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by timfythetoo

Comment by robshookphoto:
why isn't the face in the mirror negative?

Lost in the woods ages ago
by timfythetoo

Comment by mandyturner:
great editing! I love the effect

Lost in the woods ages ago
by timfythetoo

Comment by kirsty_mcn:
Sorry, this is gonna be a stream of random thoughts rather than anything proper. Struggling to catch up last entries before rollover. Will be better next week :)

I really like the grungy atmosphere, suits the subject well (although there is a danger now of it being done too often). The vignetting works well with this style, and the colours are nice and rich.

However, the teddy itself doesnt' really look that old or abandoned, partly 'cause of the lighting/dodging. Maybe if it were hanging off the end of the bench of something...not sure. Maybe just a bit darker (the teddy not the picture) and it would work.

Lost in the woods ages ago
by timfythetoo

Comment by tngrndream:
firstly, i did not vote on thiis challenge.

with that in mind i am thinking that it does not really "appear" old. i read your notes on the photo (which those scoring could not read) and found that it is actually very old.... to you.

i love the green colors and the photo is pretty cute overall no real technical problems.

great photo, but ifn i were scoring it i would not see that it was really all that old and would have given a 5 or 6 because of that.

Lost in the woods ages ago
by timfythetoo

Comment by DanSig:
I think this is a great photo, composition and lighting is really good, but I think the background could use a bit of desat, the green color is overwelming.

this is a good subject for the challenge, a small tear in the teddy might have made this look even more real.

the only thing I find distracting is the tree on the left, either put the whole tree in the image, or crop it all out.

Message edited by author 2006-04-29 21:45:04.

Lost in the woods ages ago
by timfythetoo

Comment by Louis:
I think you've done a great job in post on this image. Everything seems perfectly saturated to me, with a slight vignetting that you may have added by burning that really enhances your composition. The subject is placed perfectly in the environment, adding the right amount of interest, and engaging the background well.

With a background such as this, there is a danger of a "busy" composition. In my opinion, you have somehow mostly avoided that; the evenness of the elements on the ground, and the reflected colours and textures in the treetrunks and the bench planks, makes it work. The bear's yellow adds the touch of difference to this composition that adds the right amount of interest and variety. Had you done more with hue/sat in post to emphasise this tension, the effect may have been powerful. Overall, well done!

A Frog and His Maker
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Comment by terje:
Makes me laugh! Well done!

Lost in the woods ages ago
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Comment by chalice:
This shot is very appealing - because it implies a story. It is easy to imagine the events that led to the "lost" bear. From a photographic point of view I like the tones of the bench and bear. Detail is well-recorded in both. And since they are the primary subject that is important. When I look around, though, it seems to me that the plants have been over sharpened in post-processing (at least on my monitor). A somewhat softer background might work even better. IMHO.

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by timfythetoo

Comment by madcrabber:
like the digital work

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Comment by yantski:
Cool idea. I thought it was an editing trick until I saw the validation. Then it came clear to me how you would have done this.