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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 18 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Ian, It was good to see you recently and I must say you did an excellent job judging our International Salon. I have always been a fan of this type of effect (in old speak: Fractalius and Liquify) and therefore it will come as no surprise that I simply love your image. However, being a left-to-right kind of chap, I like it even more when it is flipped horizontally as below. |
May 7th |
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0 comments - 1 reply for Group 18
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| 41 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Nadia, Many thanks for your comments which are much appreciated. Interesting that you prefer the Radial Blur effect which certainly illustrates how migraine can play havoc with your visual acuity. I like your idea of introducing a crack on the forehead to imply that your head is splitting with a migraine. |
May 25th |
| 41 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Henry, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. One of the problems I find with digital imaging is knowing when to stop. There is so much in Photoshop which we can never do justice to but merely aspire to. |
May 23rd |
| 41 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Brad, Many thanks for your comments; much appreciated. |
May 22nd |
| 41 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Tom, Many thanks for your comments; much appreciated. Others in the group picked up on the fact that the title 'Migraine' is not reflected in the content of the image. Hence my variations to Brad above. Without the white swirly 'hair' a more appropriate title might be 'Meditation'. |
May 22nd |
| 41 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Hazel, Many thanks for your comments which are much appreciated. I certainly had fun creating the variations and I would tend to agree with your comment of which image(s) best illustrate migraine. |
May 21st |
| 41 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Tom, A small point, but I meant to say in my earlier comment that I particularly like the way that the tip of your chin is visible below the brim of your hat. |
May 20th |
| 41 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Brad, Lisa and Hazel make a good point about the two suns and competing shadows. One option might be to remove the sun top left as below. There is a sense here that the two girls are in bright sunshine and there is a cloud casting its overall shadow over the woodland in the mid-ground, through which we can see the sunlight beyond. |
May 20th |
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| 41 |
May 23 |
Reply |
The fifth one is a Duplicate Layer flipped horizontally and blended to the Background Layer at 65%. This creates the illusion that the individual doesn't know whether he is coming or going! |
May 20th |
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| 41 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Lisa, Thanks for your comments which are much appreciated. I was trying to create a visual tension between the brightness of the swirls creeping over the calm, monotone face and to direct the viewer's attention towards the oncoming migraine headache. |
May 20th |
| 41 |
May 23 |
Reply |
The fourth one is the Extrude Filter. |
May 20th |
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| 41 |
May 23 |
Reply |
The third one is Radial Blur > Dissolve. |
May 20th |
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| 41 |
May 23 |
Reply |
The second one is the Liquify effect. |
May 20th |
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| 41 |
May 23 |
Reply |
Brad, Many thanks for your comments which are much appreciated. I agree with you that the face is too calm and serene to reflect the turmoil of a migraine headache. I was trying to create that feeling with the white swirling 'hair' creeping over the face. In order to increase that sense of distress, I have added some Photoshop Filter effects below. The first one is the Oil Paint effect. |
May 20th |
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| 41 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Lisa, I love your Original image which, although it is a 'Bird on a Stick', nevertheless ticks the technical boxes and has an undoubted visual appeal. However, I am not sure whether your use of the Wind effect has worked for me. The saving grace is that the eye is pin-sharp amid the otherwise sea of blur over the image. Your conspiracy theories make interesting reading and one wonders about the minds that have created them. Clearly, they need to get out more. |
May 7th |
| 41 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Nadia, I like the way you have drawn upon your own reflections to pre-visualise an image that encapsulates homelessness. I admire how you have maintained the anonymity of the homeless person and introduced symbolism to create a feeling of warmth and support. Your Original 2 shows us the bench, presumably on a clifftop, overlooking the emptiness of the sea beyond and that has been transferred well to your composite. Choice of blue tone is a good one as it is a cold, unforgiving colour which reinforces the storyline and is further enhanced by the granularity that you have introduced. The complementary yellow of the bent street lamp provides a good focal point. Not sure whether we need the birds as your storyline is sufficiently strong without them.
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May 7th |
| 41 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Tom, I love the artistic simplicity of this composite which works very well, literally at different levels. The merging of your body into the cloud and the addition of the Linear Gradient to the sky adds to the overall visual aesthetic. There is a sense that you are at the start of a journey and also that we know where you are heading, as we can see the moon. Being a left-to-right kind of chap, I warmed even more to your image when it was flipped horizontally as below. |
May 7th |
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| 41 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Hazel, I love the sense of movement you have created in this composite. I particularly like the way that the figure top right is at the start of her journey; the figure on the left has mastered the waves; the figure bottom right has lost the plot and has crashed into the water. Your choice to use three versions of the same surfer is a good one as it has created a good visual triangle of interest. The balance of blues and the white surf, with the lime green highlights works perfectly. I have always wanted to create my own art brushes and clearly I need to have a look at Jane Lazenby's website. Well done; I enjoyed this image very much. |
May 5th |
| 41 |
May 23 |
Comment |
Brad, Your image shows good pre-visualisation and clearly you had a good idea in your mind's eye at the outset. I particularly like the way that you have blended the seascape seamlessly into the forest; this has been done very well. There is good compositional strength to the image with your daughters walking into the scene and the fallen logs leading the eye from the lower left-hand corner into the land/seascape. I also like the feeling of reality to the composite and the way that the water can be seen as flowing both downhill and uphill, very much like the flip-flop of a Necker Cube. Well done. |
May 4th |
7 comments - 11 replies for Group 41
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7 comments - 12 replies Total
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