Very little post-processing. Used raw adjustments for contrast, desaturation, and some noise and color noise suppression to the entire image. Converted to jpeg. Cropped image severely in PS (which accounts for the noise) and used a minor amount of NeatImage. No filters or masks were used.
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Place: 189 out of 283 Avg (all users): 4.8602 Avg (commenters): 6.0000 Avg (participants): 4.9221 Avg (non-participants): 4.8302 Views since voting: 844 Views during voting: 335 Votes: 236 Comments: 12 Favorites: 0
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I didn't vote in this challenge but would have voted this high. I think you got robbed in terms of score, but I seem to think that voters are just outright nasty anymore. I think this is a beautiful shot and looks very much like a painting. Excellent job with the capture!
The severe crop does give it a painting type effect but it feels pixelated (of course). I am not sure if film grain or the grain effect is legal in basic but maybe adding a bit of that would soften the pixelated look and enhance the painting type feel. Could be a good coverup tool. I think the one votes were unnecessary.
Wow - this looks like a watercolor! I like it a lot, though I suspect it got voted low because of it. Never matter that, it's a great shot (in my humble opinion, of course) and I suspect it would make a great print. I like that the yellow isn't too yellow and I like the boat in the background to add depth. The colors work very well. Really nifty the way this came out! (And I noticed that at this time you have over 1100 views on your Zen entry - that's pretty nifty, too!)
Heh - just now reading your comment - so it's not just me who thought it very much like a painting. And yes, it does look like she really knows what she's doing.
This photo came from a much larger shot. When I cropped it severely to limit the photo to this surfer I ended up with a lot of noise. I wasn't planning on submitting it because I knew DPC voters wouldn't like the noise, but I reconsidered because the image looked alot like an oil or water color painting to me and I liked the effect. Her command of the wave was impressive and the background boat added another "transportation" example. So I got what I thought I would receive in terms of score (actually I scored a little higher than I expected) but the image appealed so I used it.
this feels very, very much like a painting, but it the style suits the subject matter, and it adds a greater degree of interest. composition and colours are a treat, and the boat in the background adds to rather than detracts from the shot. i'm deeply impressed at the moment you caught this; her posture is so dynamic, and the way she's riding the wave is actually arty itself. 10.
Very good composition and colour though the quality gives it a disadvantage. have you given it an effect or zoomed it? I actually like the painted in effect but DPCers don't or do they? The final results can only tell.
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