Trust Me

[pnodrog]

On Christmas eve there is a parade in our township. A friend (exfriend?) asked me (trusted me?) to take a photo of him sitting in a historic boat on the museum float. Of course I obliged and have just sent it off to him so no reaction yet...

As taken:


As supplied:

[NorthernFocus]

Nice job with the PP work. Great shot of surf that you used. Whose idea was the caption?

[Urbanflyer]

Great fun! Nicely executed..

[pnodrog]

Nice job with the PP work. Great shot of surf that you used. Whose idea was the caption?

I take the blame for everything...

Trust you are having a good Christmas and have unwrapped all the presents of camera gear that you wrapped yourself and can claim Santa gave you.

[Mike Buckley]

At the very least, now he knows he can trust you. Great job!

[pnodrog]

Great fun! Nicely executed..

Thanks Judith. It may need a bit of a tidy up. It is surprising how many little things that can be improved that you notice latter - I suppose I have to stop editing at some stage.

At the very least, now he knows he can trust you. Great job!

Mike I doubt he will ever trust me again...

[Mike Buckley]

On second thought, you might consider sending him a photo that includes a period after the first two words and a period after the last word.

[pnodrog]

On second thought, you might consider sending him a photo that includes a period after the first two words and a period after the last word.

Careless - he will just have to put up with it

[madcrow]

I wouldn't trust him, using one oar he's going nowhere only in circle. Love what you did on #2. Very imaginative.

[Mike Buckley]

I wouldn't trust him, using one oar he's going nowhere only in circle.

Yes, but that guarantees that he'll always return to where he came from, which is more than I was able to do the last time I got in a boat that had no motor.

[pnodrog]

I wouldn't trust him, using one oar he's going nowhere only in circle. Love what you did on #2. Very imaginative.

He won't complete a circle - by my calculations he will be side on when the wave hits. Of course I suppose rolling over is sort of a circle.

Thanks for commenting.

[Shadowman]

Nice conversions.

[bje07]

very good extraction from the first picture.
Excellent result.

[bnnrcn]

Great PP work

[NorthernFocus]

...Trust you are having a good Christmas and have unwrapped all the presents of camera gear that you wrapped yourself and can claim Santa gave you.

We did have a wonderful Christmas spent with families that have adopted us as grand parents. But Santa didn't bring me any new photo kit. I've got more than I need unless/until my bride lets me stay in one spot long enough to get back to pursuing photography as more than a hobby(albeit a passionate one).

[pnodrog]

Nice conversions.

very good extraction from the first picture.
Excellent result.

Thank you both for your comments.

Great PP work

There are a few little things that I should tidy up but overall I was pleased with the result.

We did have a wonderful Christmas spent with families that have adopted us as grand parents. But Santa didn't bring me any new photo kit. I've got more than I need unless/until my bride lets me stay in one spot long enough to get back to pursuing photography as more than a hobby(albeit a passionate one).

I hope everyone on CinC had an enjoyable Christmas and Santa rewarded you suitably for being good all year.

[plugsnpixels]

Great editing Paul! I would like to see a slightly altered color version. IMO the sepia doesn't match the ocean scene.

PS: Sorry about your snowless Christmases! Same in LA.

[pnodrog]

Great editing Paul! I would like to see a slightly altered color version. IMO the sepia doesn't match the ocean scene.

PS: Sorry about your snowless Christmases! Same in LA.

Thanks for your comment. The background sea was photographed on a very stormy day and was almost monochrome. Just some very dull greens and a hint of yellow in a bit of foam. However the main reason for going sepia was the the boat is from a Museum and just about all the photographs they have there are sepia toned. The person in the boat is a volunteer at the museum so I think would appreciate the sepia version. I must admit I am not overly enthusiastic about sepia prints.

P.S. I would be horrified if I had to put up with snow at Christmas but my wife is dutch and misses it for some strange reason. Anyway there is never a lot of snow in Jerusalem.

[pnodrog]

Just had a little play with it in Lightroom to adjust the colour version. I would have to go back to the layered version in photoshop and adjust each layers colour balance separately in order to blend it a bit more realistically.

[Cantab]

Paul, I just stumbled across this thread and love the final(?) image!