3625 comments received ( finished contests only ):
avatar Disco
Disco says:

Very well done, congrats on your win!

(5 years and 3392 days ago)

The Strawberry Giraffe
avatar lchappell
lchappell says:

Way To Go Tuck!

(5 years and 3392 days ago)

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avatar Disco
Disco says:

Very well done, conglrats on your win!

(5 years and 3392 days ago)

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avatar nasirkhan
nasirkhan says:

Congrats! for 1st place

(5 years and 3392 days ago)

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avatar jaskier
jaskier says:

Good image.

(5 years and 3393 days ago)

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avatar Chuck
Chuck says:

Nice Work looks good

(5 years and 3395 days ago)

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avatar Drivenslush

eeekkkkk... sorry about not commenting.. great job.. (totally missed this one.. )

(5 years and 3396 days ago)

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avatar cabldawg71

congrats

(5 years and 3397 days ago)

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avatar nasirkhan
nasirkhan says:

Very well done author

(5 years and 3398 days ago)

Pathway of Darkness
avatar spaceranger

Congrats!! Again??!!

(5 years and 3398 days ago)

New Church In Town
avatar spaceranger

Congrats!!

(5 years and 3398 days ago)

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avatar Disco
Disco says:

Stars are real, bugs are real, all resulting in a very pleasing image...

(5 years and 3398 days ago)

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avatar chakra1985

Congrats!

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

New Church In Town
avatar chakra1985

Congrats!

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar erathion
erathion says:

Congrats...well deserved first place...

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar erathion
erathion says:

Congrats Tucker...

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar hereisanoop

Congrats

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

New Church In Town
avatar hereisanoop

Congrats

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar langstrum
langstrum says:

Congrats Tucker! and thank you for making girafferry, so delicious

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

The Strawberry Giraffe
avatar nasirkhan
nasirkhan says:

Congrats! again for another 1st place. Very creative work buddy .
As erikuri says, Keep going higher.

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

New Church In Town
avatar nasirkhan
nasirkhan says:

Congrats! for 1st place. Fantastic work

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

The Strawberry Giraffe
avatar erikuri
erikuri says:

I like this one! Very moody. But I feel sadness instead of darkness (but thinking well it's all the same...). I agree with lvstealth that if you reduce the insects flying around the lamp it would be better, IMO. And you know you have talent, don't worry!

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar erikuri
erikuri says:

Tucker, keep going higher and higher! Congrats!

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar pearlie
pearlie says:

Congrats, dude, you're kicking some serious butt!

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

The Strawberry Giraffe
avatar dekwid
dekwid says:

hi, again......congrats again, buddy.......

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar artgirl1935

Congratulations! A most imaginative creation!!

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar madamemonty

Congrats again Tucker , this is creepy

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar madamemonty

Congrats Tucker Fabulous work

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar lchappell
lchappell says:

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar erikuri
erikuri says:

Tucker, congrats! The changes were simply fantastic!

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

The Strawberry Giraffe
avatar artgirl1935

Congratulations, Tucker!!! I think we were racing at the home stretch!!!

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar Lelaina
Lelaina says:

Congrats for another first place!

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar Lelaina
Lelaina says:

Congrats for your first place, Tucker! Great job!

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

Congrats, it's a great image!

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar Drivenslush

Congrats!!!!!! woo hoo FIRST PLACE woo hoo

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar EmiK
EmiK says:

Awesome, my favorite part is the chain limbs.

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar pearlie
pearlie says:

There ya go, KY, see, I knew you could do it!

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

(5 years and 3399 days ago)

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avatar lvstealth
lvstealth says:

well, just my two cents... the insects around the light are a bit too many, imo. the light is too high to cast the shadow as is. that is just math. but... the chop is wonderful! i like the mood and the composition. on a side note, i usually find that their observations are accurate and they have a great technical knowledge. and... any comment is much better than none at all... just my opinion.

good luck, i think you have a sound entry, it could be better, as could most, but it is really very good - smiles!

(5 years and 3400 days ago)

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avatar pearlie
pearlie says:

Author, there are a couple of pompous asses on this site, who seem to ALWAYS intentionally give negative feedback, hoping to influence the voters. They must have been raised by wolves, because they have absolutely no couth whatsoever. One of you pounces on newly uploaded work like stink on sh**! You two know who you are, and a lot of us wish you'd either mend your ways or go find another sandbox to play in, in fact why don't you start your own?! Some of us try to learn here, and your remarks do nothing to assist in that direction. The work that you two post is nothing fantastic by any means, either, so who are you to criticise others' work the way you do?

I find this chop very nice. The stars in the sky are REAL, it's a photograph. The 'paths' of the lightningbugs are also REAL, that also is a photograph. The shadow cast by the light is done well, and looks realistic. The blending of the sky and lamp I think is also done well. Keep up the good work, author.


And by the way, you two - comments CAN be edited, in case you didn't know - especially if you see that the author has made changes after first uploading.

(5 years and 3400 days ago)

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avatar swordfish
swordfish says:

fantastic..........

(5 years and 3400 days ago)

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avatar valzart
valzart says:

Well I think its a brilliant concept sweetheART the old man walking towards his sunset years - lighting's fine enhances his lonely journey - fave ;} happy hippy hugglez

(5 years and 3400 days ago)

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avatar dekwid
dekwid says:

yupz,......agree with Ichappell and Alan,......this kind of photo manips I like the most, very moody and moreover the lightning is very cool

(5 years and 3400 days ago)

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avatar DanLundberg

Adding the streetlight gives more sense to the lighting (although it might be counter to the notion of 'pathway to darkness'). The bug trails in the light (if that's what that 'bird's nest' is meant to be) seem to be excessive, especially when the longer photo exposure they imply seems slightly inconsistent with the crispness of the moving guy. Visible stars seem unrealistic shining through the sunset, made more so by the lack of stars appearing in the dark upper-right corner.

(5 years and 3400 days ago)

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avatar lchappell
lchappell says:

Author very nice work on that street light.. Alan 2641 is right, the lighting and shadow are very well done. Great effect with the bugs to the light, I like how you did that. Your title seems appropriate, I see nothing hinting at foreboding in it .

(5 years and 3400 days ago)

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avatar DanLundberg

Idea has potential, but CMYK46 is right that the upper-left orange-sky light doesn't match the constrained, white right-side light creating the shadow. Furthermore, a "pathway of darkness" that leads to a dramatic sunset is not particularly foreboding.

(5 years and 3400 days ago)

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avatar Alan2641
Alan2641 says:

Lighting is very well done as is the shadow work

(5 years and 3400 days ago)

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avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

Good title change. Addition of the light source makes sense with the shadow now.

(5 years and 3400 days ago)

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avatar jaskier
jaskier says:

Very good.

(5 years and 3400 days ago)

The Strawberry Giraffe
avatar lvstealth
lvstealth says:

wow! great job!

(5 years and 3400 days ago)

New Church In Town