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09/03/2007 08:48:12 AM |
| I keep seeing this image and coming back to it. Your use of dodging and burning to enhance the tones is just thrilling. I love images like this - with harmonies of light and shadow. :) Awesome shot. |
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03/15/2005 02:38:39 PM |
| The dodging and burning here is so noticeable that the image looks like a cartoon. Show us the original. |
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03/14/2005 04:04:29 PM |
| Congratulations on your 4th placing with this beautiful piece of art! Love it! |
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03/14/2005 02:49:06 PM |
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03/14/2005 08:42:04 AM |
| A very special shot, congrats on your succesful entry. |
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03/14/2005 07:00:50 AM |
Thank you for your comments, this has been a fun challenge for me.
This photo is me trying to be Heida. I'm flattered that a couple of you thought it might be her, but if you compare techniques, you'll see how heavy handed mine is, and how amazingly refined she is at this. I appreciate her input (not directly on this photo, but on photos she has in her portfolio) in teaching me more about this amazing technique.
I appreciate the photography purists here on this site. I come from a very different background, one where illusion is king, that of special effects for film and video. I have made a lot of money "fooling" people with photoshop. I love it.
I have very much appreciated the rigid guides that DPC has placed on my photography. It has taught me more about "pure" photography in a couple of months than I ever would have learned on my own in two years.
However, I have learned more about Photoshop in the same time too. Thanks to those who concieved and run this amazing site.
Unfortunately, this photo will be disqualified. I have been asked for validation, I opened the origingal off of my CF card as a drive when I started working on this. I saved the file as a Photoshop file to my main hard drive, and subsequently cleared my CF card. Alas.
Again, thanks for a fun challenge. I didn't cheat, I just can't prove it! :-)
Message edited by author 2005-03-14 15:50:25. |
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03/14/2005 03:23:09 AM |
| Should have Ribboned IMO. Excellent. |
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03/14/2005 12:51:51 AM |
| totally original, well done ! Compostition spot on. |
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03/13/2005 08:40:44 PM |
Underneath this saturation of uber-burning and airbrushed drama, this looks like a fairly decent shot.
Dare you upload the original? |
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03/13/2005 08:05:14 PM |
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03/13/2005 07:40:57 PM |
My highest rated image in the challenge! Beautiful shot, I was hoping it would place. Congrats on #4, though!
JD |
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03/13/2005 07:29:41 PM |
| Ya got yourself the coveted "green" ribbon. Great shot. I like the way you processed it to create a dark and foreboding look. |
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03/13/2005 07:15:42 PM |
| Outstanding, very beautiful! |
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03/13/2005 07:14:02 PM |
| Congratulations on your 4th placing. An intriguing image. |
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03/13/2005 07:12:51 PM |
IMHO you won this challenge. No question about it. Just look at the number of folks that have selected this image as a favorite... You are clearly the leader!
No disrespect intended to those that placed, but you sir, were robbed. Congrats on a wonderful entry and an excellent finish. Clearly the best in challenge as far as I can see. |
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03/13/2005 07:12:32 PM |
| Whoa! So close to a ribbon. This was one of my 10's. Great job! |
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03/13/2005 09:17:57 AM |
| you've capture the dramatic lighting and sky, well composed, interesting subject... one of my ribbon picks this challenge -- well done! |
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03/13/2005 03:49:21 AM |
| I really like your picture. It has almost a dreamy look to it. One of my favorites. Should be a top 5. |
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03/13/2005 03:17:02 AM |
| Amazing picture. I'm waiting for the white horse to turn his head. 10. I keep coming back to this photo. I think this is exactly what Adams sought - A "painted" feel so to speak because you know it can't be real. I may have to buy the print. |
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03/12/2005 06:17:46 PM |
This is just fabulous! The depth, tones & composition are just excellent!!
I love it. 10 |
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03/12/2005 04:59:46 PM |
| This is just to cool! Very neat effect, kind of spooky (eyes of the center horse), excellent composition. Definitely one of my fav's! |
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03/12/2005 04:08:17 PM |
| The processing makes this very ethereal. Great dodge and burn work. |
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03/12/2005 01:58:26 PM |
| My top pick even though heavily manipulated and bad haloing around the horses ears. I can appreciate that, I had the same problem when I resized and resharpened before saving for web. Gorgeous rendidition - should be in top three. |
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03/12/2005 12:56:35 PM |
| That's one big storm brewing in the background. Nice capture. |
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03/12/2005 03:22:28 AM |
| I like the idea and think that the composition is great. |
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03/12/2005 01:43:33 AM |
| Interesting image, but I find the dodging and burning is much too evident, even for an ANsel Adams-type shot. Just a bit too much fuzziness caused by the aggressive use of dodge and burn. Love the placement of the horses. Awesome crop too. |
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03/11/2005 01:17:03 PM |
i have a guess as to whose this is.
a lot of depth to this - quite nice.
good luck.
