Day 05
by Dirt_Diver

Comment:
Very interesting transformation. The orginal shot has the feel of: "I found it... the gift of water; life can continue" albeit with a little soap in it. The second picture has, for me, the feel of: "oil, polution, death and disease..." All in all, the second image is very powerful.

I don't know what you had in mind, but I think the transformation is remarkable.

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by JerseyGenie

Comment:
Oh my... the high contrast B&W really works wonderfully for this picture. The whole thing is really wonderful. Ever think about putting this image up for sale? In my not so humble opinion, it would be hot!

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by JerseyGenie

Comment:
I like the richer colors. I was going to suggest that the horizon wasn't level, but it is. I guess it is just an optical illusion. It appears to me that the horizon droop down toward the mountain... but it doesn't. I wonder if this is a normal illusion in images with such an imbalance in weight side to side or with such a lovely strong diagonal through the image. Oh well, it is a very beautiful scene well presented.

Message edited by author 2008-06-05 10:58:32.

Jun 04 After.jpg
by Mr_Pants

Comment:
Very cool.... Great Idea. I just glanced at the posting and went right to the aftershot. I had to go back to the before shot to let what you did sink in.

Wonderful job. Really great.

Oh, BTW, the original wallpaper was a very cute young lady. ;-)

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by dsa157

Comment:
Oh... this is absolutely wonderful. I am a real fan of the "Pin Up". You started with a great shot and really spiced it up for me. This will be one of my favorites. Thanks for sharing.

Library Park
by Pug-H

Comment:
Well, I expect that was one of the more pleasant trips to the restroom. The reflections are interesting, but I am not sure they add much to the shot. I think that a polarizing filter in your kit would let you fix unfortunate reflections.

What a absolutely beautiful park and that is what this is all about.

Lilacs
by JMart

Comment:
WoW... Having taken some macro photos, I understand the long exposure and small aperture. I will have Lilacs in a few days. I guess I will have to try this.

day03.jpg
by totaldis

Comment:
Great shot. I wish I could afford a macro lens. I use extension tubes and they work well, but clumsy.

Deven & Christina
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Wonderful shot of a lovely couple. Lucky boy.

With that exposure, there must have been a lot of light, still soft light. Very nice. Perhaps you could add a little about the lighting you used.

Vishnu
by Alicia

Comment:
Hi.

I think I would like to have seen the paperweight encircle Vishnu, as if a halo or radiance or something. In the before and after environment, you could select the god and move her up so her feet would be tangent with the circumfrance of the paperweight. I might choose the scale so that the god is about 2/3 or 3/4 of the apparent hight of the ball.

In the fixed focus group, you could simply lower your point of view to do the same.

Take all this with a grain of salt. Who am I to tell you what you wanted to do. :-)