Not sure how this will be received -- probably not well.
I admit that it's not very photographic, but it was fun to make. I just hope I didn't overstep the advanced ruleset. Expecting a 4.5 (if I'm lucky).
Took a photo of a clock, photoshopped it to add some distortion, printed it and cut it out. Folded it over a branch and shot it in front of my monitor with an old photo I took in Australia.
Crop and levels. Lots of burning on the clock face to accentuate the warped feeling. Added a paint stroke filter to the background. Resized and added a border.
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Suitably surreal in composition. It does look a bit like the clock/branch was superimposed on the background; not sure if that was the intent but I would like it better if it all seemed to be once scene with the oddly melted/folded clock.
I like the idea, but it looks as if you took the picture with a monitor in the background. Would have been nice to use the actual beach, which I acknowledge is difficult in a speed challenge.
Very good. I was considering a very similar shot. Your background colors are terrific. Looks like maybe a canvas texture applied here? On first glance, it kind of looks like noise. In a surreal scene like this, you could probably lean pretty heavily on the noise reduction and make it glossy instead, if you wanted to. Anyway, nice going. I want to believe :)
I tried to do that and wasn't successful. The background doesn't "match" the foreground if that makes sense. I'd tone down the vivid blues and orange of the rock a bit.
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