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Post by Bailey on Dec 8, 2018 2:22:18 GMT
Bailey, thanks for sharing even though you don't think it quite worked. I have to applaud you for your effort, though and it is great to see how you have created the outlines around the main rock. I think you have created enough interest across the image to make the viewer want to study it, which is one sign of a successful image. ... No problem Alex  fwiw, the image on the right is the original image. |
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Post by Sydney on Dec 8, 2018 5:38:56 GMT
Thanks Alex for this great challenge. The original photo already had so much contrast that the couple and their dog were already in silhouette. The sky was a pale shade of blue so I converted the photo to black and white in PSE using the urban/snapshots style.  |
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Post by alexr on Dec 8, 2018 14:36:48 GMT
Tom, that is something special; it looks like a really delicate filigree paper artwork. You've caught the jay in such a great pose I'd have assumed it was drawn in but it was actually your excellent timing.
Michael, again, beautiful, perfectly composed as they crested the hill and you've even got all 4 legs of the dog. I can picture the image with a blue sky behind, but I feel the grey adds an element of 'coming out of the gloom'.
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Post by PeteB on Dec 8, 2018 22:20:58 GMT
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Post by tonyw on Dec 9, 2018 0:36:07 GMT
A bit of a variation - I had a tree in silhouette after some levels adjustment but the background was just a clear blue sky so I replaced it with a leaf pattern and then did the black and white conversion.  Tony |
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Post by hmca on Dec 11, 2018 22:24:03 GMT
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Post by Tpgettys on Dec 16, 2018 5:50:14 GMT
The original was pretty much a silhouette, but I selected out the sky and replaced it with a gradient layer.  (click for larger view) |
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Post by hmca on Dec 16, 2018 19:42:11 GMT
Two from today.....   |
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Post by alexr on Dec 23, 2018 17:05:20 GMT
Sorry I've not been around much lately, so catching up and finally went out with the camera last weekend. Thanks Pete, Tony and Helen for sharing your images. More wonderful variety, I'm loving how some are pure black and white and some have variation in the background, even when added as a texture. A couple of the sphinx next to Cleopatra's Needle on the Thames from last weekend. Both of them created basically by sliding up the blacks and then re-opening the background by lifting shadows in those areas. 
Sphinx and London Eye by AlexR!, on Flickr 
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Post by blackmutt on Dec 26, 2018 0:37:28 GMT
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Post by jackscrap on Jan 4, 2019 0:56:13 GMT
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jan 4, 2019 3:47:38 GMT
How do you get a kingfisher to sit so close?  Wow! Fun photo. Love kingfishers, but they are not common here. Thanks. Clive |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jan 4, 2019 16:41:51 GMT
New Year's Day, 2019 Oldman River Valley, Lethbridge, Alberta.  |
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Post by hmca on Jan 4, 2019 21:37:49 GMT
Love that one, Clive!
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Post by alexr on Jan 6, 2019 15:25:51 GMT
Blackmutt, lovely evocative image, really like how the tree trunk complements and mirrors the open sky.
Jackscrap, that is an astonishing image. There is a standing joke in my family that I have never managed to get my kingfisher pic, so every new year will be 'the year'. I do like how you've silhouetted the fishing rod but left just a hint of detail in the bird.
Pontiac1940, excellent; stark, crisp and bold. A really graphic image, just the kind I love.
Thank you everyone for your entries to my first of these Challenges.
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Wow!