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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 21 |
Jul 20 |
Reply |
Guiseppe, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. Have a look at Michelle Whitmore's website and play around with the various Filters; Pixellate, Mezzotint, Radial Blur Zoom, Distort Twirl, Blending Mode Difference, HDR Toning. What I like about this procedure is that it is open-ended and no two results are the same. You need to find something that works for you. Enjoy the process and have fun. |
Jul 26th |
| 21 |
Jul 20 |
Reply |
Beverley, Indeed, it has been a long time since we were both in Group 9. Thank you for your kind words on this image which are much appreciated. |
Jul 14th |
| 21 |
Jul 20 |
Reply |
Peter, Your technique has been very well used not only to lighten the foreground but also to retain the 3-D effect. I love the luminescence you have achieved which has given a lovely rich saturated quality to the landscape. |
Jul 13th |
| 21 |
Jul 20 |
Comment |
Barrie, I like the structure of your image. It works compositionally with the lead-in lines and the off-centre placement and grouping of the balloons. It looks as though you may have included one of the Edges Filters which has become your trademark over the years. The ripples in the sky add a textural effect to an otherwise empty space. Having said that, the sky provides the blank canvas against which the balloons are performing and that works. |
Jul 13th |
| 21 |
Jul 20 |
Reply |
Peter, Now that you have said it, I can see them as well. Many thanks. |
Jul 12th |
| 21 |
Jul 20 |
Reply |
Joan, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. I like your analogy of the pinwheel in motion and I also prefer the portrait version. |
Jul 11th |
| 21 |
Jul 20 |
Comment |
Charles, On closer inspection of your image, as a nit pick, I wondered about the light falling on the cowboy and the horse. I would have expected the moon to be the main light source and therefore to throw the light from underneath the horse and rider. Being the brightest part of the image, my eye keeps returning firstly to the moon, secondly to the cowboy and thirdly to the fireworks. |
Jul 11th |
| 21 |
Jul 20 |
Reply |
Charles, Having such a shadow on the moon would certainly stretch the imagination. |
Jul 11th |
| 21 |
Jul 20 |
Reply |
Phillipa, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. I would recommend you have a look at Michelle's website which I am sure you will find interesting, educational, inspirational and stimulating. When I attended the Zoom talk the other day, on first seeing her images, I commented to the assembled gathering that "I have just fallen in love!" to which everyone laughed and applauded. |
Jul 11th |
| 21 |
Jul 20 |
Reply |
Peter, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. I totally agree with your sentiments about judges needing to learn to appreciate creative abstracts. |
Jul 11th |
| 21 |
Jul 20 |
Reply |
Charles, I take your point about the brightness of the neon colours. Like you, I prefer the outer blends. In order to address these issues, I have rotated the image ninety degrees counter-clockwise and toned down the bright lime green head. This is attached below for your information. Even in this orientation, I prefer the relative subtlety of the tartan colours on the outskirts. Michelle's use of flowers to create high fashion ball gowns is amazing. However, it is going to take a bit of getting my head around me wearing a pair of sweet pea pants! |
Jul 11th |
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| 21 |
Jul 20 |
Reply |
Peter, While I like your darkened landscape, I actually prefer Joan's original brighter version for the visual story that I am getting from it. When I originally saw the image, I had this mental picture of an alien space ship hovering over the landscape and casting a large pool of bright light prior to either landing or beaming down an alien being. This seems to match the background sky. Also, the sky engenders a sense of the parting of the waves. Therefore, I am reminded of the Biblical narrative of The Exodus; the crossing of the Red Sea by the escaping Israelites led by Moses from the pursuing Egyptians in the Book of Exodus. |
Jul 11th |
| 21 |
Jul 20 |
Comment |
Phillipa, This is clearly a labour of love which I imagine took a fair bit of time to complete. Superimposing the pink clouds over your paint tray created the backdrop against which your mannequin's head would perform. I like the way that you have introduced variation in size, scale and orientation to the heads which works well. The idea of a paint tray being used to build up layers of colour is quite appealing. I hope you don't mind but I played around with running a Linear Gradient through your image and then removed the colour on that selection via Hue/Saturation. This is attached below for information. |
Jul 9th |
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| 21 |
Jul 20 |
Comment |
Peter, Congratulations on producing such a strong image which is full of movement, emotion and visual story. I like the way that you started off with the underexposed picture of the water bubble but subsequently on closer inspection morphed it into your sea monster and the visual story was born. I love the strength of your Original 3 image where you have frozen the crashing waves perfectly. I agree with Phillipa that a hint of eyes would be beneficial. I like the inclusion of the surfer's hand which adds a human perspective. However, I am not so sure about the horns. Although I like the transition from the flower in Original 1, they seem a bit stuck on and not an integral part of the composite. My preference would be to tone down the redness to blend them more with the foamy water and perhaps to widen the base of the horns. |
Jul 9th |
| 21 |
Jul 20 |
Comment |
Charles, You have taken the child's nursery rhyme and given it your own slant with the cowboy jumping over the moon. This works very well. The positioning and arrangement of the elements in the frame is compositionally strong. I enjoyed the visual story very much but I wanted to see the moon and the cowboy slightly larger in the frame. Pictorially, I would probably lighten the dark patch on the moon as it tends to draw the eye. |
Jul 9th |
| 21 |
Jul 20 |
Comment |
Joan, I love this image and this is a technique that I will definitely try. As you say, your image is simple (only three layers) but it is so creative and has massive impact. The notion of a geyser spurting out of the landscape near Salt Lake City is brilliant. I like your use of the complementary colours blue and yellow. Congratulations and very well done. |
Jul 9th |
6 comments - 10 replies for Group 21
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6 comments - 10 replies Total
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