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Jawbone54
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Apr 14, 2008 , 10:44 AM
 
Nice work. I'd like the skies to have a little more snap to them, but I get the idea.
     
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Apr 14, 2008 , 12:30 PM
 
Yeah, I wasn't sure how much "striping" you wanted to the clouds to have against the sky, so I kept it subdued.

Fall in love with the Soft Light blending mode and circular white-to-transparent gradients. I don't remember every single step I took, but I remember these...


Selected just the guy at 15-30 feather, filled with white, the used Soft Light at around 20 to 40%.

I then erased the soft light layer on his pants because of color blocking

Used a radial gradient on his head o lighten his face

Used soft light at around 20% to boost contrast, overall.

Inverse selected the guy to Curve the sky to the slight blue

and so on...


I didn't mess with the grass at all, but you know how to boost crap like that already.
     
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Apr 14, 2008 , 02:54 PM
 
Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - View Post
Sorry I missed this shot earlier. It really deserves to be viewed large. Really cool (hah!) shot!

Great job!
Thanks for the encouragement Erik — I may have to toss another shot or two in the mix
     
Jawbone54
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Apr 14, 2008 , 03:14 PM
 
Definitely do it, Rampant1. Keep posting.

And thanks, Railhead.
     
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Apr 14, 2008 , 03:25 PM
 
Please, call me Maury.



/got nothin'
     
Jawbone54
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Apr 14, 2008 , 03:34 PM
 
Didn't know how people feel about that around here.

For instance, - - e r i k - - refuses to go by his real name of "Fitzgerald."
     
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Apr 14, 2008 , 03:58 PM
 
Hm, in that case, make it !1!!1! - - - - m - a - u - r -y - - - - !1!!1!
     
Jawbone54
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Apr 14, 2008 , 04:55 PM
 
Sure thing, !1!!1! - - - - m - a - u - r - y - - - - !1!!1!!

Gosh, now I feel much more personal.
     
brassplayersrock²
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Apr 14, 2008 , 04:57 PM
 
i really enjoy your photos above mr. d
     
Jawbone54
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Apr 14, 2008 , 05:03 PM
 
Ooh...ominous sounding name.

And seriously...your sig is mind-altering all by itself.
     
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Apr 14, 2008 , 10:14 PM
 
Critique... But add how it makes you feel, what messages or stories if any it speaks to your mind.

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brassplayersrock²
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Apr 14, 2008 , 10:20 PM
 
that candyland board game
     
Tesselator
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Apr 14, 2008 , 10:27 PM
 
Originally Posted by turtle777 View Post




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I like these allot! (Yes, that's my critique.)
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Apr 14, 2008 , 10:29 PM
 
Originally Posted by brassplayersrock² View Post
that candyland board game
Got a link?
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Apr 14, 2008 , 10:46 PM
 
     
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Apr 15, 2008 , 12:10 AM
 
Originally Posted by brassplayersrock² View Post
Hehehehe, yeah, that's pretty close...
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Apr 15, 2008 , 06:04 AM
 
Sorry, but it just looks sloppy to me. No messages or anything.
     
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Apr 15, 2008 , 04:50 PM
 
Originally Posted by Tesselator View Post
Critique... But add how it makes you feel, what messages or stories if any it speaks to your mind.

[img]http://tesselator.gpmod.com/Private/_PICT1093Small.jpg[img] [img]http://tesselator.gpmod.com/Private/_Pict1093Small_Info.png[img]
I don't like this shot.

Noise in the sky is distracting. People out of focus. Trees are poorly framed. The "path/walk" is distracting and should be cropped out. DOF on the trees is too wide making them look flat.

What's the deal with the EXIF info?

בְּטַח אֶל-יְהוָה, בְּכָל-לִבֶּךָ; וְאֶל-בִּינָתְךָ, אַל-תִּשָּׁעֵן.
     
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Apr 15, 2008 , 08:04 PM
 
Originally Posted by Railroader View Post
What's the deal with the EXIF info?
Well, it's just a scaled raw import - no cropping or nothing. A few settings changed
in the camera raw but nothing major - so I thought the EXIT might be interesting
to see. Guess not... (??)
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Apr 16, 2008 , 10:02 AM
 
This is really just a kind of funny shot rather than one for critique:

     
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