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Date Uploaded: Nov 8, 2007

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 Once again not too sure if this has any redeeming features but was good as a learning experiment. This is my daughter Nimue ( well her legs and feet anyway!) It was the same day I took this .

Here's the original [thumb]610331[/thumb].
First of all I played a bit in adobe raw to darken the background to get rid of the unattractive stuff.
Used this [thumb]595677[/thumb] ( btw this is what started this whole craze really! ) one layer hard light 32% and dup layer difference 32%.
Thanks to jamie sunshine86who explained to me about cntrl j a bit more so then I did that nest to the 2 previous layers.
Then I added a new overlay from philup at overlay 8%

Levels
Curves x2
Brightness/contrast
Hue/saturation

Still was'nt quite happy so added
[thumb]607545[/thumb] lighten 6%

LOL straight atfter I posted this i went to bed and am very interested to read the comments this morning. It goes to show how we percieve things. I was'nt happy with this image beacuse I thought it was'nt intetresting to have her legs just hanging in the air like that without any context. It never occurred to be in a milllion years that it might have the negative connotation of a hanging ( I'm guessing thats what people saw it as) because I knew it as my daughter hanging from the bars at gym I assumed everyone else would!
I would be interested in any feedback on how to process the original to make it less about " a hanging " and more about a young girl at gym.
As always I apprciate every single comment I recieve and thanks for a great learning experience :)

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 11/09/2007 09:48:58 AM
Thanks for the notes. Hmmm. I never thought of hanging. I just thought it was a surreal shot of legs on a cool background. Good work.
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 11/09/2007 12:32:32 AM
lovely photo.
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 11/08/2007 11:39:53 PM
Oh, I wish I had it in me to do another 30-day challenge so soon. This one seems AWESOME! I just get so worn out from them that I always need to take a break between them.

I think this photo is just so STRONG! INTENSE! It draws you in, and you want to imagine something very artsy and chic.
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 11/08/2007 09:18:15 PM
I think this is absolutely stunning.
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 11/08/2007 05:42:31 PM
Awesome! So simple yet looks so good! Nice job
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 11/08/2007 04:13:23 PM
Beautiful... The subtle texture works very well here with the subdued tones and captivating subject.
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 11/08/2007 03:55:33 PM
Ha. The more macabre connotation hadn't occured to me either, Charlie...maybe because I read your comments and knew that these were your daughter's legs. I think that my initial reaction was that the image looked rather mysterious. I'm not sure how you could process it to look more like a young girl at the gym, but you might try a different orientation. If you flipped it either 90 or 180 degrees it would still retain some mystery, but wouldn't be interpreted as a hanging. :/ Or just keep it as is and let everyone interpret it as they will.
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 11/08/2007 03:52:11 PM
yeah charlie .. i've just read wot you wrote in the thread .. i opened this last night but didnt comment coz i didnt know wot to say !!!!! .. it brought to mind someone hanging and not from the gym bars !! .. i didnt want to offend you so i said nothing ..
this image evoked a sort'v disturbing feeling in that the legs look like they belong to a child and yet it looks as if she's being hung .. the background just intensifies the feeling .. makes me think of those dreadful times when they'd burn the 'witches' .. times of terrible ignorance .. every time we live in has terrible ignorance, but different ... but wotever .. :) ..
anyway .. i think in answer to your question as to how to make it look like she's more at a gym than actually being hung .. i'v got no idea except maybe to overlay another photograph of her at the gym where you can see her in action so it links it up with this one .. ?? .. i'm sure other ppl would have better ideas tho .. :)x
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 11/08/2007 09:05:53 AM
Interesting in a edgy disturbed way. Are you related to goodman? :/
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 11/08/2007 08:53:35 AM
Terrific. I think the more you layer sometimes, the better it gets - and this is a perfect example. When you have lots of neg. space, the textures can really bring depth to the shot. This is REALLY fabulous.
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 11/08/2007 05:54:43 AM
This is quite creepy. I like how you removed the texture from the legs but the edges seem a tad soft.
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 11/08/2007 05:47:18 AM
Great texture overlaying! I find this image haunting, sad ..... good work!!
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