1749 comments received ( finished contests only ):
avatar secretsather

I love the texture and the panels on the door. Great work. I agree that the lighting is a bit weird, it almost looks as if the mat is glowing, but all-in-all it's not too bad imo.

(5 years and 2711 days ago)

Welcome
avatar MossyB
MossyB says:

The heavy shading on the sides, with the center lighter makes the "Welcome" hard to read, and is somewhat contrary to the fact that generally, mats are dirtier in the center from foot traffic. Your light source is not clearly defined, as it looks like it is coming from the lower left, when logic would dictate it should be from the upper right, as a porch light.
The "dirt" is too light, and looks like dandruff.

The textures are beautiful, and the rendering itself is quite good. It is just a few visual inconsistencies that are impeding you.

(5 years and 2713 days ago)

Welcome
no avatar
alok726 says:

nice work

(5 years and 2721 days ago)

Paint Brush
avatar orientallad

excellent, good luck

(5 years and 2722 days ago)

Paint Brush
avatar orientallad

very artistic, love it, good luck

(5 years and 2724 days ago)

Sweep
avatar Athanaric
Athanaric says:

Now, this is a toss! This is the tossiest!

(5 years and 2724 days ago)

Swirl
avatar enblanco
enblanco says:

Great shot, good luck!

(5 years and 2724 days ago)

Sweep
no avatar

This is an awesome picture.

(5 years and 2724 days ago)

Sweep
avatar enblanco
enblanco says:

Very nice entry, good luck!

(5 years and 2726 days ago)

Paint Brush
avatar Bitmap
Bitmap says:

Honestly I just liked the hair of the brush .... other materials are rather weak(If I can say so)
But the overall work is good ... GL Author

BTW: nice refraction

(5 years and 2728 days ago)

Paint Brush
avatar iquraishi
iquraishi says:

This is so cool.. I love it..
now I wish if I could've entered this contest..

(5 years and 2728 days ago)

Sweep
avatar Lamantine
Lamantine says:

Love it

(5 years and 2729 days ago)

Sweep
avatar mistic
mistic says:

wow amazing shot

(5 years and 2729 days ago)

Light Bulb Smoke
avatar friiskiwi
friiskiwi says:

wonderful abstract

(5 years and 2729 days ago)

Sweep
avatar 6tann
6tann says:

nice entry.... which software have u used?

(5 years and 2730 days ago)

Paint Brush
avatar friiskiwi
friiskiwi says:

I admire your perseverance, it paid off.

(5 years and 2730 days ago)

Apple
avatar MossyB
MossyB says:

Great idea, but your subject (the brush) is lost with all the surroundings and is too small. The glass looks more to be your focal point. Perhaps zoom in more and crop all the surrounding excess...

(5 years and 2731 days ago)

Paint Brush
avatar FallingHorse

Maybe a little too much HDR - it has created a halo around the object that are adjacent to the blue in the sky

(5 years and 2731 days ago)

Governor
avatar HaZiR
HaZiR says:

very nice, like like like

(5 years and 2733 days ago)

Light Bulb Smoke
avatar enblanco
enblanco says:

Best picture ever! oh well, almost the best picture ever! Congratulations, great shot, good luck!

(5 years and 2735 days ago)

Light Bulb Smoke
avatar Rumi
Rumi says:

congrats great job

(5 years and 2735 days ago)

Cane
avatar CorneliaMladenova

Congratulations

(5 years and 2735 days ago)

Almost a Fractal
avatar Pat
Pat says:

How many bulbs did you have to break before not breaking the filament?

(5 years and 2735 days ago)

Light Bulb Smoke
no avatar

Nice one.....Good Luck Author.

(5 years and 2736 days ago)

Cane
avatar poetress59

Unbelievable....what an amazing shot! Fantastic Job...good luck.

(5 years and 2736 days ago)

Light Bulb Smoke
avatar drskn08
drskn08 says:

oooo.. is it a japanese mask ?

