IMG_0317.jpg
by Brad

Comment:

Originally posted by Strikeslip: #1. WTF kinda stretch limo is that, it's HUGE! #2. LOL, Blackberry. :-D

Uh huh - it were big:


It be a Ford Excursion

Looking for the Gold Rush Peaks
by Windtale

Comment:
I knew this was headed to the home page.
Congrats on the Yellow and your new personal best!

The walk home
by inshaala

Comment:
Congrats on your first ribbon, and a blue one at that, and also for your personal best.
Well done !

Icy Chasm
by Strikeslip

Comment:
Uh huh.
Was a fav during, and once again after the challenge.
Guess I'll have to log in under my troll account to fav it again.
;)

Nicely done !!

Camera cafe
by Melethia

Comment:

Originally posted by Melethia: You'll have to ask Natalya talj where exactly it is.

Silly, it's right here:
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:)

Looks like it was a great day despite the rain.

IMG_0925d.jpg
by Brad

Comment:

Originally posted by mirdonamy: How did you get the blur around the couple? This is beautiful!

That was done in a new layer using a zoom blur, fading it back to get the effect just right, then erasing back the couple to clarity, followed up by some close-up cloning along edges and/or manual blur tool use.

Here's another one:


Message edited by author 2008-03-21 14:27:47.

Great Father
by Joey Lawrence

Comment:
And yet another stunning shot Joey!

Great Father
by Joey Lawrence

Comment:
Superb portraiture Joey.
Highest marks on this one.

Shakira-01_edit.jpg
by Brad

Comment:

Originally posted by Jutilda: LOVE the editing!!!

ummmm - I didn't do any of the editing - it's a lentil one.
I did a wash-out on the area outside that I thought could be cropped away.
Thanks though ;)

Natures Camoflauge
by d_tierney24

Comment:
I see you used Photoshop Elements to do the Post-Processing on this and offer a couple things that would have really helped this. To correct some of the washed-out look and general lack of contrast, a simple Auto-Level adjustment could have been done, then edit, fade auto-level adjustment to about 75%. Another thing that is hurting this is the image compression, causing a lot of compression artifacts / blotchy sections. When saving the image for a challenge, use the Save for Web method and use the full 150Kb available for the challenges. That method will remove all the non-image data from the file and bring the quality way up.