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I love this picture. And that's in spite of the fact that I would not normally like the coloration of the sky. It's really a great photo, IMO.

Great job on this picture! The sky really grabs your attention, and it is a nice choice in colour, albeit an unusual one. It complements the fence nicely.

Thanks to all commenting and rating on this picture, do not hesitate:

positive or negative as long it is constructive...

I promise a visit to your folio to all of you having given a little

bit of their time on my pic. Thats how we can progress all I guess.

I love the curves, I love the colors. How did you get those colors?

I like the fence. Hmmm...how do u get the sky in this color?

really unusual, slightly surreal. id be interested to see the unmanipulated image though

Thanks for your positive comments. I will explain and show the original pic tomorrow (so that it does not influence comments and ratings). I have just sent another pic with similar manipulations as it seemed that this was given some interest. (see in my folio intitles"my last pictures".

Nice idea, nice colors. Well done Jean.

Spooky pic and nicly done.

 

Looking more closly at the picture I would have liked a little more work done around the trees s othey blend more into the sky.

 

Good idea though.

 

Chris

I like the composition. The effects I would like more if they were not done in post production.

good color manipulation here. do we have the chance to see the original version?

Lovely curve and a striking image

This is a picture I would give wall space to anyday! The composition is excellent and the sky color is fantastic. GREAT JOB!

the coloration is nice, but the composition is great too. what's over the hill? i just want to walk into this place you've photographed.

Thank you all, for your comments. You can't imagine how much this means to me.

This is a place on my way to the office. It leads in fact to a very big and expansive house which is unfortunately not mine.

Some asked the original picture which I enclose, nothing special indeed except for the composition. I had planned this pictures for several days but I was never lucky or wise to get interesting colors. Thats why I have worked to get more exiting colors. This was last summer and believe me or not but I have tried to retrieve those colors and I can't just now. I told one of you the is was something with gamma setting but ther is something more which I cant remember and you can torture me it wont help.

But now I'm also myself puzzled and I will make some researhes about this and will be back here in some days. I know I look like one who do not want to share, but I have truely lost my receipt!

The colors are beautiful. You are very talented.

I do not know, but this picture draws you in just "to see what is on the other side"

 

Neat.

Looks like a good ol' Oklahoma dust storm. Good job on this.

I like the effect with the color of the sky!

Well done!

I'm not sure if this will be helpful to those trying to figure out how to do this, but you can get interesting color effects with the "hue" function in PhotoImpact. I assume there's something similar in PhotoShop et al.

I love it....it looks like it could fit right on the LedZep Houses of the Holy album cover!

Usually I don't like manipulated pictures, but this one is very nice (maybe because the original is very nice too...). I love the lines right into the sky (which is great too) and the colors.

 

Nice work !

Thank you for the interest and the comments.

After few research I have found again how I made this picture, it is rather simple but it requires time to find the balance between two diffrent filters in Paintshop. I had a look in my older version of Photoshop but I cant find the imortant filter for this effect. If you like to have details send me a mail and I will give you more. (jeanmet@post10.tele.dk).

 

 

Dear Jean, I am afraid you prefer making pictures on computer instead of taking pictures... You do not wait for the correct time, light and weather. You take draft picture and change on computer...

Celal, you are right I like the combinaison of the computer + photography and the two are complementary in my work, sometimes some of my pictures are not altered at all some time a bit.

But on the other hand in "pure" photography ypu can also alter your image by the choice of filter, film and work in the darkroom. To me both ways are fine to achive the picrures we want, ans we shall not oppose the techniqes, they have both their place, what do you think?

best wishes, jean