Youth & Decay
by Bear_Music

Comment by SandyP:
I love this photo. I like the concept alot too. I chose a concept something like this too. I hope yours is scoring better than mine tho :) I really love your processing too. So far, this is my top pick, and my first (& probably only) 10.

Day Six
by Bear_Music

Comment by lynnmarie:
I like how your lighting plays up the hairy edges of the leaves. I would like to see more details in the yellow petals.

Youth & Decay
by Bear_Music

Comment by manish:
great PP - i love the effects here

Tomatoes and Pepper
by Bear_Music

Comment by MAKamyk:
Nice use of red and food, like it 6/10

Tomatoes and Pepper
by Bear_Music

Comment by mvp:
Looks just a little bit grainy but I like the composition, the colour & the idea!!

Youth & Decay
by Bear_Music

Comment by hotpasta:
great editing adds to this, well done

Tomatoes and Pepper
by Bear_Music

Comment by psart:
Simple but nice. I like it Gave you a 8 psart

Day Seven
by Bear_Music

Comment by Bear_Music:
The sharpening was done first. It's VERY OOF but I can't go back. It was windy when I shot it, and it is an extreme magnification, so virtually no DOF. Sharpening was done with "Focus magic", a utility to rescue OOF images.

Day Four
by Bear_Music

Comment by JerseyGenie:
Hmmmm color is very pretty but the focus seems a bit soft to me.

Day Seven
by Bear_Music

Comment by annig:

Originally posted by MaryO: Originally posted by Bear_Music: Originally posted by annig: One thing that strikes me as off though is the photo seems a bit grainy in the BG, either too much sharpen or sat or both?? ~Anni Too much sharpening to rescue a softish shot. Hmm. Not that I've ever run into that problem (yeah, right) but maybe go back before the sharpening and increase the contrast more, then reduce the sat slightly on green, then sharpen? The composition is lovely and the flowers (are they peas or wild peas?) are a nice contrast to the green, it's just the blue haloes that are distracting. OK, and maybe a wish for a smidge more DOF in the first place, but I'm sure you knew that.

In Picasa, I notice the sharpen function actually empahsizes the processing done when it comes to saturation, what I have started doing is sharpening as my first step, so the image "starts out" crisp, then I change the saturation; I notice the grain seems less this way. So the sharpen function isn't also cranking the processing step...make sense? I don't know if that's an issue in PS or other "grown up" edit programs or not?
I's like to hear any thoughts on this...
~Anni