(5 years and 2736 days ago)

Creepy
avatar drskn08
drskn08 says:

strange and beautiful mask !

(5 years and 2736 days ago)

Ornate
avatar drskn08
drskn08 says:

nice mask...

(5 years and 2736 days ago)

Why
avatar FallingHorse

I'm not sure what you mean by 'using the foreground as the horizon' but the horizon is definately not level

(5 years and 2736 days ago)

Patchwork
avatar friiskiwi
friiskiwi says:

amazing

(5 years and 2736 days ago)

Light Bulb Smoke
avatar kyricom
kyricom says:

Great timing!

(5 years and 2736 days ago)

Light Bulb Smoke
avatar Glockman
Glockman says:

great job done here.

(5 years and 2738 days ago)

Cane
avatar jerostone
jerostone says:

Wonderful picture, author. Now how about Rosslyn Chapel, or is it too far away from where you live? Kidding of-course.

(5 years and 2738 days ago)

Governor
avatar friiskiwi
friiskiwi says:

A beautiful photograph.

(5 years and 2738 days ago)

Governor
avatar friiskiwi
friiskiwi says:

Beautiful, well done.

(5 years and 2738 days ago)

In the winter.
avatar friiskiwi
friiskiwi says:

and please straighten the horizon.

(5 years and 2738 days ago)

Patchwork
avatar friiskiwi
friiskiwi says:

well done, did you write it like that, or flip the image?

(5 years and 2738 days ago)

Illuminate
avatar Drivenslush

the head dress needs a soft drop shadow to blend better IMHO (it looks a bit pasted), but the idea is quite good.. good luck author.. (the finished image could use a filter over the finished images to make the textures blend)... nice job

(5 years and 2738 days ago)

Gold
avatar MossyB
MossyB says:

Wonderful effort. The only nit-pik is the leaning of the trees on both sides due to barrel distortion. You can adjust it by skewing out the corners a wee bit (Ctrl + F, hold Ctrl. key as you drag a top corner out horizontally, then repeat with the bottom corner to create a "negative" barrel distortion. Work at a higher magnification to see where the trees start to bend.

(5 years and 2739 days ago)

In the winter.
avatar MossyB
MossyB says:

It's a bit too dark at the bottom to appreciate the effect. If you can adjust the contrast to bring the foreground tones up a bit, it would really help this photo.

(5 years and 2739 days ago)

Patchwork
avatar kyricom
kyricom says:

cute. Maybe re-create the movie scene? But this is nice too

(5 years and 2739 days ago)

Redrum
avatar enblanco
enblanco says:

Wow, very nice cane, good luck!

(5 years and 2740 days ago)

Cane
avatar enblanco
enblanco says:

Nice concept, good luck!

(5 years and 2740 days ago)

Dragons Head
avatar friiskiwi
friiskiwi says:

very nice, I think I would have cropped it, to cut out the stand.

(5 years and 2740 days ago)

Dancer
avatar friiskiwi
friiskiwi says:

scary, nice shot

(5 years and 2740 days ago)

Creepy
avatar friiskiwi
friiskiwi says:

check the goal, The idea is a SINGLE rooftop....

(5 years and 2740 days ago)

Complexity
avatar Bitmap
Bitmap says:

great effort ....... high marks
fantastic caustics
are they new ??? cause I didn't notice them yesterday .......

(5 years and 2741 days ago)

Cane
avatar Akassa
Akassa says:

Looks fantastic, love the vibrant colors.

(5 years and 2741 days ago)

Blue Eyes
avatar riady
riady says:

Wow ... love the diamond. Sparkly and superbly done. Love to get on of this Well done

(5 years and 2741 days ago)

Cane
avatar riady
riady says:

Very well done model - artistic and realistic. Probably by including the usability as well, such as handle to hold the walking stick above the dragon head without diminishing the overall artistic value of it might be able to mass produce it in the future

(5 years and 2741 days ago)

Dragons Head