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by dassilem

Comment by glad2badad:
Of the 4 you just posted I like this one the best for lighting. The others don't seem quite bright enough. Was she positioned differently than the others?

Could be this cruddy work monitor...

Nice work overall however. I need to venture down this path eventually. Thanks for sharing.

Everyone should take time to Stop and Smell the Roses.....at least for 19 days!
by dassilem

Comment by Artifacts:
Yeah... yeah... that is what I was doing. Smelling the roses. Yup, that was it all right. :)
The way you included the image of the "lost photographer" from the side and behind the foreground rosebud was nicely done. You composed the image well.
Challenges like this gives us a chance to do blends like that of the face with the flowers. DPC does not often provide those opportunities and we need to practice those things in order to make them look natural.
This looks like a composite, but I thought that was not allowed for the challenge. I'm curious to know how you accomplished it. Anyway, in a strait composite I would have brought in the whole face image in, pasted it into its own layer, rotated it to be correct and then used a mask to block out upwanted background as a non-destructive editing technique. That makes it easy to adjust later for the few remaining spots around the far eyebrow and a couple other small places where there is still a bit to much white that you missed. They can be taken care of with cloning too but the non-destructive method is better since it lets you bring back things you cut out and is easier to recover with.
If you have Photoshop you can further apply its lighting perspective feature to match the angle of lighting with the flowers on the face layer and with a little brightness, maybe a little sharpness matching and some slight color correction you can make an exact match with the flowers that will fool anyone. - Steve

Everyone should take time to Stop and Smell the Roses.....at least for 19 days!
by dassilem

Comment by zarniwoop:
the pose seems unnatural to me. as does the lighting. somehting with more warmth would have worked much better for the feeling you're trying to evoke.

Everyone should take time to Stop and Smell the Roses.....at least for 19 days!
by dassilem

Comment by tate:
hey --- is that the real thing?

Everyone should take time to Stop and Smell the Roses.....at least for 19 days!
by dassilem

Comment by Judi:
Now this is downright clever.

Everyone should take time to Stop and Smell the Roses.....at least for 19 days!
by dassilem

Comment by adamweb:
hahaha, this is what i was expecting more of, steve photoshoped into random pics, 6 for actually meeting the challenge imho

Everyone should take time to Stop and Smell the Roses.....at least for 19 days!
by dassilem

Comment by posthumous:
I do believe you have the rest of us at a disadvantage! hahaha! 7

Everyone should take time to Stop and Smell the Roses.....at least for 19 days!
by dassilem

Comment by charliebaker:
Steve's face is a bit washed out but beautiful capture of roses and overall concept

Everyone should take time to Stop and Smell the Roses.....at least for 19 days!
by dassilem

Comment by cutlassdude70:
Hey! No fair! ;) I was wondering if one of the Arizonians was going to manage to get Steve for the shot. :) I like the concept of the shot and think it is very fitting of this challenge, as I imagine that spending that time wandering through the desert must have really put things in perspective for Steve. Sometimes we all just need a reminder to take a deep breath and appreciate what we have.

Everyone should take time to Stop and Smell the Roses.....at least for 19 days!
by dassilem

Comment by hotpasta:
hope this is legal as it is a great shot...good luck