Photographer's Request for Critique
--Mehmet Ozgur
3/10: Stairway to heaven
Third image in the series. Comments and suggestions are appreciated.
Beate Miedl-Rissner , May 16, 2005; 03:04 P.M.
Excellent...
Humayun Rizwan , May 16, 2005; 03:40 P.M.
EXCELLENT abstract, Mehmet
Mehmet Tüzün , May 17, 2005; 04:51 A.M.
Tebrikler
Pes!
Sadece dumanlarin birini ceksem, ovunerek yollardim. Siz iyice gelistirmissiniz fotoyu. Ilginc bir grafik calisma olmus.
Salih Güler 
, May 17, 2005; 05:21 A.M.
7/7
nefis bir calisma mehmet, kutlarim:=)
Vi P , May 19, 2005; 07:36 A.M.
Magnifique. Superb work, with great execution and thought put into it. Love it.
Jana Vanourkova 
, November 18, 2005; 04:12 P.M.
you are a creator of the Airy world, lovely, jana
Kelly Lyons , February 16, 2008; 01:07 A.M.
I'm still a beginner to photography and have been viewing the posts here on photo.net. But I'm confused, I thought this site was for photographic images not artistic 3D software works of art. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure this took a lot of work, but where is the photographic image?
Erhan Dayi , February 16, 2008; 02:58 A.M.
Excellent thought and delicate concept.
Mehmet Ozgur , February 16, 2008; 09:59 A.M.
Kelly,
Don't get me wrong, but you are really a beginner. I think, you managed to be wrong on three counts in your comment.
First, this is NOT a 3D generated image. In fact, i'm not aware of any 3D (or 2D for that matter) simulation package that can generate accurate and high resolution fluid-dynamic models. (I am an engineer, so I am very familiar with engineering simulation tools) If you know a 3D or 2D or any package that generate images like this please don't be shy and enlighten us.
Second, as explained in the technical details, this is a composite image and made of nothing but photographs. So, when you look you see photographs. In fact there is NO CG-generated figures, nor free hand drawings in this frame. Show me what is NOT a photograph here?
Third, everybody has his/her own conviction what this site is or should be. Furthermore what photography is or should be. I had a long declaration on my person page what I believe. Photography as an ART form, is more about the idea then technique. This image can be easily, I repeat easily, made using darkroom techniques in old analog way. Would that make this a photograph?
I think to use excuse of "technique" to criticize an image is not only wrong but misguided.