The Thing

PixelRabbit · Dec 11, 2012

I'd like you to meet "The Thing"

This is actually a leftover from when I was playing around with making jewelry and I use it to goof around with a lot. One of the things I've been trying to achieve with it is giving it "life" in the images. I've come close and even think I shared a picture of The Thing in the echo thread but I've never gotten close enough to put the shots up for C&C.

These I'm relatively happy with, would love to hear your thoughts!
Thanks for taking a look

Luke345678 · Dec 11, 2012

To be honest I was kind of scared when I was entering this thread, lol.

laynea24 · Dec 11, 2012

I really like the second one.

PixelRabbit · Dec 11, 2012

lol Sorry Luke!
Thanks Laynea

Lisablueeyes · Dec 11, 2012

Nice Job!

PixelRabbit · Dec 11, 2012

Thanks Lisa and welcome toTPF!

Derrel · Dec 11, 2012

First one? Fire and a miss! Second one? Looks like some kind of downtrodden insect from Asia Minor. Neither one are "great", but these are at least mildly interesting for a short look. I dunno...what can I say? I'm not really "sold on" the angle of the first one...it looks a bit (and I mean a 'bit') like a stooped-over human. The second angle makes The Thing look much more insect-like, but for me, the blown-out rear segment and the overall bright patches kind of take away from the shot on both a technical and on an artistic level. The large, bright green leaf (is that a leaf???) in the lower left area is a bit too large, and competes for attention with the insect-like incarnation of The Thing. Ehhhhhmmmm....

Now, before opening this post, I thought that just MAYBE, maybe, you and Mr.Rabbit might have had an old, run-down,decrepit,rusted-out, tri-colored wreck example of a Volkswagon "car" that was called "The Thing". Remember the TV ads??

"Volkswagon's The Thing! The car that thinks it's a ___________" zOMG...

PixelRabbit · Dec 12, 2012

lol I totally forgot about the Volkswagen Thing!! It is TOTALLY a vehicle that we could potentially acquire someday

lol You are starting to know us very well Sir!

Thanks for the feedback, that helps a lot. Giving life to something like this is MUCH trickier than I first thought but I WILL make it happen!!

While I was shooting Angus thought Mom must be looking at something fun with that damn thing she carries everywhere so he came to check it out lol