j10asen
Weekend Photographer
"you don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows" Bob Dylan
Posts: 31
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Post by j10asen on Jul 17, 2009 16:38:30 GMT -5
Taken while visiting St. Cloud,MN photo tools used Photoshop element 3.0 and Photoscape
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Post by Saknika on Jul 17, 2009 18:07:05 GMT -5
It looks really good. I enjoy the composition of it immensely. Is there a reason you decided to make it look like a painting? Do you have the original photo anywhere?
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Post by comicIDIOT on Jul 17, 2009 20:58:28 GMT -5
The contrast in colours is nice, as is the vignetting. Focusing appears to be spot on. I would like more it without the filters, though.
I also feel like the flower is in a good location within the frame.
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j10asen
Weekend Photographer
"you don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows" Bob Dylan
Posts: 31
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Post by j10asen on Jul 17, 2009 22:22:42 GMT -5
Saknika & comicIDIOT
The photo covered a much broader area than what you see. This was my attempt to salvage a bad shot.I reduced the number of colors to simplify and remove the clutter of the foliage.The purple area on the right side was an out of focus purple flower, I subdued and cropped out as much as possible because it was very distracting.I made it look like a painting to help enhance and bring some texture back into the white petals. The vignetting was used also to help maintain the focus on the flower and cover that purple flower on the right.
Thank you both for your comments and opinions.
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Post by Saknika on Jul 18, 2009 17:29:18 GMT -5
This has been moved to the digital darkroom, since the editing goes beyond that of normal retouching methods.
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Post by enigmarose on Aug 15, 2009 18:29:25 GMT -5
This looks great the way you have sharpened the edges but kept the main body of the flower soft; the dark masking gives an effect that it is a frame captured from a dream. Perhaps you could have changed the colour of the purple flower to a shade of green to make it blend in more; I feel its the only thing that's wrong with the image.
Well done nice work j10asen.
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