Global Warming V 2 by jgpittenger

Global Warming V 2

Our camera Club's competition this month is "Unreal". I'm thinking to enter this and would love any further suggestions you might have to give this more impact. Has to be viewed on black to see the details. Thanks
Such an interesting shot, love it. a fav.
April 24th, 2017  
This is incredible!
April 24th, 2017  
That is creative. That is pretty full in my opinion. Not sure adding more makes it better? Nice job on this.
April 24th, 2017  
Oh wow, this is awesome.
April 24th, 2017  
I think I agree with @habit .... it becomes like a fairy tale instead of an actual photo - and the original was so good!
April 24th, 2017  
Cool capture and work on this one. Don't think any more is needed.
April 24th, 2017  
Well done! Kind of surreal and definitely makes its point!
April 24th, 2017  
Really love where you are going with this Jane, the birds look amazing and blend in so well, you get a sense that that they are fleeing from impending disaster, but I'm not so sure about the boats and the fish. To me they don't really fit in with the sense of urgency...
April 24th, 2017  
@deborah63 thanks for your thoughtful observation. I particularly wondered abou the big boat still going towards the lava on right but thought, in an odd way, that he spoke of the global warming deniers. I will ponder if I might want to do something different with it, them
April 24th, 2017  
This is a very scary photo Jane! Amazing image.
April 24th, 2017  
Now that some time has passed, I wanted to give you my thoughts (didn't want to get in the way of other's observations). I love the power and movement of the underlying lava image. I really like the birds, fleeing from impending disaster, although I would move them around the image (see below). I feel as though the lower left side, with the many deserving fish, is a tad cluttery. My favorite element, the skull/mask (lower right) is kind of tucked away. I would consider moving that skull to the center of the image, put it on its own layer (behind the others), make it more transparent, but much bigger and more ominous. Birds accompany around, depending on skull placement. Maybe black & white behind the color? Shades and textures, faded into the exploding lava. I agree with Debbie - the boats are extras (to my eye). Anyway, good luck! Composites are so much "to the artist's eye."
April 25th, 2017  
Amazing image.
April 25th, 2017  
Hi, Jane: to reply to your question (easier here on the image itself)... First, I would completely disagree with your characterization of "novice!" To clarify, I was suggesting the idea of putting the skull on its own layer, then trying out making the skull (only the skull) a black and white image, which could lurk behind the colors of the fire and smoke. That might make the skull more of a "suggestion" of itself, behind the smoke and fire. I might also try making much, much bigger, to fill up more of the smoky, fiery sky. Does that make any sense?
April 25th, 2017  
@rosiekerr yes, thanks. I'm going to try it out. Unfortunately I've had to merge several layers and don't want to start completely over. We shall see!
April 25th, 2017  
@rosiekerr It would have been fun to have a bird flying through one of the eye holes!
April 25th, 2017  
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