ROUND 4 Size matters vs. Burgundian Artillery

[Captain Blood]

[Drachenklinge]

oh, man ...  
used up all my criteria, still a tie ... maybe I will count grass-blades, more blades win  

[Driscoles]

both are brill.

[Vanvlak]

It's a tie between the purple flowers and the brown floppy hat. 

[Nord]

Blimey 

[leonmallett]

I found this hard to call, but my vote is cast. Both great entries.

[Admiral Benbow]

Beautiful picture, Jan, and stunning painting! Absolutely lovely!
 

Hope you're back at the painting table very soon, so all the best for your finger ...

[Lt. Hazel]

Beautiful picture, Jan, and stunning painting! Absolutely lovely!
 

Hope you're back at the painting table very soon, so all the best for your finger ...

Thank you Michael, I am really happy with my picture, but when I saw yours I thought "f**k, this is even better!" So congrats, that pic of yours is a masterpiece.
Hope we will meet again soon,
Jan

[Andym]

Gents! Gents! Let's not quibble.....you're both geniuses!

Admiral, I'd love to know how you get such a close up picture and still be in focus!!

[Admiral Benbow]

Gents! Gents! Let's not quibble.....you're both geniuses!
Admiral, I'd love to know how you get such a close up picture and still be in focus!!

Well, that's always the challenge ...  If you look closely, the two background figures are not as sharp as the other three.

First, I don't shoot that exact picture frame you'll see afterwards, but always a larger section. That will ease the focal point for the camera a bit. The section you see here is cropped from a larger image.

Second, my camera is nothing hightech but a Konica Minolta Dimage Z6 with (only) 6 MP. But the reason why I choose her, I can operate her fully manual. So with f8 maximum depth of field I can try diverse shutter speeds under different lightings.

Third, I make a lot of pics. And finally choose the best one. You see, no secret at all.

[NurgleHH]

Unbeliveable work, both. But the rules says one vote, not two. In this match a very hard decision.

[artshiraz]

Greetings.

Oh my

and again

Eltee.. are those notches in the Shields real or did you paint them on?
And who's the big guy in the background?

Admiral,
I'm flabbergasted by  the brilliancy of your picture. I can't recall a picture with such stunning colour depth.

Wonderful work, both of you

[Licantropo]

It was a difficult choice!!! Nice Works both

[Lt. Hazel]

Eltee.. are those notches in the Shields real or did you paint them on?
And who's the big guy in the background?

The notches are painnted on, and the little giant is "Duncan the Leggend" from  Mirlitons Barbarians Range.

[Frank]

Both are very really a piece of art. 

@Michael: With your four absolutely perfect photos, the awesome painted figures and the magnificent terrain, you have set up a rather high bar for this competition.