Curiosity

    Curiosity

    "The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun." — Chris McCandless //I'm sorry for the lack of a sbs guide

    For: suspension bridge contest

    » Score: 60.97%
    » Rank: 7 out of 14

    Infinite Dimensions

    Infinite Dimensions

    No external sources used. SBS

    For: space scene contest

    » Comments: 4
    » Score: 60.82%
    » Rank: 10 out of 20

    The Ravages of Time

    The Ravages of Time

    after a long time, i'm doing an entry again (: Used the young girl as a base and overlayed parts of the old woman. I did a lot of warping and transforming to make the shape of the head look less childish.

    For: getting older contest

    » Comments: 6
    » Score: 63.5%
    » Rank: 4 out of 18

    Ready to Depart

    Ready to Depart

    If anyone finds this picture being offensive in any way, please tell me. I think there isnt much to say here. _______________________ Techniques used: Puppet Warp for the rope, lug and knot. Selective Gausian blur in the background, a bunch of image adjustments (levels, curves, Gradient map [y...

    For: boat rope contest

    » Comments: 4
    » Score: 54.58%
    » Rank: 8 out of 16

    The Missing Element

    The Missing Element

    Quite a lot of sources : D This picture wants to tell a message. _______________________ Techniques used: Color Adjustments, Gradient maps for the main "surreal" color effect. the painted look of the pictures was made by using filters. some masking, quite a lot of perspective transfo...

    For: out of bounds contest

    » Comments: 9
    » Score: 54.79%
    » Rank: 20 out of 50

    A Positive Look at Loneliness

    A Positive Look at Loneliness

    I tried to express the thought of "being lonely because you want to" in this picture. Its a new style for me but I wanted to do something like this and I'm pretty happy with the result. I just noticed that this looks pretty crappy in the thumbnail view, so view it in hi-res please : D _...

    For: loneliness contest

    » Comments: 10
    » Score: 52.92%
    » Rank: 23 out of 40

    Withered Life

    Withered Life

    This picture has a thought behind it. _______________________ Techniques used: Warping (puppet warp for the rose [cs5 only]), Gradient maps (brown-yellowish), a lot of colour adjustments. The shine from the window is made with a radial- and motion blur. The walls are set to soft light with a lowe...

    For: rose thorns contest

    » Comments: 10
    » Score: 58.97%
    » Rank: 5 out of 31

    Human Remains

    Human Remains
    top 3 entry

    Took quite a lot of work till I arranged everything the way I had it in my mind but I'm pretty happy with the result. ___________________ Techniques: A lot of masking, color adjustments, to get the main color effect i used a gradient map from black over dark-turquoise to a creamy yellow to white....

    For: tree top contest

    » Comments: 18
    » Score: 59.77%
    » Rank: 2 out of 12