by Santosh Saligram on Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:53 pm
Oh man, please accept my standing ovation for this image. This is the very pinnacle of seeing and creating what you saw. Tremendous execution here and the best part is you've shown how you can and you will succeed if you persevere long enough. To me, even though similar in concept, this is an altogether different image from the previous attempt and takes visual aesthetics to a different level! I could stare at this image for hours, it just has that kind of a magnetic aura. Everything in the image serves a purpose, and achieves a collective goal of keeping the viewer absolutely riveted to this splendid creation. But clearly the most impressive component of the image is, rightly, the dewdrop itself, which encompasses, like a magic crystal, so many beautiful colours in its delicate shape and form. In fact it looks very much like a paper weight, albeit a natural and a very pretty one! You could call this image "A Paper Weight on a Flower". Also, even though the flower in the BG adds a lot of drama and depth to the image, it would also be interesting, away from the scope of this site, for you to try burning out the BG using either cloning or layers, and try and bring out only the red flower and the 'paper weight' on top of it. That should be equally stunning. Thanks for persevering and bringing us this cracker!