Walk the Line
by roba

Comment:
While it's a little lacking in the originality department it's a wonderfully captured and processed image. Good luck.

Rejected
by Dr_Toto

Comment:
Congrats on your blue. I agree with Sandy, I've tried to reshape water drops before and failed.

I'm ready for my close-up...
by SoulMan1978

Comment:
The technicals are good so obviously you know how to use your equipment. However, to be honest I'll forget about this photo rather quickly because there simply isn't anything unique about it.

ETA: Well I didn't forget my comment which was probably too harsh so I apologize for that. Let me add that this is a striking image. The eagle has a very strong presence in the composition, which is stronger than most so in that regard and it's overall technicals, it stands out.

The main reason for my comment earlier is while this is a strong image that can stand out from a technical standpoint it doesn't stand out from a substance/newness standpoint which is also needed for an image to have lasting appeal. Anyway, just thought I clarify. Good luck.

728766_zillafied.jpg
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Oddly enough godzilla looks more real in this photo than the clock building, which looks like a cardboard cutout.

onion tears
by yanko

Comment:

Originally posted by AlexSaberi: brilliant work. NOW how did u process this? :-)

I pretty much did my usual stuff. That is:

1. Boost detail in this case I used LucisArts and Color Efex Pro Tonal Contrast combined but it could have been done with Photomatix or Shadow Highlights + a contrast or curves adjustment.
2. Turn day into night by shifting tones towards blacks in a controlled manner using masks on curve and exposure adjustment layers. Almost all of my dark imagery starts out very bright so I have good detail in the shadows to start out with.
3. Dodge and burn
4. Finalize color using curves and hue/saturation
5. Clean up imperfecions and smooth out tones via healing/cloning/blurring.

onion tears
by yanko

Comment:

Originally posted by skewsme: congrats - but i think you could have had it all, abstract, photographic, water drops... if youda just cropped a bit ;-) hmm, i gotta get your tritone recipe one of these days....

I thought about stacking everything in one spot so that the knife was underneath the onion and it looked like it was all one jumbled mess. The water would be splashed on the outside of it like it was poured/dropped from a distance a la Jackson Polack but forgot to shoot that version

Message edited by author 2008-10-06 02:13:14.

by yanko

Comment:

Originally posted by Melethia: I really like the angle and the look on the one on the right and the diptych works quite well here. Very nice work, and beats the heck out of bubbles. :-)

Hey you leave my bubbles alone. Btw, if I can do something far better than what I've done before with them they'll be back so you better prepare! :P

"It's over!"--Yogi Berra at the last game in Yankee Stadium
by EssAreDubya

Comment:
:(

Blue
by LVicari

Comment:
Very slick.

For the firemen of Brooklyn Ladder 118
by pineapple

Comment:
Probably the best photograph I've seen of that memorial. Nicely done.