Very cute model! Interesting choice of post procecssing. You used a mask and gaussian blur to blur out hte background I'm assuming. It gives the shot a sort of dreamy look. Personally I don't care for it myself. It looks like your sellection was a tad bit off around her right arm and just above the left arm. You lost the sharpness in the seperation between the sharp and the blur. Did you use the flash here? You have a bit of harsh shadow behind her head.
TC
Doesn't seem to be an illusion to me, since balance actually does exist and there's nothing extraordinary about a spinning top staying balanced...Just my opinion though...5
A nice shot of a very pretty young model, however it's just lacking something IMO for this challenge. There's a very snapshot-y feel that just doesn't work for me.
lot of artifacts in this image. over compression? looks like you selectively blurred the background too. need to use some feathering if thats the case.
have you blurred everything but the girl and the top, or hae i been staring at the pc for too long? Something doesnt seem quite right about the edges of the youngster
Not sure I really get the illusion here and the floor looks really processed on the edges of the girl & top. Nice colors, but I'm sorry, this one just doesn't work for me very well.
First Impression: Sorry, if this sounds harsh, but I don't like the (sloppy) selection ad blur. Pretty Model :)
Was I fooled? No, I think a teensy bit of motion blur on the toy would have helped.