Thrsty snail

thanks for your opinion

Hi Tony. Creative shot. I have never seen a snail trying to swim before. :) ~Krish~

Exelent work. Compliments. Ilia.

Excellent image. The lines and the color make it almost an abstract.

 

 

Jim Phelps

Tony this image is edited in PS. I am fine with that but you should do it more correctly.

Water is done with PS plugin and the scale is wrong - it looks like you have a good 3-5 metres to the bank and snail becomes a giant.

Also you should have broken the line where reflection starts, at the moment it is perfect straight line meaning that everything goes into the water along this line.In nature it will be much more random.

Colors are bright and vibrant, although brightly lit snail with white specular highlight on the top against dull background looks a bit suspicious

Overall PS spoiled nice picture for me

best

To rise somewhat to Tony's defense, yes, the picture is very obviously PS plug-in work, and the effect is not realistic. At the same time, there are no rules stating that artwork must be realistic...it's true that the scale creates an odd impression of the size of the snail, and yet there's nothing wrong with creating the impression of a giant snail. The straight line of the water makes it especially clear that this isn't a 'real' photo (or a photo of a 'real' thing)...and yet why not toy with reality? At the same time, these unrealistic elements don't really seem to be used explicitly and may even be accidental...that would be my complaint. I support breaking rules when it's done with purpose, and some of those here it seems needn't be broken - even that the picture would be enhanced had they not been broken. So on that, I agree with the previous critic. Very creative and interesting shot, though!