Woodland Fairy Castle
by SJCarter

Comment by Catherine_B:
Great shot of the petrified trunk, but it needs a fairy if you are going to call it fairyland.

Woodland Fairy Castle
by SJCarter

Comment by trnqlty:
this may be a bit of a stretch

Woodland Fairy Castle
by SJCarter

Comment by Artifacts:
Good attempt at creating a fantasy world. The use of softness in the background is a good idea. Colors are fine, particularly the surrealistic look of the background tree trunk.

Some viewers will not buy into the world as you've created it and will vote it lower.

Technically, there are a couple things that hurt the image. There is a high amount of detail in the main focal point and it does not come across as sharply focused. It is very difficult to get fine detail like that correct in digital images. It also has a couple of hot spots on the lower left of the side of the main subject that should be corrected.

You might try some burning to both mute the oversharpened granulated appearance and remove the hot spots. 10% darkening of the near trunk and foreground will also soften the image and bring out more detail with better tonal transitions.

Woodland Fairy Castle
by SJCarter

Comment by kitchwitch2:
Captivating!

Woodland Fairy Castle
by SJCarter

Comment by Balko:
Seems like such an ordinary image, yet there is something about it....10!

Woodland Fairy Castle
by SJCarter

Comment by annah:
i see where you were going with this, but the tree trunk seems a little too sharp, and a little pixelated.

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Comment by kevrobertson:
I thought this would have been placed much higher than 60th!
Oh well, still a great shot.
Better luck next time.
Kev

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Comment by 3DsArcher:
Great composition. Looks like he popped his head up just as you were going to photograph the zebra.

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Comment by dahkota:
Great expression. Looks slightly oversharpened but that may be his feathers. Its kinda like oyu were taking a picture of a zebra and he popped his head in - just like a little kid. 8 - good luck in the challenge!

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Comment by emilarab:
It's really smiling at you and so pleased .