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Collection: Re-Edits
Camera: Gateway DC-T50
Location: Rocky Point, VA
Date: Jul 28, 2005
Galleries: Emotive, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Aug 29, 2005

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Comments: 28
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 Same date & location as "Nature's Melting Pot". Just experimenting with color and kinda liked the effect after I went crazy.

Since some of you have asked, here's more detail on what I did. It was really pretty simple. I took the shot that I already had (one of my outtakes from the Long Exposure Challenge) and used the tint brush. I used a pretty large brush with a soft edge and just started cycling through colors and spotting the shot with them, repeatedly, over and over. Then took the burning brush and brought the tones down a bit. That still wasn't enough - it looked like cotton candy - so I layered a b/w version with high contrast and a muted color version with high contrast. Voila! (A mess, but then I always did like chaos!)

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 06/11/2010 08:57:31 AM
Good thing I was sober when I saw this :P

looks cool though
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 06/11/2010 08:04:10 AM
There's something great about flagrant abuse of the whole color spectrum. Works for me. Kind of reminds me of a cross between a cascading mountain stream and an oil sheen. Come to think of it, maybe BP's PR department would be interested in this.
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 09/10/2006 07:47:35 PM
And orderly chaos you have. Great idea, great follow through.
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 09/16/2005 04:41:21 PM
This would be awesome for a "fantasy" type challenge! I just love looking at this. It's a feast for the eyes. Creativity and a little (okay, a LOT) of PS is a wonderful thing.
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 09/11/2005 01:24:01 PM
This shot is great! The colors make this look incredible. Would have been a good Fantasy World shot. The detail that remained after the coloring is excellent. The apparent randomness of the color placement is great too. Very nice work!
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 09/10/2005 09:33:22 PM
lol, you edit like me. I know what I want but getting there is chaos!
and this edit rocks man.

Message edited by author 2005-09-11 01:33:41.
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 08/30/2005 07:24:29 PM
Holy crap! How the heck did you do this? It's like a waterfall on acid or something :) Great capture of the falls and long exposure :) Just a tad oversharpened but it doesn't take away from the image :) Good job Jimmy :)
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 08/30/2005 07:19:32 PM
Very appealing to the eye! I like it quite a bit- very cool.
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 08/30/2005 05:58:26 PM
Cool looking photo. Thanks for sharing how you did it. Love the colors.
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 08/30/2005 04:30:25 PM
very fun effect I like to look at it on here but I don't think it would be a print I would display. It's a great idea to play around with the the colors on water though, I bet you can find a shot that this really works on.
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 08/30/2005 04:23:48 PM
Thats one seriously cool picture too look at. Very orignal. Makes me want to go and play with some of mine.
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 08/30/2005 04:22:37 PM
This is amazing!!! Need I say more...
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 08/30/2005 03:37:53 PM
Now this is one mad editing job that really does work extremely well! The photo underneath the editing is great too, with well exposed highlights and a nice gentle flow of water :) Fab job!
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 08/30/2005 03:34:12 PM
The picture is nice but the post processing is great. Gotta love digital cameras, I don't think that would even be possible with a film camera. Good job
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 08/30/2005 03:25:31 PM
weird but i really like it. experimentation is the key to life.
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 08/30/2005 11:57:46 AM
I dont normally like shots like this... but this is strangely appealling!!! Definately a technique to continue to play with. It reminds me of a motivational poster. Nice job
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 08/30/2005 09:39:42 AM
The crop for mine could have been a bit narrower, and the colours a bit less surreal. Just my 2 cents and I'm probably wrong, but the processing distracts from the photo. Other than that, it's a nice photo and it's always fun to try different things.
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 08/30/2005 09:22:13 AM
Really unusual and creative, fantasy like, great shot and manipulation. Very pretty.
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 08/30/2005 09:11:02 AM
This would've been great for a Fantasy World challenge.
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 08/30/2005 08:39:26 AM
Hmmm, not sure I like the purple/grren/blue spots...just me LOL. Great location though.
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 08/30/2005 08:16:57 AM
Really cool effect! Not exactly a traditional long-exposure-to-give-soft-water-effect waterfall, but all the better for being different. :)
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 08/30/2005 07:42:43 AM
Nice work! How about a little more detail on how you did this. The colors seem very prismatic, i.e. not just simple color adjusts?
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 08/30/2005 07:31:34 AM
I am not too fond of this effect. Perhaps if you only used it on the water itself, or even better just that spot where the water hit the lake, it would look better.
It is too colorful, in a somewhat flamboyant way.
The shot itself is beautiful. I love those layers of moss and the smoothness of the water on them.
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 08/30/2005 07:31:18 AM
very cool effect used well.
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 08/30/2005 07:31:16 AM
Love this, but where are the faeries??
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 08/30/2005 07:02:26 AM
Oh..what a fun photo you have here! I just love color. ok, i think this one just has to go straight to my favs! love it love it love it!!
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 08/29/2005 09:39:23 PM
I adore this. Can I go there??? Kind of like big rock candy mountain!! This is excellent and full of whimsy as well.
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 08/29/2005 07:59:02 PM
OOHHHH pretty!!!
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