grass at dawn
by margiemu

Comment by geekssweet:
Beautiful silhouettes!

grass at dawn
by margiemu

Comment by jah_luv:
Great Job!

they paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot
by margiemu

Comment by Rebecca:
Hi Margie -

This is a neat idea, but yes, the sky is washed out. The building also appears to be leaning slightly since the center line forming the corner isn't perfectly vertical. One last nitpick is that the composition looksa bit too green, so perhaps some color balance adjustment slightly toward the magenta end of the scale would help counter that.

strawberries
by margiemu

Comment by Rebecca:
Hi Margie -

For me, this suffers on two levels. First and foremost is that the light is just too harsh. The whites are super bright and fog up the glass. The color on the strawberries seems washed out in comparison. Overall, the image comes across looking fairly flat.

The lightbox did a good job of eliminating the shadows, but perhaps the desk lamps could do with some diffusing, say with white muslin or wax paper.

Don't be afraid to bump up the color saturation.

One of my tricks for toning down bright spots is a reverse S-curve. In a normal S curve, you select the three points (lower, mid and upper), pull the lower point down a touch (deepens colors and shadows) and the upper point is pulled up (brightens highlights, lightens shadows). To tone down super brights, do exactly the opposite - lower point goes up, upper point goes down. Then I usually do a second curves layer, also 3-points, in which I pull the lower and center down just a touch, and leave the upper where it is. I'm betting this technique would work some magic here. :)

Nature's Fireworks
by margiemu

Comment by Rebecca:
Hi Margie, I'm catching up on my CTP2 comments.

This was a difficult challenge in which to stand out. There's only so many views of a fireworks display to be had. Unfortunately, this entry was so different that it no longer truly met the challenge. To top it off, there is a lot of image grain to drag it further down. After seeing so many well done lightning shots in other challenges, this one just kinda sinks to the bottom. If you don't have it already, Neat Image is worth the investment, and stick closer to the spirit of the challenge.

caught
by margiemu

Comment by cuspie:
DINNER! Nice shot.

ari.jpg
by margiemu

Comment by SandyP:
I love your bio. . . and I love your pictures of your kids! :) They are beautiful, and you are so good at capturing their personalities. They are such great models! More please ??? :)

Queen of the Laundry Pile
by margiemu

Comment by fotomann_forever:
There is noooo way the woman in this photo is 42. I'm calling for a DQ :-)

caught
by margiemu

Comment by pottersclay75:
Heeeeelllp meeeeeee

caught
by margiemu

Comment by whatdewuc:
Did ya get spidey? Like the bg and crips lines of the web. Good luck.