Inspiring Photo: Autumn Twilight #1291469

Autumn Twilight

Uploaded: October 07, 2005

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Photographed from the prone position with a 15mm diagonal Fisheye, existng sky inverted into negative, image Buzzed.

Exif: FNumber: 4, ExposureBiasValue: 0/6, ExposureTime: 0.02, Flash: flash did not fire, ISO: , WhiteBalance: auto white balance

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Pat Gamwell October 07, 2005

Breathtaking! POV wonderful, love the watercolor effect in the tress with the ground leaves left natural. Good work. #322876

Karen Slagle October 07, 2005

Eerily beautiful. Love the colors and effects. #1928765

Morgan Kallin October 07, 2005

Amazing treatment! Wonderful colors! Very cool angle, creating a lot of depth! A+ for this one!! #1928776

Sharon Day October 07, 2005

Awesome image, Eric!!! I love this! #1928780

Phil Sauvey October 08, 2005

Eric,

Wow, this all works wonderfully! The low angle looking up is awesome especially with the leaves right there where you can almost feel them touching you! Awesome! #1929211

Diane Dupuis October 08, 2005

Love it Eric!!!!!! #1929325

Laura Clay-Ballard October 08, 2005

wow! awesome! #1931105

Joannie Bertucci October 09, 2005

Dang! What an amazing image full of wonderful colors and the perspective gives this a truly unique feel! Really awesome work! #1931714

Michelle D. Greenleaf October 19, 2005

Amazing angle and effects - bravo. #1967849

Susie Peek-Swint October 19, 2005

Stunning work ~ congrats on POTD! #1967889

Karen Engelbreth October 19, 2005

Big congrats on your POTD, Sandra and Eric! #1967910

Paul Michko October 19, 2005

Congratulations on your POTD, Sandra and Eric. #1967944

Diane Dupuis October 19, 2005

Perfection!!! Congrats Eric! #1967979

Allan L. Whitehead October 19, 2005

Eric, congratulations on this magnificent POTD selection. It is very richly deserved, and the effects are stunninh, my dear friend - your good friend, Allan #1968000

Kevin Anderson October 19, 2005

Eric, Great creativity on this photo!
Congrats. #1968012

William C. Raco October 19, 2005

Congratulations on the POTD recognition, Eric
Beautiful work!

bill #1968018

Diane L. Thomas October 19, 2005

Eric, this is just wonderful and put together so well. Great use of the fisheye lens. Love all the extra touches you've added. Diane Thomas #1968023

Els De Winter October 19, 2005

Stunning!! Congratulations on your POTD ! #1968035

Ed Heaton October 19, 2005

Great job guys,
Congrats on POTD! #1968078

Debra Booth October 19, 2005

Fantastic work! Congrats on the POTD! #1968099

Virginia L. Allison October 19, 2005

Wow, beautiful. Great job. #1968106

Darryl Wilkinson October 19, 2005

Beautiful colors, and I love the LOw angle shot. Awesome work done here. #1968115

Scott Pedersen October 19, 2005

Really nice #1968219

Leanne M.E. Boyd October 19, 2005

Gorgeous shot, congratulations on your POTD! #1968373

Dan Walters October 19, 2005

Cool image. Really like the effects. Congratulations! #1968374

Joy E. Cobb October 19, 2005

Congratulations on POTD, Eric & Sandra! Great perspective, color and effects. #1968416

Laura Clay-Ballard October 19, 2005

AWESOME! congrats on potd #1968491

Cathy Barrows October 19, 2005

Congrats on your POTD...this is awesome #1968525

Deborah Sandidge October 19, 2005

Congrats on your very creative POTD! #1968537

Joy Rector October 19, 2005

congrats on the POTD #1968591

Sharon Day October 19, 2005

This was my POTD as soon as I saw it, Eric! I love this image!!! Congratulations on POTD with BP too LOL!!! WTG! #1968640

Casey A. Hanson October 19, 2005

Beautiful treatment Eric, congrats on PoTD! :0) #1968654

monique gresser October 19, 2005

Interesting creation - congrats
#1968671

Diana R. Lemieux October 19, 2005

that is beautiful! #1968674

Joan Mardeusz October 19, 2005

Beautiful image, great eye! congrats #1968688

Mary N C. Taitt October 19, 2005

Beautiful, congratulations. :-) #1968707

Jennie A. Dillman October 19, 2005

It is beautiful...but, I am by no means a good photographer and know little of all the in and outs of it..

I just go by what I see if I like it,, I think the leaves look to high up, and to me, looks like it would look better if it had been water in the place of leaves... I feel I am looking up from the ground..

I am not putting you down so don't feel bad at me..Ha!

