1st Place untitled (2) Michael Puff by Canon Image Challenge

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Michael Puff


20-APR-2010	Michael Puff

Title dropped...thank you Traveller.

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Kelly Bellis		29-Apr-2010 15:55
Superb job - as usual Michael. - Kelly

Canon Image Challenge		27-Apr-2010 13:29
still not back in eligible?? once again, your "creation" (and that's what it is, created from elements) was made during the proper time frame. as far as i'm concerned, this challenge should be about using one's creativity to make images that are unique and fresh and perhaps inspire some folks to think with originality. shu

Canon Image Challenge		26-Apr-2010 21:19
Great work, Michael, I admire your creativity. -Gerald

Guest		26-Apr-2010 05:12
outstanding turidia

Canon Image Challenge		26-Apr-2010 00:56
oh baloney, michael--MOST of this image has been shot during the challenge period! imo, this image belongs in "eligible," having been "created" during the proper time frame!! shu

Guest		25-Apr-2010 23:17
Folks, Najinsky's question made me tune into the fact that the face images were shot outside of the challenge period. While the main still-life image and the compositing was done during the challenge, the faces come from older images. My apologies that I didn't really think about this before posting in Eligible. The rule for a composite is that all images must be shot within the challenge period. Ergo, I'm moving the image to Exhibition. Again, my apologies for the oversight. -Michael

Guest		25-Apr-2010 23:11
Thanks all, the piece was great fun to create. Najinsky, no the faces were not shot specifically for this piece. I looked through dozens of my images containing faces to choose those expressions. No time to really shoot all those portraits in a few days. -Michael

Canon Image Challenge		25-Apr-2010 23:00
when i glanced at the thumbnail i said "it's a puff!" LOL thanks for entering this amazing, inspirational piece michael! shu

Canon Image Challenge		25-Apr-2010 11:38
As odd as it sounds I like this much more as untitled. The genius and mastery was always there of course, but I didn't really understand what the title was getting at and so it stopped me simply enjoying the beauty of the image. I really really like it now!! Were all the faces shot specifically for this image? The expressions are just so perfect for the image. Great achievement. Regards, -Najinsky

Michael Kilpatrick		25-Apr-2010 03:56
Breathtaking as always Michael. Regards, Michael

Mary Anne		25-Apr-2010 03:21
What a brilliant idea, Michael, and so well done. --Mary Anne

Canon Image Challenge		24-Apr-2010 13:23
Absolutely wonderful! Creativity abounds. jano

jnconradie		23-Apr-2010 17:02
Ditto. I absolutely knew I had to come from you. Sheer brilliance... all the way from concept to execution. Compliments!!

Canon Image Challenge		23-Apr-2010 07:19
Untitled does work here....but do remember that I advise you and think of everything you do as being hung in a major gallery....and the people there are, good certainly, but also can be bitchy and snobs. I know I'm not your editor or agent...but I do think of myself this way in reference to you. A certain protectiveness, (smile) Traveller

Guest		23-Apr-2010 04:55
Thanks Lee, Sharon, Traveller. Traveller, hmmm...and that's the reason I generally prefer "untitled" as a title. I don't like titles to carry their own baggage. I wouldn't want to give an impression of "preciously intellectual", that's just not me. I would rather the viewer brought to the piece her/his own impressions without a title. You've cemented my view that the vast majority of images I create should remain untitled...thanks :-) -Michael

Canon Image Challenge		22-Apr-2010 20:21
I rather like the choice of background also. Nice in all regards...Traveller (what the heck, this is the winner anyhow so I can say...."Genesis?" Like in fractured beginning? This in the title seems a little too high...minded (?) elitist (?) preciously intellectual? Well, maybe it's just me...I think I'd just prefer, and this is just me, Morning or something simpler. Sorry.

elips		22-Apr-2010 03:50
Fabulous!!! I love how the broken one has her eyes closed. Great work! ~Sharon

theFly		22-Apr-2010 02:44
a new classic

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