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 05/15/2007 05:50:28 PM · #51


Yes, it is a kissable candy. The reason I took it was because I have been trying to improve my photography, mostly of people. My kids are all tired of seeing me go for the camera. SO, I have taken to bribing them. They get one kissable for every snap of the shutter. It works, I have somewhat more willing models now. So he was holding it in his hand waiting for the shutter to click so he could get his bribe, which was immediately opped into his mouth. And the blue ones are his favorite, not because that taste better but because blue is his favorite color. I actually printed this for his scrapbook album and talked about his fasciantion with the color blue, so in this case, the desat was beneficial to tell my story. I guess adding the story might make the photo more meaningful. Sorry I didn't do that before.
05/15/2007 06:15:31 PM · #52
Originally posted by imagesbytlp:
Are you able to create a triptych using the same image just cropped diffently in advance editing? I know we just had a triptych challenge that was advanced editing...but, it had the extra rule of using up to three images.

T.


In normal advanced editing you may NOT use 3 different crops of the same image to create a triptych. You cannot duplicate or move any parts of your image in any way.
 05/16/2007 10:04:27 AM · #53
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
My grays are a tad warm, I wonder if the voters shall know :-)


Yeah, I was wondering. Does it have to be totally GRAY?
 05/16/2007 10:10:37 AM · #54
Originally posted by Elvis_L:
don't forget the non selective way (hue/sat) if your colors are right.

The hue sat is definitely the way to go with my image. However, if your colors are not quite right, start by creating a background copy. This will allow you to erase those sections that get desaturated because they have some of the color that you used in selective saturation. For instance if you try to desat blue, and your main subject unfortunately has some blue toning in it that you want to maintain, then do the desat and erase, using maybe 75% opacity, on the parts you wish to keep in color.
 05/19/2007 04:43:56 PM · #55
Eeeeh, just entered this challenge. Really happy with my entry, so i hope it does well. If it doesn't that will be a downer lol :P Im hopeing for at least top 40% of the entries, thats my minimum goal. Lower than that and im selling my camera lol(jjking btw) :P Good luck to everyone.
 05/19/2007 04:47:22 PM · #56
I wonder how this one would have done...?



not too good I bet.. most DPC members I dont like babies.

Message edited by author 2007-05-19 16:47:30.
 05/19/2007 04:50:17 PM · #57
Originally posted by WickedB:
I wonder how this one would have done...?



not too good I bet.. most DPC members I dont like babies.


Just an observation, but you saturated the wrong thing. I guess having the clothing pink does make it obvious that the baby is a girl, but does little more to add to the photo.

Now, maybe if the entire baby were color in a totally grey world...
 05/19/2007 04:52:08 PM · #58
Originally posted by Jutilda:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
My grays are a tad warm, I wonder if the voters shall know :-)


Yeah, I was wondering. Does it have to be totally GRAY?


Borrrring :-) When someone shows me a B&W paper that is a neutral gray, I will concede that digital B&W images should be grayscale, until then my grays have a tint.
 05/19/2007 04:54:45 PM · #59
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by WickedB:
I wonder how this one would have done...?



not too good I bet.. most DPC members I dont like babies.


Just an observation, but you saturated the wrong thing. I guess having the clothing pink does make it obvious that the baby is a girl, but does little more to add to the photo.

Now, maybe if the entire baby were color in a totally grey world...


why not instead desat. the baby AND the clothes, leaving everything else B&W, i think that'd look nice.
 05/19/2007 04:58:31 PM · #60
hmm... nice point.. i'll have to fix that.. but for now- i have to work on ym actual submition :)
 05/19/2007 05:29:03 PM · #61
Originally posted by WickedB:
I wonder how this one would have done...?



not too good I bet.. most DPC members I dont like babies.


For me, i like babies, its people i dont like :P Babies dont talk back lol
 05/19/2007 06:57:33 PM · #62
Originally posted by WickedB:
I wonder how this one would have done...?



not too good I bet.. most DPC members I dont like babies.


I don't think it's babies per se that DPC'ers don't like, but the gratuitous use of babies (or pets, or fuzzy animals, or baby fuzzy animals...) in an attempt to garner the "cute" vote. Also, people who submit baby shots are often submitting shots of their own kid, and parents simply cannot be objective when it comes to their offspring.
 05/20/2007 01:29:36 PM · #63


Is something this simple ok?
 05/20/2007 01:34:29 PM · #64
That's sorta other-worldly looking :-D
 05/20/2007 01:35:56 PM · #65
I never expected it, but I'm in.

Came back from holiday this morning, very tired, but wanted to shoot something ;)
 05/20/2007 01:36:40 PM · #66
Originally posted by HighNooner:


Is something this simple ok?

Submit this for selective desat and it will be clobbered for DNMC. Sublty is generally unrecognized and easily overlooked when voting 400+ entries in a challenge. It is unreasonable to expect more with such large numbers.
 05/20/2007 01:38:08 PM · #67
Welcome back super-chicken! Hope you had a nice holiday. :-D
 05/20/2007 01:38:39 PM · #68
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Welcome back super-chicken! Hope you had a nice holiday. :-D


thank you! it was fun :D

missed me? :P
 05/20/2007 01:40:29 PM · #69
Originally posted by biteme:

missed me? :P


As a matter of fact, I had been debating starting a thread asking about you :-D Glad you had fun.
 05/20/2007 01:45:44 PM · #70
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by biteme:

missed me? :P


As a matter of fact, I had been debating starting a thread asking about you :-D Glad you had fun.


no kidding ;)

the Harajuku Girls knew I was on holiday, but I don't really like putting information like that on the net ;)
 05/20/2007 01:49:09 PM · #71
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Originally posted by HighNooner:


Is something this simple ok?

Submit this for selective desat and it will be clobbered for DNMC. Sublty is generally unrecognized and easily overlooked when voting 400+ entries in a challenge. It is unreasonable to expect more with such large numbers.


I guess you know what you are talking about!
Thanks
 05/20/2007 02:03:38 PM · #72
I basically dislike selective desat. I expect it's because it's used too much, too cheaply and too often for its own sake. Anyway, my entry will move you to tears (or bomb, thus moving me to tears).
 05/20/2007 03:53:54 PM · #73
339 submissions 8 hours before the dead line.......
 05/20/2007 05:07:54 PM · #74
Would this do any better?
05/20/2007 05:09:46 PM · #75
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