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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 21 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
Mike,
Your image has a lot of visual impact on first look.
Great and refreshing creative concept, and very well executed. I have a feeling that it took you more than five minutes to complete. Well done. Not crappy. (Sorry, I couldn't resist the pun.) |
Jul 14th |
| 21 |
Jul 22 |
Reply |
So subtle. |
Jul 14th |
| 21 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
Hazel, I agree with everything that Joan has said. I think that every altered image is creative. My further comment is that as a pictorial, I wish there some form of motion blur to enhance the impression of speed. Below is a link to a basic Adobe tutorial on how to use the motion blur tool in PS.
<https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/motion-blur-effect.html#:~:text=Use%20Adobe%20Photoshop%20to%20create%20a%20motion%20blur,4%20Step%204%3A%20Stay%20focused.%20%20See%20More.> |
Jul 14th |
| 21 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
Skip, To me the image has a lot of impact, (and delivers a needed social message.) Your creative variance in luminosity gives your image a nice flow. I agree with Joan's suggestion about extending the top. While I like that the heads are not facing in one of the conventional relationships, I am ambivalent about the current placement, unless of course it was done for your artistic vision. |
Jul 14th |
| 21 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
Brian! Wow! This is one of the most unique treatment of fireworks that I have seen. I think that any changes would ruin it. Very well done. Did I say I like your image? |
Jul 14th |
| 21 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
Joan!
This version sings. In this version the drops are integrated into the image. I like the angle of the rain, which runs parallel to the umbrella stem. I am not sure that turning the rain upside down would improve your image. As for your original not being well received at your CC: while we all like everybody to love every image we produce, it just a'int gonna happen. If you are developing your creativity enough not liking an image, is a fact of life. Ask yourself whether you are doing your art to please a conventional CC judge, or yourself. Just my thoughts. |
Jul 14th |
5 comments - 1 reply for Group 21
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| 79 |
Jul 22 |
Reply |
Now look at the original, how many other animals do you see? I see at least 4. Hint they reside in the upper half. One of the reasons I like abstracts different people will often see different shapes, as with Rorarch cards. |
Jul 10th |
| 79 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
Karl, Nice moody image, certainly a wall hanger. It would be just as nice in pano. If you put a white 1-2 pixels around a dark image, it's easier to tell where the image begins.
A mixture of aloe lotion with lidocaine gives great relief from the mosquito bites. |
Jul 10th |
| 79 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
Hi Lauren,
Nice colorful image. I like the slight blur on the flowers, as it keeps there soft natural feel. I think that although they make a nice curved line to the butterfly, they tend to overpower it. To show what I mean, I put a blur and darkened everything but the main flower and butterfly. In order to get more separation of the butterfly, I adjusted luminosity and saturation to: red; orange; and yellow. |
Jul 10th |
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| 79 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
Hi Lynne, beautiful image. must have been fun to work on. You have turned a less than ordinary flower into a work of art. I like the way the elliptically shaped blur vignette gives a feeling of motion. Last night I watched a 2.5 hr webinar from out of Chicago, featuring snippet presentations from a group of flower photographers. The title is "AH-Ha Moments in Flower & Plant Photography" in which the presenters demonstrated techniques for making art out of flowers. Did I say it is a freebie? Here is a link to register for the replay, and an upcoming free webinar, Beyond Flowers: <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UCfb4YPzSrO9L7TJI3iTVQ> |
Jul 9th |
| 79 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
Hi Lynne, beautiful image. must have been fun to work on. You have turned a less than ordinary flower into a work of art. I like the way the elliptically shaped blur vignette gives a feeling of motion. Last night I watched a 2.5 hr webinar from out of Chicago, featuring snippet presentations from a group of flower photographers. The title is "AH-Ha Moments in Flower & Plant Photography" in which the presenters demonstrated techniques for making art out of flowers. Did I say it is a freebie? Here is a link to register for the replay, and an upcoming free webinar, Beyond Flowers: <https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UCfb4YPzSrO9L7TJI3iTVQ> |
Jul 9th |
| 79 |
Jul 22 |
Reply |
Bev, Yet I can see a crocodile just above the lower right corner and the olive horizontal line as a leaping gazelle. I might appreciate Scully, but I wouldn't hang one on my wall. |
Jul 9th |
| 79 |
Jul 22 |
Comment |
Hi Gerrard, For me, the rock wall by itself makes an interesting abstract. I see an almost water reflection look in the bottom part of the wall and took the liberty of applying a pearstone flood filter, and giving a bit of oomph to the color by changing the blend mode of original2 to color. |
Jul 9th |
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5 comments - 2 replies for Group 79
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10 comments - 3 replies Total
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