jonathancharlesphoto 2 Posted December 29, 2006 I am interested in whether this or the href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5349326&si ze=lg" target=blank>B&W version posted earlier bring out the abstract features of the landscape better. All comments / crits. welcome. Link to comment
pamela-ann 0 Posted December 29, 2006 i dont know, i kinda like the b&w version better. it makes it more eery and mysterious. good shot though Link to comment
kurt2006 0 Posted December 29, 2006 Jonathan, did you use a camera motion to accomplish this effect or some photoshop technique? I would not call it 'enchanted' but it is very captivating. The b/w version seems to lose something but is still effective. The color anchors everything in reality, though. Excellent composition. Link to comment
gdanmitchell 0 Posted December 29, 2006 For me the b&w version works better - but there are clearly different reactions to this. Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted December 29, 2006 Very creative image of wonderful colors and composition Wishing you all of the best my friend www.filmuse.net Link to comment
jonathancharlesphoto 2 Posted December 29, 2006 I used PhotoShop to bring out what I saw as the dominant angles which seemed to be shared by both the green foliage hanging down and the thin branches pointing up, as well as the matted fallen vegetation. I did this by applying linear blur in each direction to semi-transparent layers and then a vertical blur selectively to the tree trunks, again semi-transparent to keep some of the original detail. The result came out pretty much as I saw the patterns with my eyes screwed up. The colours are unmodified and I was wondering if I should make them more dramatic to enhance the dream-like effect. Link to comment
jonathancharlesphoto 2 Posted December 29, 2006 ... like this.To allThank you for your comments. Any further thoughts?Best wishes, Jonathan Link to comment
kurt2006 0 Posted December 29, 2006 Jonathan, thank you for describing your technique! There are so many things that I have not even experimented with. These vertical/linear blur effects are quite striking in this case, and I am impressed that you worked with what was already there. You must be a professional artist :) If you have a chance, please visit Rick Lindh's PN site. He has a few interesting manipulated images (radial blur) that I have not mastered yet. But this is quite a nice use of the tool. BTW, my feeling is that oversaturating the color will make this look like a pastel drawing and no longer a photograph. That is always the danger. Leaving the color tones as seen has more impact but, of course, even the b/w version is lovely. Best wishes to you! Link to comment
jefvandenhoute 0 Posted December 30, 2006 The colour and B/W are different images. I like them both. The B/W gives a more mysterious effect. The colour one is friendlier Link to comment
hashim a 0 Posted January 6, 2007 i like the effect... and prefer the color version much more than the bw. Link to comment
jmoody 0 Posted January 20, 2007 thought for sure I'd be a color-voter, but I've gotta admit that there's something much more dramatic about the black and white. Neat idea and execution Link to comment
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