Till Death Do Us Part

Yikes!! Now I'll never be able to sleep :)

We used to have a rabbit named Thumper after the bunny in Bambi when I was a child but I did not realize until now that my mom got that quote from the movie Bambi .. thanks for that.

I agree that much of what passes for culture and art cycles through mass market trends. You are wise to have the approach you have. Snag what appeals to you as it floats downstream. I guess that's more like fishing than hunting but you get the idea.

Thanks for your comment.

This effect was achieved with a free trial of a software filter package that I have not purchased - yet. I'm missing it. Great stuff!

As Gordon so aptly points out, it's easy to churn out homogenized results from these filtered photos. It's difficult to do it right too.

I've been hunting for more free trials to experiment with but haven't come across anything as good as the NIK Software's Color Efex 3.0 Pro I used for this one.

Any ideas?

Cheers ~

This one was quite the happy accident. Thanks for commenting.

Cheers ~

First, I must say that I have strong prejudice (google translate, not sure of the word) against using digital effect on any picture and calling the result art.

I am in fact kinda old grumling man stupidly settling to film and flying away from any electronic crap. lol

You fell to be one of this filter's geek, as some other did and do on, HDRing anything all over.

So this said, it was a pretty funny experience, not worth the price they ask for the kit, if only this one filter is good for you, and I will help you to go on in your addiction.

If you want the same effect, you just have to make many W's in the in-out levels graph (both colors at the same time) more or less regularly, and more or less close one to another, each line should touch top and bottom of the square.

There had such a tutorial in Macworld some years ago to work with levels this way and some other ways.

Enjoy! ;-)

I no longer post photos or comments on this site. But your cranky response demanded that I reply here.

This photo was selected as one of 30 Editors' Picks: Dramatic Digital Images. I'm enjoying that distinction.

Of the 260 photos in my portfolio, only 14 are digital alterations. I did not apply a filter to most of those.

Besides the effect created here, I have used the filter set from NIK software on perhaps 25% of my non-digitally altered photos. I am very satisfied with the effects.

Cheer up. Life's too short.

I'm sorry if I hurted you, there are no smileys here for I could transcribe my laughing mood. :-(

Don't you think i'm a kind of geek with my iPod and iMac? ;-)

I'm in respect of that distinction you get, but it seemed to me so easy to just apply a digital filter. If it was not just about that, I apologize, since I don't know PS, as I can't afford a licence, and even if I could, I won't buy it.

I had a glance to your portfolio, and must say I thought bird's ones far more impressive than this one.

So it was just a cranky granpa critique, only take it for fun.

To be more serious, I'm hugely far to have such high talent as you have, go on. ;-)

Congrats on being featured, well deserved.

warm regards Gord

Jerome - thanks for your reply. All is well. We both go on ;)

Gordon - thanks for the congrats. In the time that I have not been posting here I've been volunteering whatever photographic skills I have to some local organizations. I'm helping and it feels good. One of the more exciting volunteer photo ops was of the recent dress rehearsal for the St. Petersburg Opera Company's modernized production of Don Giovanni. I had a wonderful time and managed to get quite a few good shots.

Miss everybody! And I do look as time permits. Outstanding stuff - keep up the good work!

Cheers

Alberta

Thanks much!

Alberta

Very cool image. How did you accomplish this?

Thanks! I got lucky. I was using a free trial of NIK Software's Color Efex Pro filters and had just the right lighting on the statue, which was all very subdued shades of mostly cream. All I did was make one click on that filter and voila! 

Have a great day ~

Alberta