Used a Peleng Circular Fisheye lens
Bounced flash off ceiling
Photoshop:
Inverted everything except eyes
contrast
played with highligh/shadow feature a few times
unsharp mask
Burned highlights in bed and edges
Dodged his nose, neck, and paws
My Photo: For those who still do now know what this photo is... it's my dog Dallas laying upside down on my bed. The squares on the right are cubes that you hang on the wall as decoration. The "spirit" is actually a shadow of my hand casted on the wall from my bounce flash. I was trying to get Dallas to lay upside down... however, whenever I would stop petting him, he would flip back over. So I tricked him by removing my hand VERY quickly, snapped the shot, then he rolled back over. At first when I looked at the picture I thought it was ruined by the shadow... but then saw this opportunity for it.
My Title - I consider myself a spiritual person and I do believe that dogs can see things that we cannot (you should have seen Dallas when I took him to the cemetery for the cemetery challenge!) When my brother died and I took care of his dog temporarily, I swear my brother was playing with him because the dog would do all sort of odd things. This photo is in memory of my deceased brother playing with his dog that is still with us. =)
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Very nice work. The photoshopping makes it look more like a painting than a photograph, which normally I'm not into, but you've done a really good job. It's steely and cold, like a spirit's hand across your neck. Or so I'd imagine. My only suggestion is a better location next time, the bedroom doesn't seem to fit.
Wow, this is an amazing, dreamlike image - I was sure someone had just forgotten the editing rules with this one... I'm really glad they hadn't. Fantastic effort.
This is one of thoes that I am waiting to see the otcome of.
It symbalises the unknown nightmares that prey in our subconsious and intrigues me on its set up...
Shooting animals and babies can be really tough. This is simply wild. Great choice with the negative. Those curtains just jump out at you and those flowers are superb as well. They look like calla lilies. Most cultures relate those to death. This pic is made even better with the light blues. I wouldn't be surprised if the voters decided that this pic was worthy of a little more blue.
REALLY cool! Something that actually looks dreamlike...or a bit nightmarish in this case. This is great...love the darkness, the limited color pallette, the skewed perspective, It took me a bit to figure out what the image actually was ( silly doggie ) : } ...this is really fantastic!...you captured my attention, sucked me in and now I feel rewarded some how. I really hope people take their time with this image and don't get hung up on what they might think the technical problems are....one can dream can't they?
I hope you realize that you had me hanging upside-down in an attempt to see what the subject might be. One of the strangest dog pictures I've ever seen. The lighting and colour really give this a 'dream sequence' feel.
confusing yet very dream like photo. I llike this one. It gives me a feeling of a wolf totem or somthing of the like. Is it a blanket a stuffen animal.. it looks like a bedroom. This is just as belildering in a photo as it would be in a dream nice job!
I love this! It's in my favorites. I'd love to have it framed poster size. Really cool. Truly original in every aspect, very well executed. That's my favorite in the challenge. Good luck! I just changed my 9 to a 10, that should help.
VERY COOL. Making this a favorite for sure. Lovely job. I love the surreal feel. It makes me feel like I'm in some kind of crazy dream. AWESOME colors, tones, and lighting. I would love for you to PM me and tell me how you pulled this off. Wow! 10!
By far the best in this line up. If this doesn't win I will be very dissapointed. Definately makes me think of dreams. I love the light, the color and the composition...10
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