Glass Blowing
by faery

Comment by hotpasta:
great fun image LOL !!!

not for a Bokeh challenge...great fun though

Glass Blowing
by faery

Comment by jaysonmc:
Is this limited depth, or the shower door masking the boy's frame? It is hard to tell.

Elemental Dance
by faery

Comment by faery:
A lot of people got worked up about Woody on his stand... I don't know why I didn't root it out of him: he just seems to be connected to it/ as if it's a part of him and it didn't bother me at the time..anyway: no reasons really.

As for the black dot being distracting: okay I had a quick look at him again, and realised too late that I (as a few others had) had twisted the poor little guy's head around and in fact he DOES have a face. The dot should be at the back of his head. Ooops.

Thanks for all the supportive and constructive comments. This site is fast becoming addicitve!

Elemental Dance
by faery

Comment by violet:
Very creative. I love the lighting!!

Elemental Dance
by faery

Comment by photoslik1967:
Nice idea. I vote a 9. Great job.

Elemental Dance
by faery

Comment by KHolt:
Nice photo, atmospheric, wish the woody was free from its stand by balancing or hanging with fishing line etc. Good image and lighting

Elemental Dance
by faery

Comment by glad2badad:
I like the idea and concept here. A few things that jump out at me that IMO would help this. 1) It would be nice if Woody wasn't on a stand (I know not easy to do, but it IS possible). 2) A faster shutter speed would have "frozen" the smoke. Because the smoke is moving it appears blurred. 3) The lighting is somewhat harsh. Probably needed it that way some to get the smoke to "light" up correctly, but the lighting on 'Woody' is too strong IMO on the outside edges (arm, shoulder, head).

Just some thoughts and comments. Best of luck to you in the challenge.

Elemental Dance
by faery

Comment by littlegett:
Smoke is difficult to shoot. Here I think it went just a hair oof in the forground. But other than that I think the other elements work very well together in this image. But that black dot does distract in the woodies head... but I let that slide.

Elemental Dance
by faery

Comment by Jutilda:
Heh, that's Matthew McConaghy on the left (local joke). ha ha Love the smoke.

Elemental Dance
by faery

Comment by hotpasta:
great colour and lighting...awesome