RoCkStAr In ThE mAkInG
by Juliadavis

Comment by LindaLee:
Love the black and white treatment on this, and the whole rock star up against the rocks thing. Kinda cool. The actual tonal range of the blacks and whites is good, but there is just too much gray for me - she almost blends into the rocks. I would also like to have seen this cropped in on the left just a bit so that she isn't so centered in the frame.

Slow Death
by Juliadavis

Comment by hanneke:
I agree with bear, cropping the photo on the left (maybe square?) would improve this one a lot.

very detailed, and beautiful colors!

Love this kinda stuff, thanks for posting it in the forums!!

Slow Death
by Juliadavis

Comment by Juliadavis:

Originally posted by puzzled: ewwwwww, it must've hurt! I like Bear's comment a lot, because I also had to look for a second before I saw all those ants, but then I was hooked on the image. I guess my eye went first to the charcoal-looking bark. This is a really cool picture and inspiring me to try out my S3 a little more often. You must've been extremely close! Please try to avoid throwing things your cats eat if my car happens to pass by :-) Can I have my hug now?

hahaha. nooo. you get me wrong
i throw the cats! not what they are eating.
mwahhaha.
*potential evilness*

i myself eat the bugs. O_o

Slow Death
by Juliadavis

Comment by puzzled:
ewwwwww, it must've hurt! I like Bear's comment a lot, because I also had to look for a second before I saw all those ants, but then I was hooked on the image. I guess my eye went first to the charcoal-looking bark. This is a really cool picture and inspiring me to try out my S3 a little more often. You must've been extremely close!

Please try to avoid throwing things your cats eat if my car happens to pass by :-)

Can I have my hug now?

Slow Death
by Juliadavis

Comment by Juliadavis:

Originally posted by Bear_Music: This is pretty cool, in the main, but I feel like there's a big empty area that isn't working for me. I'd try cropping off about 20% of the image on the left, getting the hopper's eyes more off-center, and perhaps bringing more detail into the darker portions of the middle tones, thought hat bit might work against the stark quality you are after. My concern is that the ants are a little murky here, they aren't really registering without close examination...

thanks for your comment.
it was really helpful

Slow Death
by Juliadavis

Comment by Juliadavis:

Originally posted by Spazmo99: Big bug Little bugs giving death hugs

i love your poem.
it speaks to my heart!!
hahaha.

*death hug*

Slow Death
by Juliadavis

Comment by Juliadavis:

Originally posted by taterbug: Hey, it's Sunday morning...cat's ROCK! Very good detail here. Yeah I like the earthy tones. Maybe a slight playing with curves or levels might make the ants pop out just a bit more. I have to totally agree with Bear about the comp, I think taking a little off the left could make a significant difference. As it sets now, the hopper is quite centered, I think getting that eye closer to the left frame would add a lot dynamically. A very cool shot though, and a real neat find. Nice job. :-)

thanks for the help!
^_^

Slow Death
by Juliadavis

Comment by taterbug:
Hey, it's Sunday morning...cat's ROCK!

Very good detail here. Yeah I like the earthy tones. Maybe a slight playing with curves or levels might make the ants pop out just a bit more. I have to totally agree with Bear about the comp, I think taking a little off the left could make a significant difference. As it sets now, the hopper is quite centered, I think getting that eye closer to the left frame would add a lot dynamically. A very cool shot though, and a real neat find. Nice job. :-)

Slow Death
by Juliadavis

Comment by Spork99:
Big bug

Little bugs

giving death hugs

Slow Death
by Juliadavis

Comment by Bear_Music:
This is pretty cool, in the main, but I feel like there's a big empty area that isn't working for me. I'd try cropping off about 20% of the image on the left, getting the hopper's eyes more off-center, and perhaps bringing more detail into the darker portions of the middle tones, thought hat bit might work against the stark quality you are after. My concern is that the ants are a little murky here, they aren't really registering without close examination...