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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 56 |
Mar 22 |
Comment |
Since you asked for our opinions, I am torn between the orangey and the brown/greener one. What I like most about the orangey one is the distinctive colored background which complements the browns in the feathers, but I prefer your handling of the textures in the background in the other one. The little pieces of grass sort of detract from the gorgeous owls for me, as they did in the original. You sure made the feathers look great! |
Mar 22nd |
| 56 |
Mar 22 |
Comment |
This became so much more colorful in your version, Terry. I'll bet the city of Camden could sell this as a souvenir placemat. My favorite thing is that the buildings/houses still look mostly natural amongst the foliage, while yielding nice watercolory textures to the water and trees. |
Mar 22nd |
| 56 |
Mar 22 |
Comment |
I like the shadowing idea Nancy illustrated on both yours and my images. I also think you might get another striking image if you sandwich both images (the color underneath and the monotone on top) in Photoshop and tried some of the blending modes to combine the best aspects of each and bring back some of that rich color. I very much like the textures you produced in the final image. |
Mar 22nd |
| 56 |
Mar 22 |
Comment |
I had to look harder to see much difference from the original, but it has an overall brighter appearance. I agree with your executive decision to keep the amount of texture in the foreground rockwork. |
Mar 22nd |
| 56 |
Mar 22 |
Comment |
The scenery resembles the maple-sugaring fests we used to attend in a woodsy part of Chicago at this time of year. (Not sure that's still going on, though.) I like the brambly look the painting treatment gives to the leafless bushes and the shadows cast on the snow: not too bright; not too dark. I say try giving the man in the green coat a red one for a snappier alternate point of interest. Either way, it's a wonderful painting and something I don't see every day. |
Mar 22nd |
5 comments - 0 replies for Group 56
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| 86 |
Mar 22 |
Comment |
Thanks, everybody for your positive comments! I knew that I liked the way it came out because I had envisioned it like that and was not at all sure I would achieve this look with these tools. It's encouraging to see it was well-received. |
Mar 24th |
| 86 |
Mar 22 |
Comment |
This was a very artistic idea of having flower petals look like decorative ribbons of fabric. And they look very natural. It's so inspiring, I think I am going to steal your fabric idea and squirrel it away into my "try this someday" file, since I have Snapseed also. Thanks for your explanation of using a black and white conversion as an intermediate step.
For the record, I'd agree to seeing the upper left petal removed to strengthen the image. That raindrop really adds something special, too. |
Mar 24th |
| 86 |
Mar 22 |
Comment |
This image "knocks my socks off", Kieu-Hanh! I like the way the jazzy new background picks up the camel-colored shade of the teapot. That's the trouble with these new apps, especially when trying them out, we can never be too sure whether we can save them and get back to this version, if we re-work any elements. Then, we'll be kicking ourselves for not quitting while we're ahead. I really, really liked your final image and all the interesting things to see in the background and the subject itself. |
Mar 24th |
| 86 |
Mar 22 |
Comment |
I agree with several other members that removing some of the little plants would help, but not to prune them away entirely. The "banding" doesn't bother my eye and I also agree that with the newly colored background, I can see it being a humdinger of a poster, Jack. |
Mar 24th |
| 86 |
Mar 22 |
Comment |
This is a nice spring-to-summer shot with such true colors in the sky and puffy clouds. I used to try to see shapes and faces outlined in their changing forms. While you'll surely miss your former backyard, you have lots of shots of the critters and plants that you had there (that you shared with us.) I hope you'll find more new opportunities in the town and I hope you were spared the recent bad storms!
The vertical framing gives the cloud the perfect amount of breathing space over the trees. |
Mar 24th |
| 86 |
Mar 22 |
Comment |
This is one of those very unusual photos that really didn't need enhancement. In fact, when the shadows are lightened, what they reveal is less interesting than whatever we can imagine is over there. The round buoy or whatever it is, calls the eye in that direction and after brightening THAT particular area, looks better as a result, but I would just as soon not have the semi-trucks on the right compete for my attention. You certainly did well to shoot at the right moment to have the clouds and their fantastic reflections in beautiful variegated colors. |
Mar 24th |
6 comments - 0 replies for Group 86
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