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01/30/2008 05:27:09 AM |
| You know what, I really like what you have done here. She looks like she is an old tree that is alive and mad. I love it, very creative. |
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01/23/2008 05:37:36 PM |
| Great partnership you've worked out. This is very effective. |
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01/18/2008 09:46:38 AM |
| I didn't know that you met my mom. Shh, don't tell her I said that! This is a great shot of a performer. The motion livens it up a bit form being a pale portrait to something with some life. While others may not like the blur, I think it is perfectly acceptable in this photo and doesn't detract from it near as much as others may say. Sometimes we are blessed with great photos out of what we think are the worst ones. I guess that is why it is important not to delete photos just off what the tiny LCD on the back of the camera shows you. |
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01/13/2008 04:37:06 PM |
| The blur is a little much. But, it would work well as an illustration type image. Love the costume! |
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01/13/2008 11:57:08 AM |
Shame. It's a great subject/shot, but it looks as though there's a little movement blur there as well as the soft focus. BTW, as I understand it, dryads are tree spirits, so that to call it a tree dryad is just a touch tautological, maybe.
I think you've done about as much as can be done, and well. I wanted to try something for the blurred/fuzzy lines. Don't know if it helped or could help...
I found a tutorial/guide here which makes a line drawing out of a picture. It doesn't, really, but you have to try it and see. I thought maybe if you could try that :
*duplicate background layer
*desaturate new layer
*duplicate new layer
*invert new layer
*set blending mode to 'color dodge'
*select Blur/Gaussian blur in the filter menu
*play with the slider and watch the line drawing appear
I did all that and increased the contrast a little, before combining the visible layers (i.e. the new ones, the background layer has to be invisible) and then brought back the background layer and chose 'multiply' for the adjusted layer(s)
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Did it help? You could always mask out parts of it if you decide where the lines need to be made more definite.
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01/13/2008 11:40:18 AM |
| Terrific costume and makeup. I particularly like the blur vignette. I really helps to give the feel that the woman is part of the tree. I say "well done"! It looks like an illustration for a fantasy book. |
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