Eyesblur_CR.jpg
by carisakD70

Comment:
hi carisa, thanks for the nice comment. what i did with the eyes in this one was:

select with magnetic lasso
feather 5 pixels
adjustment layer - slective colour
- adjust neutrals (is it, or is grey? the one with the little grey square)
- play with the cyan, magenta and yellow until you get the colour you want. this does only give one colour, so you don't get the variation of colour of a saturated area in a colour photograph, but it's a little more subtle than really bumping up the saturation.

single colour

RGB saturation

4787aB&WCR.jpg
by carisakD70

Comment:

Originally posted by carisakD70: Do I smell a lens baby? I really like this shot, the selective focus works for it IMHO

yup!

very nice use the same.

Message edited by author 2006-06-12 10:12:43.

Canadian Dew
by Jas

Comment:
very nice and original thinking. well esecuted, although i wish the edges of the sod were a bit straighter. reminds me of a t-shirt i have... 7.

Tap Dancing Practise
by train

Comment:
a nice shot, but the background and exposure rather bring it down. i wish there was a little more light and brightness on her face and arms, less yellow relection from the floor. the background is quite distracting, and would benfit from boing blurred. either shooting with a wider aperture, or using post processing to blur it. there's a good tutorial on blurring backgrounds in the learning section of dpc.

good work, and keep shooting!

Persian Pedistal at Dusk
by chalice

Comment:
a well exposed image, but it just feels... empty. yeah, i know the challenge is empty room, but others feel filled with emptiness, while this one is just ...empty. i'm sorry, this makes no sense, does it?

i think this might have benefitted from a wider angel to have more room init, or a landscpe format, to emphasise the emptiness. i think that the expanse of wall is rather heavy on hte pedestal.

Egg-Cetera
by JunieMoon

Comment:
a very nice image. abstarct, but not unrecognisably so. the main probelems are the flecks of whit on the left side - very distratcting - and the noise. this is one image that doesn't benefit from noise. perhaps either a wider or shallower depth of field - so the cd is either crisp or completely out of focus. right now it looks just - not in focus, unintentionally. the star filter might be a bit distracting too - i'm not sure...

good creative thinking a nd setup. well done.

DeathStar's Precious Chosen
by SherwinJames

Comment:
i'm still wonderin gat the disqualification of this image. is excessive burning (what i'm sassuming you did) not allowed?

a good image - works well. and a great title - very funny!

Got Milk?
by natrubel

Comment:
a nice idea, but the colour balance and the tilted horizontal really don't help. if the milk was white, that would help a lot. there are tutorials on both removing a colour cast and straightening horizontals. the focus is good, and the composition is quite good.

Steel Peony
by wavelength

Comment:
this is a stunning image. just lovely. tones, focus, exposure, composition - all spot on. if you ever have this as a print, i'm there, man!

Migrant
by mandyturner

Comment:
very nice homage to dorothea lange. a tighter crop might have been more effective.