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Lady In Red
Lady In Red
jomari


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Point Of Color II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2010 Challenges
Camera: Canon Power Shot SX10 IS
Location: Ballarat, Vic. Australia
Date: Jun 15, 2010
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: Jun 20, 2010

 After a heavy downpour the carpark was highly reflective. I hope that this qualifies as a point of colour. I know that there is colour other than the subject, and that the red is repeated on the taillights and their reflections but I think that the point of the image is the lady and her extensive red reflection. I suppose I'll lose points because she is facing out of frame too, but never mind.

Crop
Duplicate layer
Gaussian blur on base layer
Brightness/contrast - both taken right down - on base layer
Select background above cars on top layer
Erase this area about 50% opacity
Flatten
Topaz detail
Topaz denoise
Image size reduction
FilterForge vibrance
Copy
Return to previous state
Paste
Blend mode darken
Flatten
A little tweak of hue/saturation
Duplicate layer
Sharpen
Border
Select some of foreground
Cut pixels
Erase a bit more of this layer 25% opacity
Select area above cars
Cut pixels
Flatten
Image size, sfw.



Statistics
Place: 52 out of 154
Avg (all users): 5.8655
Avg (commenters): 7.2727
Avg (participants): 5.7586
Avg (non-participants): 5.9672
Views since voting: 629
Views during voting: 229
Votes: 119
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 06/28/2010 12:39:52 AM
Really well spotted. Didn't have time to look at this challenge, but this would surely have been one of my top picks. Excellent.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/27/2010 08:48:49 PM
Very fine. Love the lined reflections, the "drawn" cars, and the person negotiating these two abstract realities.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/27/2010 07:13:04 PM
good
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/25/2010 08:54:28 AM
The wet ground really adds a nice effect. I'll bet this would be cool in B&W also.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/24/2010 05:51:02 PM
I love wet reflections
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/23/2010 08:24:30 AM
great shimmer and reflection of color in the pavement. you took an ordinary scene and turned it into extraordinary art. nicely done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2010 06:58:50 PM
Challenge Relevance:9 Impact/Emotion/Mood:9 Technicals:7 Processing:7 Creativity:8
Beutifully captured.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2010 09:57:28 AM
:O i really like this, very simplistic, tells a story, and meets the challenge great, all the rainy dull colors and cars, then this woman! brilliant, good luck.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2010 05:50:23 AM
I really like the smooth reflections but they overpower your subject.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/21/2010 06:36:57 PM
Cute capture with the same color vehicles, but overall the photo feels a bit too snapshot-ish. Maybe it would have worked better if the cars started in a corner of the photo to help lead our eyes.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/21/2010 06:14:25 PM
cool idea... looks a bit over processed
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/21/2010 07:38:31 AM
good capture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/21/2010 05:16:57 AM
Interseting composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/21/2010 01:26:27 AM
loving the effect of the car's red lights and the woman's reflection fitting right into it...Fabulous!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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