Holiday Spirits [Contest Finalists December 2004]
Uploaded: December 17, 2004 10:10:52
This year's family holiday card - hope you like it. Dina, Samantha and Dave are wrapped in cheap colored gauze from Hobby Lobby. We had fun doing a variety of poses but it was very uncomfortable being shrunken down and stuffed in the jar to pose for the picture. Zach's image holding the jar was not very well lit and was pretty noisy, so I cleaned it up with a few different noise reduction tools (NeatImage and Noiseware) and did some dodging, burning as well as spot editing to remove som
Brinn MacDougall December 17, 2004
This is great, David!! Dave, doesn't look to happy..lol..alot of work and well worth it!! #197320Gary A. Meier December 17, 2004
This is FANTASTIC!! #981669Peggy Wolff January 04, 2005
This is incrediable! I absolutly LOVE this photo! I predict big wins for this one! #1014846Diane Dupuis January 05, 2005
This is so creative and well executed! What an amazing idea! So well done! #1015493Gloria B. Wood January 05, 2005
Oh my Goodness....here is the best of the best in creative photography! I am so impressed...just love this!!! Excellent! A+ #1015862Leanne M.E. Boyd January 05, 2005
Wow, David - you went to alot of work putting this together, and it shows! Very creative and magicial. #1015910Amy M. Parish January 05, 2005
This is so cool! Wish I had thought of it. Your friends and family must have LOVED it! Great job! #1016051Kathleen K. Parker January 05, 2005
This is the best funny Christmas card I have ever seen!! LOLOL I Love It!!Roseann E. Dreasher January 18, 2005
This is definitely the most creative and attractive holiday card yet! Congrats on your very well deserved finalist (and probably win!)Donna J. Eaton January 18, 2005
This is wonderful David! Soooo creative! Congratulations on your finalist! #1045524Mata Patan January 19, 2005
This shot deserves the grand prize winner on my opinion. It is magic, original, full of work and so nice. I like the expression of the boy, he is an actor! Congratulations! #1047537Diane Dupuis January 20, 2005
Congrats on your finalist David! I'm still lovin' it!! #1051927Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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