But, other wise it is beautiful, wish I could do that.. #1968723

Jenny Pate-Hyndman October 19, 2005

Gorgeous photo! I love the perspective, the colors and the photoshopping. Excellent job, by someone who is obviously far more talented than myself! ;-)

Congrats! #1968863

Susan Jane Allen October 19, 2005

I think perhaps that's what they mean when they say "prone position"--looking from the ground up, so actually, the leaves would be higher up and you would get that feeling. Makes you feel a little disoriented at first, but lying on the ground looking up can be nice sometimes. #1968865

Sylvia B. Toftness October 19, 2005

Terrific image! Love the perspective and colors. What a job of taking a great photo and working it into art. #1968869

Michelle R. Kovach October 19, 2005

Congrats on your POTD feature! Excellent shot & wonderful ps work! Welcome to the "bogbia" club! ;) LOL

No offense to anyone but some people should stick to a rule my mother taught me when I was little...
"If you can't say something nice don't say anything at all!"

Have a great day!
Michelle #1968873

Wendy Stevenson October 19, 2005

Beautiful!! Congrats on your POTD!! #1968888

Debbi Smirnoff October 19, 2005

You've made my decision on that 15mm fisheye I've been wanting... This is gorgeous! Thanks for giving details on the shoot and post processing!
Debbi #1968912

Linda L. Ruiz October 19, 2005

This is the prettiest potd I have seen. Just beautiful #1969036

October 19, 2005

Congrats on POTD! Awesome effect! Love the colors and the sky does have an eerie look but works great with the trees.love the angle on the prone or lying on your belly position. Gives a while different perspective of things at thia angle. More people should try it. Works great for photographng children too. TFS

How did you get the effect if the sky but leave the trees looking normal? Love it! #1969057

Marilou Olejniczak October 19, 2005

Gorgeous!!! Congratulations Eric!! #1969068

October 19, 2005

Camera angle and point of view are what photography is all about!
I say explore them all,
never limit your views on anything.
(I agree with you Michelle K.)
This is an excellent image!
Very colorful! I love the sky!
Kinda Spooky and appropriate for Oct. NICE WORK Pat! Your gallery is equally vibrant! Congrats on POTD. #1969074

Theresa M. VanderStaay October 19, 2005

Just beautiful. Great PS work. Congrats on POTD! #1969083

October 19, 2005

Sorry, Eric and Sandra, Not paying attention, I saw Pat's name on the initial comment! Still asleep I guess! #1969104

Stacey M October 19, 2005

Whoa Eric----this is AWESOME!! Great work. Would love the see the shot of you getting this shot!!! Down on your belly in the woods, talk about one with nature :-) Great work my friend! #1969129

Charles Cooper October 19, 2005

Beautiful shot. #1969150

October 19, 2005

I have many adj. for your photo.
Awesome seems to be over used. Did you notice, almost everyone has said AWESOME!. That is the word that comes to mind when your picture is first viewed. So I am going to say it is stunning, incredible, gorgeous, striking, and absolutely the best, creative work of art I have seen.

I am envious.

You will profit from crawling around in the dirt.

Judy #1969181

Kathleen R. Struckle October 19, 2005

Beautiful creative work!! Absolutely stunning. Congrats on POTD!! #1969306

Danilo Piccioni October 19, 2005

What a work of art guys! Cngratulations on this fantastic POTD!

Dado #1969311

October 19, 2005

wow what an incredible photograph....loved the fall colors....congrats on a well deserved potd! #1969361

Lani Allen October 19, 2005

This is a WOW! image. makes me miss my home in BC. Congrats on POTD.
#1969439

Betsy M. Eaves October 19, 2005

Absolutely Beautiful! I love everything about it--I think it's perfect! Congrats!
^.^ #1969723

Lisa Clark October 19, 2005

Impressive photography. Contratulations on POTD #1969895

Mary Clarke October 19, 2005

Many congratulations on POTD - a fantastic and beautiful image. #1969898

Terrill Province October 19, 2005

STUNNING POTD!!!

