Altered color and contrast. Cloned out some distracting leaves on bottom left. Smudged an overexposed area near the wizard's feet, and also smudged the light rays. Luke rules. Thanks to Denise for supplying props.
Statistics
Place: 17 out of 104 Avg (all users): 6.2770 Avg (commenters): 7.8000 Avg (participants): 5.9077 Avg (non-participants): 6.4392 Views since voting: 1471 Views during voting: 482 Votes: 213 Comments: 22 Favorites: 3 (view)
I love it! Good composition, and great use of color. Very close to what I see in my mind's eye when I think of Merlin. This should get a ribbon. Congrats!
This shot is a scene right out of a fairy tale. It looks kind of over processed for my taste, but if that's what it takes to create this effect, so be it.
Lovely lighting - I always feel that light filtered through tree canopies and falling to the ground in ray upon ray has a slightly unreal feel about it - just like a fairy tale. Not sure about the blue colour cast though. 7
Love the mood and atmosphere in this shot though Merlin looks a little like Darth Vader. The lighting is excellent as are the colours. Top vote so far is 8 but this may get bumbed up.
Great effect, although I think the blue would work better for me if it were a bit more understated. Very well done image, and one of the best I've seen thus far in terms of my expectations of the challenge.
Add photograph to your favorites
Add photographer to your favorites
Photographer found comment helpful.
