This is more art than photographic skill & I didn't even do the 'art' part very well! I made this in about 90 minutes from several sheets of construction paper after seeing something roughly similar in an art book. I thought about making a 'paper splash' type reference in the title but obviously went with the canvas one instead.
The fact that this placed 4th just reiterates how much DPC is not necessarily about the photography itself but everything that goes into the image. IMO, this one doesn't exhibit great skill in any area, it just happens to be a neat idea which obviously has a strong first impression!
Thanks for all the very nice comments & votes!
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OMG .. shawn .. this is absolutely brilliant .. i havent been voting much lately and havent even been looking in the challenges that much either, so i missed this amazing image .. congratulations on such an imaginative and beautiful piece of art and a personal best ..
i came to check out wot you'd been doing after your comment on my bloody sheep .. that was pretty funny .. i was expecting to some nude !!! ... of course any idiot can open it, but i doubt any of the ppl who gave me 1's, 2's and 3's would even know how !!! ..
its totally obvious that it was a blue ribbon winner without that smartarse title .. !!! lol lol ... that's the last time i try and inject a bit'v humour into a challenge ... lol again, coz i doubt that'll be the last time at all .. :)
Very nicely done, and congratulations on achieving 3rd highest K10D score so far (you knocked me off third spot. What a heady few weeks that was. ;-Þ )
this is really cool. what a fantastic idea!!!
i wish the border of the subject was a bit more defined though. not a big issue enough to affect the score though :)
I've seen this before; there's an artist who creates these colorful things out of cutting paper. You've done a nice job of recreating the effect. I like the use of negative space on the right side too.
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