Done in-camera at our neighborhood pool. For those who can't see what it is, there's a woman and a man on the right looking out over the pool. The blue/white and red lines are separators between lanes where people swim laps.
I put vaseline on a UV filter with visible strokes. WAY too thick - couldn't see anything but a blurred mess. Then I wiped off most of it and got this.
Editing was pretty simple - mostly USM to enhance contrast (a very useful trick) and a hue/sat layer with saturation +66. Pushing it that high yielded some ugly sharp color edges, so I blurred those a bit. No filters to make it look like a painting.
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Place: 64 out of 206 Avg (all users): 5.5493 Avg (commenters): 7.3636 Avg (participants): 5.2410 Avg (non-participants): 5.9831 Views since voting: 1642 Views during voting: 292 Votes: 142 Comments: 26 Favorites: 7 (view)
Hey, Jeffery, I tried exactly the same thing -- vaseline on a UV filter shooting sunbathers at the beach. I had exactly the same experience -- couldn't see a thing except the vaseline. I kept wiping and shooting. BUT I never did get a good shot from it. There lies the big difference in our photography. You got a marvelous shot. Congratulations.
Jeff - This was so completely underappreciated. I really thought it was brilliantly done. I gave you a 10 for the vibrancy of the colors, the compositin and the fantastic impressionistic feel.
this is brilliant .. the colours are awesome and so fitting for the subject .. and interesting how you achieved this image .. fantastic result for no pp to achieve the impressionist look .. :)
I didn't vote, I just was too disappointed overall, but this is very beautiful, and very much the kind of thing I was hoping to see a lot more of in the challenge.
I love the colors and patterns in this, and the woman in the chair holds your interest and provides a focal point for the composition. Gave you a 10 (just back to comment)
Interesting...but, I am having a hard time distinguishing what I am looking at. My feeling about impressionism, is you are able to recognize the subject...it just has a lot of texture and brush strokes.
The blur is so effective in this shot...as are the super saturated colors...I can hardly look away. With out this treatment, done in cam or not I just know this wouldn't be nearly such a pleasing scene...very nice.
Jeffrey - I think you are getting robbed if you have a low score on this. Passing by I think it looks a lot like the scenes of Paris sidewalk cafes. I wish I could vote - I'd give you an 8, I think.
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