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3rd October 2010, 06:55 PM #1
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3rd October 2010, 08:28 PM #2
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Steve,
Nice images, very serene.
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3rd October 2010, 10:18 PM #3
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I love #1 the tone and colours are very nicely balanced.
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3rd October 2010, 10:45 PM #4
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Number 2 is so Monet. I could just stare at that for hours and get totally lost.
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4th October 2010, 12:26 AM #5Moderator
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I'm a number 1 fan
... because my eyes won't focus on number 2
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4th October 2010, 01:41 AM #6
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#1 for me as well
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4th October 2010, 04:39 PM #7
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I love them both because I am a fan of the French impressionists and these are lovely images. I tried image #1 cropping out the lighter area in the upper left and resulting in a rather narrow rectangular image. However, I like it a bit better that way...
How do you get the frame that looks so three dimensional?
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4th October 2010, 04:52 PM #8
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No:1 I love for its beautiful rich colours. I do find No: 2 too busy, with nowhere for my eyes to rest in order to take in the scene. Maybe it would work better if some of the over-hanging branches were in shot to provide a focus lock, rather than all reflections. On the other hand, maybe it's just fine as it is. What do I know?
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4th October 2010, 06:40 PM #9
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I like #1 very much.
The problem I have with #2 is that the focus appears to be on the reflection in the water, rather than the lily pad on the top, and it causes my eyes to go searching for a focus point.
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5th October 2010, 07:53 PM #10
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Thanks all. The focus on the water reflections was necessary to get the impressionist look. I found this out a couple of months ago by mistake. Besides if I had focused on the lilies it would have just been another lily pond shot
Steve
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5th October 2010, 08:17 PM #11
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Now that is a landscape shot or two.
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6th October 2010, 07:38 PM #12
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Apologies Richard. I put together a tutorial HERE.It is a bit long winded but I have got the process down to a few seconds in GIMP. The instructions are specific to GIMP but I would imagine Photoshop is very similarHow do you get the frame that looks so three dimensional?
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7th October 2010, 12:40 AM #13
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Good work Steve. I love #1.
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