#1
thoughten

the use of crop circles (with the associated folklore of ufo visitors) as part of an Alien landscape for me was the clincher...

You kept the space theme I was looking for and brought it home.

Clearly those aliens are color blind, but then again, "blue and green is rarely seen" in fashion on Earth, but common in nature...

I like it.

#2
Amoringello

The green Halo and contrast gives the illusion of a head passing through the cross as if it were entering from another dimension... reminds me of the column of water with a face on it from the movie "The Abyss"....

A nice shot, but had me wondering if a little photoshop work to replace the background could've been done to play up the sci-fi aspect.... Would've been an amazing addition to JR's teleportation shot....

#3
tozza27

a blue cheese universe?
Awesome.


John Riley..

due to rules constraints you got robbed... but we see two very well crafted shots from you.
The ghost image is a very fine well crafted image that only loses this contest because I was leaning heavily towards space themes.... on halloween this would be a contender for first.

Dr Orloff

I like this shot, almost appears as a stargate that connects two worlds as alien commuters nonchalantly teleport themselves home from the office world...
very Dr Who feel to it!.


No losers! all top notch on a tough subject.

#1
thoughten

the use of crop circles (with the associated folklore of ufo visitors) as part of an Alien landscape for me was the clincher...

You kept the space theme I was looking for and brought it home.

Clearly those aliens are color blind, but then again, "blue and green is rarely seen" in fashion on Earth, but common in nature...

I like it.

#2
Amoringello

The green Halo and contrast gives the illusion of a head passing through the cross as if it were entering from another dimension... reminds me of the column of water with a face on it from the movie "The Abyss"....

A nice shot, but had me wondering if a little photoshop work to replace the background could've been done to play up the sci-fi aspect.... Would've been an amazing addition to JR's teleportation shot....

#3
tozza27

a blue cheese universe?
Awesome.


John Riley..

due to rules constraints you got robbed... but we see two very well crafted shots from you.
The ghost image is a very fine well crafted image that only loses this contest because I was leaning heavily towards space themes.... on halloween this would be a contender for first.

Dr Orloff

I like this shot, almost appears as a stargate that connects two worlds as alien commuters nonchalantly teleport themselves home from the office world...
very Dr Who feel to it!.


No losers! all top notch on a tough subject.

look it up in popular photography...
they something about superb all across the board and something about the best distortion control they've seen on any lens since they adopted the testing standards they use... for ANY lens....any brand.

I'd say not too shabby...

I'm closing it now. will be back with results soon.

im a woman and i know all[/quote]I'm a man and I know that women are often mistaken in thinking that they know it all. [/quote]I'm also a man and I know enough to never argue with a woman that says she knows it all....

somehow I expect you'd be the type that would respond , less than kindly to a poster that starts a thread with :
"Thinking about buying one of those ebay cheap lens's , has anybody got one or used one? please tell me what you think .

I'm not intrested in hearing from the you get what you pay for brigade unless they have actully used the lens I am talking about.

Thanks in advance"

you do realize that with less than twenty posts, you start off asking stupid questions then proceed to making insults at those who try to assist you, you're not likely to win many friends.... never mind answers to future questions... don't you?

Well my clock says 8:14 am right now...

but I will be out most of the day, and won't be judging till 4:00 pm or so today, so there is still time!!!

you can have your subject looking away from the flash, or you can have the ambient light bright enough to dial closed the pupils, or you can use one bright video/flashlight to close the pupils, or software to remove the red eye..

not really an issue...

if you are handy you can make a jumbo sized studio ringlight with a trip to the hardware store and about $60.00.... for light sockets, daylight balanced cfls, and some wiring...
use a trashcan lid to make a circle on some plywood, a jig saw or bandsaw to cut it out, cut a circle out of the center, wire up and screw in the light sockets paint it white and mount it on a stand....

I have the pentax af 080c.
I use it mainly for portraits, and also for macro...
I have posted both tips and photos in past threads....
rather than repeat everything in detail...
here is the short version:

use the ring flash as fill light for contrast control, you can't go wrong that way.