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 01/26/2009 05:55:13 AM · #101
3. unravelled

01/26/2009 09:29:48 PM · #102
Week 3:

Edited and original.

Last time I attempted to comment, the site went down. Hopefully, I'll have a better luck this time. :)
 01/27/2009 02:11:04 AM · #103
Week 4
01/27/2009 07:12:45 AM · #104
#4

01/27/2009 01:14:10 PM · #105
Week 3 Before: and after:
01/28/2009 03:31:14 PM · #106
Originally posted by PGerst:
Never hide, and never delete. A moment captured, beautiful or not, should always be preserved.

At least, thats what I go by, and I have the DVD backup stack to prove it. :)

Preserved, yes ... able to find? Not so often as I'd like ... :-(
 01/28/2009 07:11:53 PM · #107
Totally agree....thankfully there is Picasa.

Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by PGerst:
Never hide, and never delete. A moment captured, beautiful or not, should always be preserved.

At least, thats what I go by, and I have the DVD backup stack to prove it. :)

Preserved, yes ... able to find? Not so often as I'd like ... :-(
01/28/2009 07:32:08 PM · #108
Originally posted by Doyle:
Week 3 Before: and after:


This is absolutely beautiful. I wish I had joined this side challenge, I am in sort of a shooting slump right now.
 01/29/2009 01:31:43 AM · #109
My Week #4 image. Very slight edit, as noted.

Original: Edited:

I am still catching up with Week 3 commenting ...
 01/29/2009 01:33:11 AM · #110
Originally posted by BAMartin:
I wish I had joined this side challenge, I am in sort of a shooting slump right now.

Nothing stopping you from looking through your old images and (re)editing any which now strike your fancy ... :-)
 01/29/2009 02:10:18 AM · #111
DOH! Wrong PAW thread!

Message edited by author 2009-01-29 11:03:21.
 01/29/2009 02:18:27 AM · #112
4. Legs

01/29/2009 06:08:54 AM · #113
Week 4

Original #1

used part of the central body of the insect to photo stack with...
Original #2
the head, antennae and rear body to produce...

Edited version:



Processing steps: inserted #1 into #2, masked out paspalam stalk and bug (he was about 3/4" long - 15mm), applied levels adjustment layer to bring up detail and blacks, then flattened image. Colour Efex software - brilliance and warmth. Cropped image. Lucis and Ninja on front legs. Small amount of perfectum on whole of image. Slight yellow/lime vignette to hide lens vignetting due to relatively poor light. Brightness and contrast adjustment layer to lift the overall image. SFW.

I am guessing that this is a small praying mantis or at least part of that family. There are over 1800 different types of mantis. The fact that this little critter is only standing on four legs indicates that the larger front legs are curled up in a resting mode.
This was taken at about 6-00am while the dew was still on the ground. These types of insects are fairly sluggish until they can get the warmth from the sun - similar to reptiles.
 01/29/2009 07:32:24 AM · #114
Nevermind... my bad... wrong thread. :(

Message edited by author 2009-01-29 15:52:12.
 01/30/2009 06:30:41 PM · #115
Week 4
original
light editing
little extra editing

Message edited by author 2009-01-30 18:33:13.
 01/30/2009 11:43:20 PM · #116
Week 04:


Original:
01/31/2009 06:51:38 AM · #117
Way behind already... ;-Þ No. 2., from 2005.

and original
01/31/2009 11:30:51 PM · #118
02/01/2009 01:59:09 AM · #119
PGerst - Week 4 Final
(See above or APAW original gallery for original)

02/01/2009 02:29:02 AM · #120
PGerst - Week 5 Original

More from one of my many trips to Cape Cod:


Suggestions welcome, I have edited this one before for personal use, but I never saved the psd file. :)

Finals:


Message edited by author 2009-02-22 23:10:29.
 02/01/2009 07:40:14 AM · #121
Week 5 - an old one from Texas. Figured I'd edit this one because I suspect this whole area is now a bunch of nice suburban homes that all look alike.

02/01/2009 08:00:51 AM · #122
Week 5

Original

Edit
 02/01/2009 01:03:10 PM · #123
Week 4
before after
02/02/2009 12:39:07 AM · #124
Week 5



I think I'm going to do all B & W conversions for the year.

I'll be catching up on commenting this week.
 02/02/2009 10:30:15 PM · #125
Damn.... the last week has been busy, and I missed my entry last week, and I also havent commented on any of your images in a while too. Sorry.

Here is what I have for week 4.


Original


I will also try catching up with my comments tomorrow after work. Right now it is late, and I need to get to sleep.

Thanks for checking these out, and for all the feedback I have received so far.

Brad

Message edited by author 2009-02-03 00:00:58.
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