm on those, too...forgot to take mine this morning, thanks for the reminder! Nice coloring, helps direct the focus.

(5 years and 2998 days ago)

omeprazole 20 mg.
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MossyB says:

I love the friendly smile on his face...I'd trust him...NOT! LOLOL!
Great chop, author!

(5 years and 2998 days ago)

to trust or not to trust
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MossyB says:

Beautiful work. Elegant lighting, great texture on the floor. Looks very realistic!

(5 years and 2999 days ago)

SunBathing
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MossyB says:

Excellent work, but do the trees in front count as "background?"

(5 years and 2999 days ago)

COSMIC STORIES
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MossyB says:

Hilarious capture, yes, it DOES really look like Audrey II! Wonderful photo!

(5 years and 2999 days ago)

Feed me, Seymour!
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MossyB says:

The lettering is a bit hard to read. What does is say in front of "members?" Is this supposed to be made out of cat hair? The fibers on it are a bit too fine to be rubber. also, having the floor white, with only a bit of colors peeking out from under the mat is visually confusing, since the rest of the floor shows no color.

Really nice job on the hole cut into the ceramic tile. The chips are a nice touch.

(5 years and 2999 days ago)

Jerry
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MossyB says:

The HDR "halo"' around these as they are mounted on the rack makes them seem almost like a holy relic...

(5 years and 2999 days ago)

Dancing with the wind
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MossyB says:

This is an awesome piece. I really like the secondary pattern created with the background. Very nice work!

(5 years and 3000 days ago)

Never More