DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register) 
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Puffing Billy
Puffing Billy
Marston


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study XII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Location: Quorn Railway Station, UK
Date: Aug 8, 2006
Aperture: f8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250th
Galleries: Cityscape, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Aug 31, 2006

 Crop,Levels,Sat,Clean,USM,Add Border,Resize for Web.

Statistics
Place: 112 out of 684
Avg (all users): 6.1412
Avg (commenters): 7.1892
Avg (participants): 6.0338
Avg (non-participants): 6.5455
Views since voting: 1090
Views during voting: 382
Votes: 262
Comments: 41
Favorites: 4 (view)

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 09/07/2006 11:11:18 PM
This was my personal best.Thankyou for all of your comments.

Message edited by author 2006-09-08 03:12:16.
 09/07/2006 09:26:19 PM
Congrats on your personal best!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2006 10:39:00 AM
Very cute, excellent PP treatment. The flatness really works in its favor.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/07/2006 09:03:46 AM
Nice touch with the smoke. I like the border on this one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2006 09:29:05 PM
I like the border treatment. I'll be interested to see what others think.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2006 08:49:56 PM
Nice photo, great composition with the tracks going out the lower left
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2006 02:31:38 PM
Good use for the out of the frame technique.
This often doesn't work, but in this case does, and the bold frame again, often doesn't work, but here it does.
Well done on a unique shot and fine presentation.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2006 10:51:33 AM
I like your choice of framing and the smoke seemingly coming out of the frame.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2006 10:26:07 AM
Steam trains - my husband's passion! Lovely shot and the framing actually really works for this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2006 08:53:08 AM
I'm not normally a border fan but i like this one a lot. Great capture of the locomotive. You've lost some detail in the sky I'd like to see. All in all, a superb photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2006 07:36:02 PM
wonderful border! 10 for a technically great image!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2006 06:39:20 PM
Ireally like the effect the frame gives it especially how the smoke continues past the inside border.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2006 04:31:23 PM
Cool border...how do you do that?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2006 11:04:37 AM
Excellent job in your edits! Bumping up. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2006 08:07:34 AM
FANTASTIC BORDER AND FINISHING TECHNIQUE. IT REALLY TAKES A NORMAL IMAGE AND MAKES IT VERY INTERESTING AND HIGHLY APPEALING. GREAT JOB.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2006 06:26:50 AM
Nice shot. Initially I really liked what you did with the boarder, but then realized my focus was drawn to the smoke going out of the picture instead of to the engine. I'm not sure that was your intention.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2006 04:42:24 AM
I like the composition and the framing on your subject. You captured the steam engine from an angle that makes it appear that it is approaching the viewer - which always adds visual interest. But you carried the illusion one step further. The steam train's smoke rises out of the frame giving the photo an overall illusion that the train is about to chug right out of the frame and into our living rooms. I also how the frame is outlined by a thin red border that not only pops off the black border but it also compliments the red on the steam engine.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2006 03:35:08 AM
I like what you ahve done with the border although it is perhaps too big. focus could bae a bit sharper and that bright cloud a the top could maybe be burned, but overall good job. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/04/2006 10:06:26 PM
Normally I'm not a great fan of frames, but in this case I think it really works. Colours are great too. Well done 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/04/2006 05:31:02 PM
Nice use of the frame on this. Looks like a postcard! : ) 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/03/2006 06:16:10 PM
I like the frame. Could be a postcard.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/03/2006 03:15:22 PM
Nice colours I think the frame really sets it off well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/03/2006 07:28:51 AM
I like the idea with the frame.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/03/2006 04:54:29 AM
Very nice post editing. Love how the steam comes up over the border.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/03/2006 04:27:19 AM
Nice touch on the smoke coming out into the frame.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/03/2006 01:35:11 AM
Looks like an old painted magazine cover from the 30's or 40's and I like the smoke in front of the frame effect too. Good Shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/02/2006 12:21:39 PM
Nice job on the edit. I like how you made the smoke in front of the border, I've never seen that before. It may just be my eyes but I think the focus could be a little sharper. Good luck to ya!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/02/2006 11:22:15 AM
A well done classic shot and I really like the way you've done the border with the steam escaping the picture. Very nice presentation.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/02/2006 11:04:52 AM
Not a bad shot. I'm really not sure about the border, as the photo itself has a very tight crop on it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/02/2006 04:29:48 AM
Such a typical train poster. Nice image though. Perhaps you could have blurred out the right hand side fence etc.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/02/2006 02:53:35 AM
wow. love how the steam/smoke covers the border. great color too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/01/2006 06:02:36 PM
oh wow nice train. Looks like Thomas
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/01/2006 03:52:32 PM
No no no, the frame kills it imho. :(
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/01/2006 11:47:17 AM
An extra point for using the smoke in the frame. 7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/01/2006 10:44:58 AM
Nice shot, well done
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/01/2006 10:13:19 AM
This is AWESOME! I LOVE how you did that frame! How DID you do that by the way! One of my favorites!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/01/2006 08:59:18 AM
Not sure about the border but this pic would definitely appeal to a train enthusiast.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/01/2006 06:42:12 AM
good old puffing billy! lovely shot and interesting framing...hope the voters understand this...a great image (I have lived in Melbourne all my life and have never been on Billy)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/01/2006 05:30:47 AM
Nice and crisp, but the LARGE border pulls my eyes there instead...sorry
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/01/2006 04:11:00 AM
While I think the border is a little large/overpowering, this is the first use of a border that I've liked in the Free Study challenge. I think there are more borders in this challenge that any I've seen recently and yours enhances the picture. Naturally, you'll get a dozen other comments that don't like it, but I do.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/31/2006 09:33:11 PM
Clever framing and in focus image
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/06/2025 12:14:43 PM EDT.