I had a hard time coming up with an idea for this challenge, added to that I started working a night shift that left me little time to be creative while my brain was still awake. This is a last minute idea that I really really like the end result of - which means it'll bomb. :D
It was taken in my backyard in our grape bushes, the eye is that of my little doll that I've had since I was 2 or 3. She's a black dolly so I had to make sure the skin color difference wasn't noticeable. I tried black & white and really liked the effect that I got from the leaves, the eye and just the feel of the shot. It gave me a feeling of hidden wildness.
RAW adjust:
B&W
Bright -.50
Highlight & Shadow adj
Red Filter applied to entire shot
Sharpen +7
GREAT!! The eye is perfect. For the rest of the photo: Wonderful detail and gorgeous tones. I'd love to see the lower part of the leaf as sharp as the middle part, but it's not too distracting, so consider that a tiny nit, please. I'm giving you an 8.
Really, really like the creativity of this image! B&W is perfect. Well composed and balanced image. The eye is perfect! It converts a mundane leaf into a mysterious presence.
I'd have killed to have broad leaves like this for sun protection during my long hiatus into the open desert. My sun protection came mostly from leafless palo verde trees ('palo verde' means "green stick" in Spanish and is the State Tree of Arizona, USA) - Steve
This shot is so beautiful, I almost wish that eye weren't there, but it doesn't actually keep the shot from being beautiful. Instead, it makes me feel tricked. I believe this was the true goal of the Dadaists and some of the Surrealists, and often Man Ray. I like being tricked. It doesn't happen often at DPC. As far as I'm concerned, you win the Steve Davidson challenge. Your prize? Steve Davidson, of course! I hope you have someone home during the day to accept packages. Don't worry, I hear he's extremely independent. 10.
awesome idea and great delivery! the image as a whole works great, perhaps if there were other leaves to the right to fill in for the open space it might make the image even more "incognito" since he is clearly not over in that area of the frame. good work.
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