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Nose Nibble

Nose Nibble

As soon as I snapped this shot I thought, "yup I just got that" he only bit his nose for a quick second. I just loved the moment and am so glad I had the opportunity to capture it!

For: parent child contest

» Comments: 8
» Score: 71.55%
» Rank: 1 out of 48

Soft and Sharp

Soft and Sharp

Nothing like a gloomy day walk for great photos of...weeds

For: weeds contest

» Score: 65.82%
» Rank: 11 out of 52

Bugs Eye View

Bugs Eye View

I laid on the ground to get this shot, lucky it was frozen ground at the time so I didn't get dirty :)

For: weeds contest

» Comments: 1
» Score: 64.87%
» Rank: 12 out of 52

Creature of Evolution

Creature of Evolution

Decided to make some sorta wasp ant like creature. Something that has possibly been growing and evolving deep in a cave some where....well not so deep that there can't be sunlight :)

For: wasp closeup contest

» Comments: 18
» Score: 75.27%
» Rank: 1 out of 9

Lady of the Light

Lady of the Light

I did a lot of work on this image than you can really tell. Unfortunately I was flattening as I went, not ever expecting to enter it in a contest. So my step by step is going to rather lack luster in terms of number of steps.

For: enhancement contest

» Comments: 6
» Score: 65.38%
» Rank: 3 out of 19

Cherry Lips

Cherry Lips

This is a good friend of mine I did a photo shoot for several years back. hope you like it...her :)

For: enhancement contest

» Comments: 15
» Score: 71.26%
» Rank: 1 out of 19

Retro-Spectrum

Retro-Spectrum

This is my beautiful sister :) I made her this for her birthday (it was actually yesterday but this took longer than I thought it would) I did go to the link on the contest description and scrolled down through all the different images for some inspiration!! I ended up using this one (http://psd.tu...

For: retro contest

» Comments: 23
» Score: 67.11%
» Rank: 1 out of 16

Himself

Himself

Was playing around with fancy lighting! Had no other subject to shoot at the time but myself, which worked fine for me because i don't complain when I keep tweaking the light for hours :) Did some color work mainly in the raw editor and a good amount of sharpening to get that nice crisp look, but...

For: self portraits 3 contest

» Comments: 11
» Score: 67.67%
» Rank: 6 out of 61

The Great Return

The Great Return

I actually started this intending for it to be funny. I had a penguin under the turtle looking like it was screaming because the turtle was going to smash it. and the turtle looked like it was falling really fast. But then I found the baby turtle in the perfect position and the picture evolved into ...

For: under something contest

» Comments: 17
» Score: 71.1%
» Rank: 1 out of 15

The Migration

The Migration

I had been wanting to participate in this contest but have not had time. I looked last night and saw that it ended today. So I just started painting to see how far I would get and wound up staying up way to late, I just couldn't stop! :)

For: air balloons contest

» Comments: 16
» Score: 73.36%
» Rank: 1 out of 16

Light Balloons

Light Balloons

My first thought for this contest was to wake a lightbulb balloon! This just seemed like a very steam punk-ish thing to do so I ran with that :)

For: hot air contest

» Comments: 26
» Score: 76.38%
» Rank: 1 out of 13

From Darkness

From Darkness

So I did what I'm sure we all have done at some point, and spent hours and hours on an entry just to find I'm a couple levels too low for that contest :( In other words I made an entry for the gorilla contest and then realized I need to be a slightly higher level. Oh well serves me right for not pay...

For: mixed media 9 contest

» Comments: 13
» Score: 71.03%
» Rank: 1 out of 8

Black Wind

Black Wind

I loved how dynamic this pose was! So I figured some sort of super heroin (or perhaps villain) was in order :)

For: dress up contest

» Comments: 14
» Score: 72.97%
» Rank: 1 out of 8

The Escape

The Escape

I saw all the subtle but wonderful textures and shinny parts of the helmet and decided to make some sort of robot woman. Everything is made from the helmet, minus the pieces of glass which is just used pen tool. I did use one source for the body position, but you can't actually see any of that actua...

For: black helmet contest

» Comments: 15
» Score: 70.92%
» Rank: 1 out of 12

The Shot

The Shot

Um... not sure what to say about this one, just really liked the lighting. I couldn't get a bad picture at this table :)

For: billiards contest

» Comments: 2
» Score: 67.88%
» Rank: 1 out of 7

The Trody

The Trody

This timid little guy is called a Trody! They are nocturnal creatures who eat tiny bugs that are drawn to Trody's glowing antenna. They are afraid of most things and spend a majority of their nights running away from nothing at all.

For: toy bug contest

» Comments: 19
» Score: 69.29%
» Rank: 1 out of 6

Bright Idea

Bright Idea

All I new when I started was that I wanted to do a profile of someone's head with a light bulb in it. This is where I ended up :)

For: doll house contest

» Comments: 6
» Score: 66.16%
» Rank: 2 out of 7

Horns of Gold

Horns of Gold

I saw the wonderful textures in the source and naturally thought of dragon skin and shiny horns! So I spent hours turning the source into this guy!!!

For: power supply contest

» Comments: 32
» Score: 78.45%
» Rank: 1 out of 9

Creature of the Sea

Creature of the Sea

This is some sort of dinosaur shark...thing...I hope you like it! Its late so I'm just going to upload my step by step without explanation for now. Hopefully I'll have time later in the week to describe the steps.

For: plastic shark contest

» Comments: 30
» Score: 76.73%
» Rank: 1 out of 16

Phoenix Next

Phoenix Next

I knew I wanted to do a phoenix of sorts, so I searched for a LONG time to find just the right bird to transform. I'm rather pleased with the source I found and with the final product I arrived at. If you have a minute PLEASE look at the high res, there's a ton more detail than you can really see i...

For: fire animals contest

» Comments: 14
» Score: 71.3%
» Rank: 2 out of 27

Light Steed

Light Steed

I decided to really run with the "inspiration" part of this contest and make a heavily Tron inspired picture but not something seen in the movie. I ended up using a horse!

For: tronspiration contest

» Comments: 14
» Score: 71.93%
» Rank: 1 out of 8

Alice Returns

Alice Returns

I found a great source image and just went from there...I do wish she had a head haha but oh well I think the composition worked out in the end. The card source images are in the SBS and I didn't end up using the rabbit in the final picture so I wasn't sure if I needed the link but I gave it just in...

For: wonderland contest

» Comments: 20
» Score: 73.24%
» Rank: 1 out of 16

Hamster Factory

Hamster Factory

If only we could power an entire factory from one little critter, Think of the electricity we could save!! Too bad though if he gets tired, the whole thing shuts down....

For: inventions contest

» Comments: 3
» Score: 67.01%
» Rank: 3 out of 6

Birth of a Solar System

Birth of a Solar System

PLEASE SEE HIRES VERSION!!!! I took a picture of a girl in a white jump suit type thing and went crazy with stars and space and such, this is what happened :)

For: mixed media 18 contest

» Comments: 16
» Score: 72.02%
» Rank: 1 out of 18