Meet Diddy 'Photog' Lane an his band The Flaming Pears!!!
This was a challenge to do. I got some sternos and pears and coated the pears with the gel fuel, lit the pears and snapped a few shots. I had a fire extinguisher on hand in case of any fire getting out of control. This was one of the more fun challenges to do.
Raw conversion, levels, NI, clones a few small specks, cleaned up one side of the pear just a bit, NI, text, border, resize, save for web.
Post Challenge: I personally want to thank Posthumous for creating lyrics to go with my entry
"your picture is a fixture so clear in my tears,
I'm fixed to the mixture of fears that I hear
in my brain, can't explain the pain that remains
so I stare at your hair while you glare with disdain,
I can't speak of the weakness that peaks in my heart,
I would die, I would lie, from the start do my part
to keep us in deep forever for better
or worse from the hearse to the cradle I'm able
to save you, I crave you, you hate me, you bait me,
I look for the hook, I'm all shook up and stuck,
out of luck, I won't duck and I'm struck so let's "
I had alot of fun doing this photo and didn't burn down the house!!
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The picture of the pear is pretty darn cool; strangely engaging, and with an odd sense of movement. I know the flames are buring up, but it looks like the pear in falling downwards.
The main thing which has stung you here is your choice of border and text-style. Niether ap(pear) to work with the pear, or even each other. A great shame as you would probably have scored much better with a simple text style and no border.
I don't really get the Diddy 'Photog' Lane link. Perhaps a better title would have been something like Dangerous Pear Light (or something) to directly associate the image with the title.
It is my hope that these insights are helpful and constructive. Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions regarding this critique. And please remember to mark it "Helpful" if you found it so. Good luck with future challenges.
Everyone knew Photog to be a loner, which is one of many reasons why his collaboration with the Flaming Pears was such a surprise, but the result was remarkable. The Pears were forced to rein in their excesses, creating stirring harmonies over which Photog rapped his most profound lyrics yet.
your picture is a fixture so clear in my tears,
I'm fixed to the mixture of fears that I hear
in my brain, can't explain the pain that remains
so I stare at your hair while you glare with disdain,
I can't speak of the weakness that peaks in my heart,
I would die, I would lie, from the start do my part
to keep us in deep forever for better
or worse from the hearse to the cradle I'm able
to save you, I crave you, you hate me, you bait me,
I look for the hook, I'm all shook up and stuck,
out of luck, I won't duck and I'm struck so let's
I love the photograph on this -- it's a terrific image. I wish the rest of the post processing lived up to it. The border and lettering don't seem to go with the image.
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