Used a long exposure to capture the movement of the dancers. Shadow/highlight, channel mixer to b/w, selective color (on the b/w!) to darken the blacks and lighten the neutrals. resize. high pass at 10px. then blend with hard light for a "high pass sharpen".
I'm thinking brown ribbon for this. Hopefully some people will get a kick out of it.
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Please, no more apologies for high scores! Keep 'em coming! The only one I blame is Kelli for getting a lower score with such a lovely picture. How dare she??
The strange ghost image may have been created by a flashing light during the exposure. This is a suburban wedding, even if it doesn't look like it.
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Very interesting shot there Donald! To me, it looks very ghostly especially with the little girl in the center. It's like she's trying to get a message to someone.
LOL! Sorry, I kind of thought I was going to take the brown and did! Yet, that is exactly the type of view I often get from where I sit at the computer (next to the window). I love your shot, though Deb is right, it does have some disturbing undertones.
Almost an eerie Stepford kinda thing going on with even odder undertones (namely the man's hand, the little girl). Quite an intriguing technique, I must say!
Well, there's your problem... You went and met the challenge in a subtle way some people appreciated. No brown, but congratulations anyhow on earning the tan.
I thought it was fairly interesting. I gave it a 6 so I ruined your hopes for the brown. I liked the motion and the blur. I would have given it a higher score if there was one piece that stood out and caught my attention. Of course, you were hoping for that to not happen so I guess it worked lol.
I truly enjoyed studying this photo.. it sets itself apart from all the others in this challenge.. unique and so well done.. I love the suggested shapes of the body parts... the expression of the girl's expression.. I hope you do well in this challenge - one of my top picks but then I love abstracts. I would love to hang this on my wall.
Not quite a big fan of the blurred/double exposure look but, it certain has a very artistic feel to it which is so different to what is usually seen in here. I like it for that very reason!
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