I usually do all the stunt work myself:) but this time it was -5...
I combined two images here, both taken on the 27th of
december.
1/60, f8 - the photo with the tyres.
1/30 f8 - the photo with me.
fixed the horison line
hue/saturation
levels
curves
a lot of spot editing: snow flakes, burn, dodge, painted black some tiny spots
a lot of healing brush and stamp tools
high pass- hard light
curves
blue and cyan adjustment layers
brightness/contrast
highlight/shadow
I hope I haven\'t forgotten anything.
:)
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Place: 11 out of 116 Avg (all users): 6.6651 Avg (commenters): 7.2500 Avg (participants): 6.3934 Avg (non-participants): 6.7727 Views since voting: 6535 Views during voting: 497 Votes: 215 Comments: 42 Favorites: 8 (view)
WOW great use of expert editing, I would have never guessed this was two images the coloring and lighting go together very well. nice composition great image
great concept, and a pretty good execution. Love the composition, and the right hand is magnetizing. A couple of things take away from the image: the background is too visibly painted in, and the line between the leg and the left hand is a bit oversharpened. Since it is right in the focal point of the composition, it jumps out on a viewer. But overall - great work, congrats!
First of all congratulations on your highest scoring image to date :o)
I'd also like to add now that I am by no means an expert with editing, infact I would say I am just a beginner so this is going to be quite hard for me to critique this image!
Composition:
I really like the idea you have here and he overall composition you have created here with the two images is good. The only thing that is slightly out of place,imho, is (as one of your commenters has said) that the tyre is at an angle and the 'model' is in a more upright position which makes it slightly unrealistic.
Technicals:
As I have said above I can't really comment on your editing steps. All I feel I can do is point out a few things that I can see that 'bug' me. First of all the editing marks (?) around the top of the middle tyre are very distracting and secondly the hair from the model on the outside of the tyre looks completely unreal to me.
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Congratulations on a very fine image, Svetlana! I believe your high score is due to the simplicy of the photo in both visual and thematic contexts. I love your long titles, by the way, but here, it is clean, simple, and very engaging.
I just love your work, Svetlana and can't wait to see what you do next. Great photo and processing! This image shows your creativity and talent. As in many of your images, it causes one to stop, think and wonder. I mean this in very good way! The beautiful women hiding in a tire...what's the story here?
Im sorry, I marked it as nude myself, after reading forums, in case someone thinks theres too much nudity there. I have changed the gallery now to "emotive":)
thank you so much for your wonderful comments!!
Wohoo...! Nice finish Svetlana! When I saw the photo, I thought for sure you took advantage of the expert editing and you were not really 'exposed' to the elements. And what's up with alans_worlds comments? sheesh! As far as this photo being 'hidden due to content' - this place is wacky. That 'Three Speed Boy' photo in the 'AA' challenge didn't get DQ'd but yours gets hidden? Ok. Oh well...it'll just mean more hits for your photos. Congrats!
This one was hidden? Whahaha, yea it's really shocking nude!...NOT!
It's a great shot and it should've ribboned. Well done!
Wohoo...! Nice finish Svetlana! When I saw the photo, I thought for sure you took advantage of the expert editing and you were not really 'exposed' to the elements. And what's up with alans_worlds comments? sheesh! As far as this photo being 'hidden due to content' - this place is wacky. That 'Three Speed Boy' photo in the 'AA' challenge didn't get DQ'd but yours gets hidden? Ok. Oh well...it'll just mean more hits for your photos. Congrats!
Really nice setup and shot, great idea and editing looks great also. Is that frost? Holy hope you had a nice warm meal and drink for her after the shoot. Nice work.
This photo is amazing! I never would have dreamed of anything this dramatic. I really hope you win a ribbon for this. This meets the challenge perfectly and the emotional impact is very profound. I can really feel how cold she is.
At first glance this is interesting, but after looking at it, really looking at it there are a few problems.
1) Skin tone is wrong with someone exposed to the elements.
2) tire is unaffected by body heat.
3) Tire is leaning at a angle, girl strait up and down.
4) what is going on with the foot.
5) Hair too clean, and at that angle impossible to be outside the tire.
6) the lighting on the sky and frost color don’t match.
I foresee a ribbon if not already obtained in your future, you just need some work on details.
Wow, that's different! Love the contrast between frosty and abandoned tyres and warm, living flesh. Not sure I love the processing - the edges look really strange - kind of like too much sharpening but not quite the same.
The 'thumbnailed' version of your photo does not to justice to the larger version. I almost passed over viewing it. I hope the other voters take the time to click on it. I'm not voting in this challenge as I rarely vote in challenges I'm participating in. If I would be voting, I'd give you a 10 - which, I think there are dissapointingly, very few in this challenge. Great work and good luck!
It is unbelievable what those girls will not do for the sake of attention. Naked in a tire!
I think you went a little overboard with the Photoshop work here. It is to obvious.
Unique interpretation, excellent execution and moody tonality. Evocative. Slight haloing works with the image. Possibly a little green goo on top of the tire in the middle?
Nice work! Admire the girl for getting in there in the frost. Well if not you did a good job on the post processing, don´t really care, I like this shot, not quite a 10 from me but as close as it get´s so 9.
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