Day 9 - Street at Sunset - Edited
by Bruce_the_Robert

Comment:
hi rob ... and WOW ...i love the process you've done with this ... i love that sky .. you've made an amazing sky awesome!!! and those fantastic silhouetted brances you've been able to intensify sooooooo well ...
i really really liked the original .. that dark scene on the road with the shadows and the light in the house which you've cropped out ... this scene'd be open to a few different approaches and because its a great shot to start with they could all work equally well ..

MinimalDay2EditedWeb1.jpg
by cogerox

Comment:
wow roger .. this is stunning!! .... i love your choice of crop .. beautiful sharp intense colours and the contrasts between the birds and the surroundings ... this is absolutely gorgeous .... the refelctions are awesome .. i particularly like the tree refection that you cant see in the scene ...

Cat Day 7
by emily212

Comment:
wot a gorgeous cuddly cat .... looks like he loves you!!! .. beautiful expression ....

Star edited
by Melethia

Comment:
excellent result with your editing deb ... the different hue really works .. i must'v missed the unedited version when you posted it ... i love the different patterns & i really like the composition with the off centre star .. the refected light is great ..

Message edited by author 2007-03-17 16:30:42.

Moth 1 No Edit PAD.jpg
by MelonMusketeer

Comment:
another great shot of the moth waddy ... it was more focused you your hand tho ... its hard to do things differently to what we're used to ... like for starters the camera isnt designed to be used left handed .. never even thought of that before ... but it appears you got a better result under the more difficult conditions !!!

MinimalDay1EditedWeb2.jpg
by cogerox

Comment:
i really like how you've given the image more contrast and depth ... i personally liked that little bit of smoke rhs which i would've kept or enhanced .. anything i say would only be my personal opinion and i cant say enough, that other ppl have different ideas that are just as valid ... i actually liked the original colour hue .. i'm not that keen on the pink look ... feel a bit uncomfortable saying that .. but you did ask for opinions!... i'm now trying to see it as if i'm someone else, and i think that a lot of ppl would like the pink ...
but wotever ... its an excellent photograph ...

re the getting it right for internet viewing ... if you look at other ppls work in dpc, especially the winners!!! .. then maybe you can calibrate your monitor so that your own images sort of match them ...
also i was saying in my perspective/edited comments that i have trouble getting the colours right ... like i get image saved for web and download into dpc and it looks quite different ...
deb Melethia wrote ... As for colors being different on DPC, if you shoot in RAW, you need to "convert to profile" to sRGB from the native format. This will make the colors appropriate for the web. It's an option in Photoshop under "Edit".
i did try wot she said but couldnt see a difference, altho i now realise that i didnt actually download the one i tried in dpc, i just looked at it on my screen .... dohhh .. also i couldnt find the exact sRGB that she mentioned in "convert to profile".. i'm thinking i'll google RAW and try and work it out for myself ... unless someone can tell us from reading this ... etc ..

edit .. just had another look and i think i'd have increased the saturation in the red and the green to create a contrast with the colouring ... to bring out the red of the earth and the green of the vegetation .. ?? .. and i dont even know if i should make these sort of suggestions, because without getting it into photoshop and actually making the changes, i find it difficult to visualize the outcome ...

Message edited by author 2007-03-17 04:51:42.

Day 8 - Church - Edited
by Bruce_the_Robert

Comment:
beautiful result rob ... interested in those three resizes in a row ... must be a reason and i'd love to know wot it is!! :) .. like is it better to resize in smaller increments than to do it all at once??? ...
love the beautiful blue you've achieved and the excellent tones in the steeple ...

Day 7 Among the Rocks
by Elaine

Comment:
interesting composition and textures ...

Day 8 - Prow
by xianart

Comment:
totally agree about it being a shot that you wouldnt want to 'mess with' ... you've taken a great shot and done a great process ...
ahha ... i'll have to checkout the curves set on luminosity .. hmmmm and i might see if i can find that border in google .. its an excellent border, that i've seen you use before .. its not in your face at all, and it would work for so many images ... i love noise ninja!!! and find it works totally differently if used before or after a resize .. you probably already knew that tho!! ..
edit .. and re cropping .. sometimes that can be difficult when wot you see thru viewfinder and wot actually gets caught is different .. which is the case with my camera/lens wotever ...

Message edited by author 2007-03-16 10:25:45.

Day 7
by xianart

Comment:
excellent photograph ... just love the drama you've created because of the angle ... the colours are great too ...