Very cool! Great use of the source image, and wonderful shading!! Just a thought, the blurriness of the background suggests that it is far away, and your shadow tells us that it is very close, so your losing depth. Also there would have to be a light coming from where the viewer is for the shadow to be there...so long story short I would drop the shadow all together, and maybe blur the background a bit more, you could also desaturate the background a bit to make everything else pop! But either way this is a great entry. good luck

....sorry to bother you further, but just in case that was confusing at all, I was just talking about the shadow of the tree and the sticks

Thank you Robart. Desaturated and blurred more the background. Shadows lowered.

Wonderfully creative use of a difficult source. My only nit pick is the ground, which looks too flat and face on. You should skew it, so that it angles back to give this a stronger sense of realism and depth. Very nice work!

Mossy: I made the changes, skewed the ground, and the image looks better, sorry I was not able to load the changes. I really appreciate your suggestion.

this is cool work author i like it

Awesome still life

My fav, I like this !

Nice depth!

complex looking

interesting work
well made author good luck

Thank you for your comments.

Beautifully done author. Best of luck...

Nice...I love it

Great new forms

The plaque is on a curved surface & should be warped accordingly. It's also transparent.

No its not transparent and it is mounted away form the curved surface. Worry about your own entry Bob. BTW Bob, thanks for your little vote always appreciated.

If the plaque is not transparent, why do I see the rock texture through it?

The texture on the plaque sure makes it look transparent - the ridges and lines correspond with the "monument" behind it...Especially along the top edge, while the side shows no texture.

If it were mounted "away from the curved surface," there would be some sort of "gap shadow."

You may want to ignore the technical shortcomings, but other members who want to learn and improve can appreciate them being pointed out, so that they can learn what to look for in an entry. It's certainly not "worry" over your mistakes, as much as helping newer members learn what to try and avoid.

Author, what does your comment have to do with the quality of your entry and my attempt to help it improve?

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GREAT for this emotional time of year... good luck author.. very clever idea

First let me say the sentiment is beautiful, the incident and the loss is very personal for most of us New Yorkers and I'm sure they'll appreciate your thoughts as will all good people of Planet Earth.
I'll be totally honest with you, when I first saw your entry I thought it was a gold border and letters on a blue tinted clear panel. I actually liked that idea, I was going to suggest a drop shadow of the type and border cast on the rock seen through the clear panel to enhance the floating look, almost looking like a futuristic memorial.
I really don't think the suggestions made were insulting or derogatory, they were worded in an academic way based on the opinions of those members. Why don't we just respect the solemn meaning of the entry and not let differences of opinion overshadow that.

Thank you Rein.

good thought author like your work good luck

Very nice tribute, author, and good work making the rock texture.