I saved my finished file to a different drive same name and then I uploaded the wrong file. My apologies. I did this with my first challenge too. My time window is often very small.
I know what you were trying to achieve but I can still see the black background. Might have been better without the flash and if you used a tripod instead or fiddle with curves/levels to completely blackout the background for the desired effect.
Great concept! I think the picture would have more impact if the background is a bit darker (more black) - perhaps some more contrast would help achieve this effect. Extraordinary idea, at first sight I thought the cards were actually thrown into air. Wonderfully done!
Not sure i understand this photo...What goes up? its obviously takin on a dark table (hence the shadow)...not sure if you meant that you were trying to give the impression of open air or not....
just a little more editing would have gotten rid of all detail in the background and made this a great shot! As is, it is pretty good and a great effort in a tough challenge. 8
Without anything in the background to give a sense of space it just looks like they are on the table. Adding an interesting background would help quite a bit.