A Brief Moment of Silence
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Dang it's a shame this was disqualified, but I would like to extend a handshake for a couple of reasons, one of which I have already stated belong in my original comment after the challenge.

Two, for the way you have handled yourself in this situation. Class.

And three, for a congratulations on creating a masterpiece that could grace any fine magazine, hardcover book or be included in any piece of literature used in the course of teaching photography and the element of human emotion.

Bravo.

A Brief Moment of Silence
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Once in a while, images grace the pages of DPCHallenge that reach out and grab hold of something deep inside me. This is just such an example. During the voting, I clicked on the thumbnail and when it came to life, full-screen, an EKG would have recorded a change in my heart rhythm.

You have a gift. Something catches your eye, and may very well be the things in life we all look at, but never see, yet you manage to know just what to do to bring them to the screen, alive, with a soul, and stick in one's memory, days, weeks, months later, and I can't find the words to describe it other than magic.

Thank You.

Message edited by author 2007-06-09 21:06:28.

Rain_Dancing
by BAMartin

Comment:
Ohhhh - now in print !

You wanna know something Barbara - I have never ordered a print on DPCPrints other than a few of my own, nor do I ever have any of my own images printed, but this one - this one will be in my hands, as the first-ever print I will order, and just checked and see that it is available in 8x10".

Thank You.
This is magic.

Sacrifice
by graphicfunk

Comment:
Well Daniel, you absolutely accomplished what you set out to do here.
A special visual study? I call it and exceptional visual study, Sir.

Bliss
by levyj413

Comment:
If there is one thing important in life it's family.

To have the ability to preserve magic, and moments that can never be replicated, at a professional level such as this, is a gift for all the members of your family. Admired now, they will be some of the most precious belongings you will ever know. They would be just as meaningful had they come from a cell phone camera, taken by a 3-year old that had eaten too much Halloween candy and was wired, but at this level of emotion and quality, well, what am I telling you this for - just go take some more!

Nice Jeffery, very nice.

Goofus McDoofus
by levyj413

Comment:
Oh in about 10 years this will be such good blackmail material - you know, a date coming by to meet and be embarrassed by Dad, then in about 10 years, it will be a source of giggles, and 10 years from then, will be perhaps one of the most cherished prints she will own and a source of her children's amusement.

together II
by hanneke

Comment:
There's a story behind this....

tap tap tap....

Dishin' it Up
by cheegirl

Comment:
What a wonderful story and surely a moment in life to be cherished!

Still wish you had a different color background for the pic though, and being almost a "blue screen", in a Hue/Saturation adjustment of +10 Hue and -60 Saturation on just the Cyan would have made a huge difference in my opinion.

Message edited by author 2007-06-08 04:45:07.

In the Action
by BrianR

Comment:
Just because I offered during the challenge.

In Photoshop CS2, I took the image above, and did the following:
Open
Image, Adjustments, Match color, clicked Neutralize, slid the color intensity left to 80.
Image, adjustments, Shadow/Highlight, Shadows to 20, Highlights to 10.
Image, Adjustments, Levels, Click Options, Shadows box at 0.5, Highlights box at 0.5 (my defaults), Click OK.
Done.

Real simple adjustments can have a huge effect:


------- Before ---------- & ----------- After -----------

(open each in a new window & switch between them in the task bar to see changes)

Message edited by author 2007-06-08 04:17:33.

Flower study
by MudHut

Comment:
Well Graham, 85% on a monster challenge isn't too bad, though I personally expected to see this come in the top 50.
It's that good in my opinion.
No 1's, no 2's, no 3's - gotta' be happy about that!

Message edited by author 2007-06-08 03:39:10.