Oooooooh. . . what a cool picture, Harvey. Very versatile for you. An out-of-your-normal-box kind of picture, and it turned out AWESOME! Congratulations on finishing in the top 20. You rock. . .as usual :)
when i made my first pass, i almost commented 'i wonder how many people will be able to relate to the lighting here at this time of morning?' and now that i see the validation flag, i guess the answer to my question is 'at least one' ;-) i don't know if you captured this best angle here, but then again, at that time of morning, in the cold, at this particular place, i don't know how many long exposure shots i would be trying, either...
hmm nice work on the photograph but theres something about it that... i think its going to make it loose points.... i think its the filter you applied to it..
Normally I'd say you should never be so heavy handed with Photoshop filters, but I think it really works here. Looks a bit like a cell from an animated film.
What a strange image! I wish you would have moved POV a tad to the right so the reaching arm was not precisely overlapping the biggest tree. It would be better is the foreground, especially lower left, were not so bright, but I suspect you had no control of the light and of course this is basic editing so youc an't burn.
Amazing sculpture, love the snow on it. Is that a painting behind it or real trees? Looks like you might have used too much neat image or noise reduction on it.