CONGRATS! #1969910

Karolyn R. Moltzan October 19, 2005

This is absolutely amazing! I love everything about it, all the choices you made that went into this finished product. Breath-taking, really!
#1969917

Tony Gutowski October 19, 2005

Beautiful image! Congrats on POTD!-T.G #1969964

October 19, 2005

Very aesthetically pleasing image, I like the low angle and interesting composition, but for me the photoshopping of the trees doesnt add anything to the image. please don't take this negatively, I think it is a wonderful photograph, but it would have been nice to see the original as well. congrats on POTD. #1969968

October 19, 2005

Jenny Bosmans October 19, 2005

Congratulations on this wonderful POTD!! #1970118

Lori Carlson October 19, 2005

I too want a lens like that!! :0) You've used your gear and natural talent well ~ this is a big W O W of POTD!!! :0) Congrats!! :0) #1970677

Kelly Abernathy October 19, 2005

Well, this is a winner in my book Eric! You continue to have a beautifully creative eye. Wonderful processing too. The colors and contrast are beautiful and eye-catching. Congrats on the POTD! A winner! -K #1970763

Wayne Nolting October 19, 2005

I really like the angle from which it was captured (at ground level)and the color treatment really brings out the seasonal colors and feeling. #1970840

A A October 19, 2005

Beatiful work! I love the POV and the overall composition. I'm inspired. #1971008

A A October 19, 2005

Sorry, I meant, "Beautiful" work. I'm so inspired, I can't type!, Great job! #1971013

Anita Taylor October 19, 2005

Stunning image! I love the elements you have worked in this and the completely different view from the ground up is very interesting. Congrat on your POTD! #1971015

Mary L. Lemley October 19, 2005

Obviously, Michelle forgets that this is a critique forum also, not, "wowstunninggorgeous,lovelabsolutelybreathtakinglovelovelovelove" It's "different" to ME. The other shots, if you have any would be interesting to see. One without the leaves taking your eye to ground with no detail, and instead top, with trees and sky not cut-off quite so much. Just an "observant opinion" of many.
MaryL. #1971148

Melanie Murray October 19, 2005

Very interesting and colorful. Congrats on potd. #1971455

Evy Johansen October 20, 2005

Very beautiful image and a wonderful work Sandra & Eric! Big congratulations on your well deserved POTD!! #1971607

October 20, 2005

I love the effect you used in this pic. I really enjoyed this piece of work. --Lusya #1973377

bob cornelison October 20, 2005

As a critic I would like to see this shot moved up a little like Jeannie said but none the less it is a really cool shot and I love the colors and effects. Each of us sees differently and that is a good thing!
Congrats on POTD!
~:O) #1973403

Eric Highfield October 21, 2005

Thanks everyone for the congrats, comments and critiques. I appreciate all of it.

Above is another shot...I'm not sure if it was the source file for this digital art or not but if not, it was done during the same shoot at least.

Thank again! - Eric. #1982042

Luhut Napitupulu October 21, 2005

I like the colours, so pretty, and also he angle and the composition. Creative PS work too. Congrats on POTD, Eric and Sandra! #1982045

Claudette Foote October 24, 2005

wow! wow! wow!....Congrats on POTD,
piece of art... wow! #1992093

Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 24, 2005

The colors are amazing and I love the fish eye view. Great digital work, as well! Congratulations! #1992991

Eric Highfield October 24, 2005

Thank you so much, Luhut, Claudette & Donna! #1994103

Damian P. Gadal November 01, 2005

Stunning! #2023981

November 01, 2005

I normally don't comment on submitted photo's, but I have to say that this is just a superb end job, well done.
#2024909

November 22, 2005

I am totally pulled into this image. I love the perspective from the forest floor all the way to the dark sky. #2106783

Eric Highfield November 22, 2005

Thank you, Damian, Graham, and Judges! #2106893

Diane Dupuis November 23, 2005

YAY YAY YAY!!! So glad to see this one again Eric! #2109464

Kelly Abernathy November 23, 2005

I knew it! I just love this Eric! Wonderful work and well deserved! Congrats! -K #2109895

Michelle R. Kovach November 23, 2005

Congratulations! Definately deserved! #2110272

Donna La Mattino Pagakis November 23, 2005

Outstanding, congratulations!! #2114576

Linda D. Lester November 23, 2005

Awesome work...congratulations on you finalist! #2115150

Sharon Day November 23, 2005

Good luck, Eric!!! You know this is one of my favorites!!!! Congratulations! #2115301

Eric Highfield November 24, 2005

Thanks, DDK, k, Michelle, Donna, Linda & Sharon! #2116219

November 25, 2005

Much impact and great foreground treatment! #2118237

Eric Highfield November 25, 2005

Thanks again, Judges! #2118815

Phil Sauvey November 26, 2005

Eric,

Yep, sure is one of my favorites!! You captured so much here and it is awesome especially with those effects. Congratulations! #2124614

Eric Highfield November 27, 2005

Phil, thank you and congratulations right back on your own excellent DD finalist! #2126928

Tess L. Yee September 11, 2009

Egads, but this is a wickedly COOL image, Eric! The colors are incredible! #7934282

Eric Highfield September 11, 2009

Thanks Tess! Buzzing was very "in" back then. Much of the novelty wore for me not long after. Most photos that I'd buzzed I've since redone without it. This is one that I still prefer buzzed. #7934440

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