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03/11/2005 08:44:28 AM |
I love this picure it has atmosphere and beauty, the only concern I have is that the Three Horses in the next village to me is better known for serving a decent pint of beer
Well Shot
eddited for spelling beer wrong. ..
Message edited by author 2005-03-14 02:20:07. |
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03/11/2005 01:55:57 AM |
| Some really obvious dodging and burning adds drama to an otherwise undramatic scene. Feels oddly surreal and conflicted as a result. 6 |
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03/10/2005 08:01:12 PM |
| One of my top picks. Such depth! |
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03/10/2005 05:45:12 PM |
| This is just fabulous--10 |
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03/10/2005 06:23:57 AM |
| Excellent work! Perfect tonal range. 10 |
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03/09/2005 09:54:26 PM |
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03/09/2005 04:14:33 PM |
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03/09/2005 01:03:09 PM |
| This is the best by far, should be ribboned. mmm Heida? |
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03/09/2005 12:29:07 PM |
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03/09/2005 11:58:33 AM |
| Great picture - superb expression. |
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03/08/2005 07:12:22 PM |
| Almost a sureal feel to the lighting here that make it look like a painting. I like the effect. I also like the sense of depth given with the other horse being in the background, and the fence being in the front. This will make a splendid print and should do very well in this challenge. |
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03/08/2005 05:25:33 PM |
| What a great shot, I voted this a 10 I think it should place very high. |
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03/08/2005 04:01:23 PM |
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03/08/2005 02:52:25 PM |
| seems a bit over-processed |
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03/08/2005 02:08:33 PM |
I am going to relate what I thought when I first saw your shot
"Oh that is a great shot!!!"... I want to see a ribbon beside this shot ... well done |
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03/08/2005 12:27:49 PM |
| A very striking shot. I know that 'a picture is made not taken' but I think the processing is just a little too obvious to feel natural. The horse on the right appears a little left out too on the dodging side. Nevertheless a high scorer. |
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03/08/2005 11:54:52 AM |
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03/08/2005 09:59:15 AM |
| good shot, like the sense of movement in it.congrats. 8 |
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03/08/2005 06:17:56 AM |
| Wow, this is awesome... the sky and angle are stunning. 10. |
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03/08/2005 03:29:35 AM |
| it looks like the horizon is lower on the right side... |
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03/07/2005 11:47:19 PM |
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03/07/2005 05:38:45 PM |
| Beautiful shot! Love your angle and comp. 10 |
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03/07/2005 03:30:32 PM |
| nicely done, great DOP and soft mood. |
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03/07/2005 03:05:20 PM |
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03/07/2005 02:54:10 PM |
to me this looks like its over processed.... I'd love to see your original to compare them... it may be spectacular in color..and ddint translate well to b&w
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03/07/2005 12:40:20 PM |
| If this doesn't win the blue I'll be surprised. It's absolutely perfection 10 |
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03/07/2005 10:19:44 AM |
| a great shot, framed well. but it looks a little too photoshopped. |
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03/07/2005 10:19:27 AM |
| I love this shot! The PP oon the sky is very well done, not obvious and giving a very dramatic effect.10 |
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03/07/2005 08:22:45 AM |
| The techique you've used makes this very dramatic. Like it a lot. |
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03/07/2005 07:51:42 AM |
| I like this! How did you do this? |
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03/07/2005 06:06:34 AM |
| 10+++ This photo is breathtaking! I love it. |
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03/07/2005 06:04:30 AM |
| 6 very nice pic although your burning is missing from around part of right horse. |
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03/07/2005 05:15:02 AM |
| Gorgeous! love the white horse. 10 |
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03/07/2005 05:08:23 AM |
looks very dodged and burned.
Too much in fact. |
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03/07/2005 05:05:24 AM |
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03/07/2005 04:18:42 AM |
| Cool editing though it gives it a litle more modern style than you would expect from a AA image. |
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03/07/2005 03:07:44 AM |
| best of the challenge, I love it! |
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