Picking up the pieces
Uploaded: December 11, 2004 23:44:34
Camera: NIKON E5200
Aperture: 2.8
Shutter speed: 64
Focal length: 7.8
S J December 12, 2004
Splendid shot, Brian! Very very creative! #195849Rob Bishop December 12, 2004
Very creative, and excellent execution of the idea. Nice work, Brian! #966967Tracy D. Siermachesky December 12, 2004
Amazing work, Brian. How very creative, and well done. #966974Phil Sauvey December 12, 2004
Brian,Excellent photograph! Very creative and original. Wonderful detail and excellent work!!! #967751
Roseann E. Dreasher December 12, 2004
Fun!! Great PS work!! #967917Judy S. Fung December 14, 2004
Terrific image and excellent work, Brian! Very creative! #971989Brian D. Watters December 14, 2004
Thanks! just a note on the shadows. I duplicated my cut out layers, then used the magic wand to select all the ares around one, inverted the selection and hit delete. Then I used the paint bucket to fill the void with black, reduced the opacity of the layer, then used Photo-shops Gaussian Blur filter, and finally used Photo-shops Transform > Distort utility to give a distorted perspective.Kip T. Berger December 14, 2004
Nicely done Brian! Very cool idea! #972020S J January 18, 2005
Congratulations on this one of the most outstanding finalist, Brian!! I must admit that this is one of the best and creative work I've seen!! Good luck in the next round of judging!! #1042646Lori Ditlefsen January 18, 2005
Cool! Very creative! Congrats! #1043622Brian D. Watters January 18, 2005
Thank you for your encouraging thoughts and words. I'm keeping my fingers crosses. :)Wendy Stevenson January 18, 2005
GREAT to see this here Brian - best of luck to you in the next round!!! #1045447Judy S. Fung January 18, 2005
Congrats, Brian! #1045536Kristi A. Howson January 18, 2005
Congratulations Brian...fantastic!!!!! #1046243S J January 20, 2005
Many CONGRATULATIONS on your second place win, Brian!!! #1049542Judy S. Fung January 20, 2005
Congrats on your second place win, Brian! #1049604Wendy Stevenson January 20, 2005
A big congratulations on your win Brian - I love that imagination of yours!!! #1050439Dolores Neilson January 20, 2005
You know how I feel about this one! SUperb!! Big congrats, Brian!! What tool do you use to cut?? And do you use a 2 or 3 feather with the selection tool??? I don't cut well...not sure what I'm doing. #1050601Cathy Stancil January 20, 2005
Congratulations Brian ! This is such an amazing shot ! #1050977Audrea Telkamp January 20, 2005
Congratulations Brian!!!! Excellent PS work!!!! #1051102Kip T. Berger January 20, 2005
Congrats Brian for this well thought out piece! #1052665Leonard Pierce January 23, 2005
Congratulations on your Second Place win Brian!!! #1058940Andrew Laverghetta February 09, 2005
Ok, this is hard to put into type, but if you're a car guy and you see a nice clean Mercedes or something that's like a glossy black and you say, "That's niiiiiiccce," that's kinda what I'm thinking right now. Great job! #1094790Kymm C. Gardner June 16, 2005
What an amazing, creative mind you have! #1479321Brian D. Watters June 16, 2005
It might just be the Meds...Susana Ms Heide August 07, 2005
This is the first time I come across this photo and it's AWESOME! I've been staring at it for some time and everything is just perfect right down to the gap of the puzzle showing in the shadow of the subject! This is creative beyond words! Love the title also! Would be a great photo for a magazine article about relationship break-ups :o) #1688337Brian D. Watters August 07, 2005
Grin... Thanks Susana, Funny you say that, but a Polish Digital Photo magazine contacted me about featuring it in a full page display, with write-up on how I created it and my Bio. I was hoping they might offer to pay me, but they offered 12 months free subscription and a couple copies of the one they printed. Alas, they starving artist continues to starve, but now has a new incentive to learn how to read the polish language. :) #1688542Susana Ms Heide August 07, 2005
LOL!! Congratulations on this "sale"! It's an accomplishment even if you're not getting cash for it. Good luck with your polish :o) #1688661Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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