Snow Day

The snow was coming down pretty hard when taking this photo.

Nice job. A little weak on composition, but not bad. The effects are not overdone. Nice one.

Too blurred, looks like camera was shaking

beautiful image. looks like a sketch, something I've been trying to do for some time without great success.

I disagree with Jennifer - effects are overdone.

Well, I like the composition...in my eye simplicity works. I'm just not a fan of the digital enhancement stuff. But, to each his/her own. I think you did well with it.

I like it. I have tried a few of these, but it was never snowing hard enough to be noticable. Some people don't like frames around their photos, but I think this one might benefit from a simple black border, but that is up to you of course.

 

+Remember, it has been altered to look like a charcoal drawing. No camera was shaking. This is what a drawing looks like.

 

I do agree that the effects might be a tad overdone. I was not sure where a good cutoff point would be. After trying several alterations, I stopped with this one. Thank you for all of your comments. I know some don't like digitally altered photo's. For me, it's all about learning.

 

See original above.

I found this one a little hard to look at - my eyes keep wanting to try and focus and make it sharper. It looks like it started off being a nice enough composition and I think maybe you could try some other effects that might work better.

You win! I like yours much better. Nice choice on frame too! :)

Thank you, John, for the 1/1 rating you gave this photo. I take it you reeeeeally hate altered photo's. But, the question is: does this really warrant the lowest rating possible. Even on creativity?

 

I appreciate your sound opinion either way. I too have not always appreciated a photo here and there myself. :)

Wow! What did you do to Mr. John Stark to make him angry (-: (1,1 rating?) I agree this would be much better if you could remove the blur.

You're right about it bothering the eyes. Mine have become use to it now. Takes about an hour of staring at it. ;) I have a second version that is not as hard on the eyes.

I think John wanted to make his opinion very clear for me.

 

HE HATES MY PHOTO!

 

I feel like a big poop head now!

 

LOL :) :) :) :)

I wasn't sure about this one either. It's a little lighter and the edges are clean.

Looks good to me, this one is beyond my PS skills.(-:

I think what you have done is take an average photo and turned it into somthing with some charecter, personally i dont like the snow effect, but, its not my photo

 

good effort, I love looking to see whats new in your portfolio

Okay, your original shot just didn't have "snap" so I can see why you are playing with it. I like doing that myself. I like the lighter version you show - it's not so hard for me to look at, although it IS a smaller post, so that could be why. I think this image is definitely worth expermienting with some more.

Not to worry, Jason. I never take criticism the wrong way. I like and appreciate the honesty. But, that doesn't mean I'm not going to play with folks who really don't care for my creative experiments. It's all about fun, for me. I love doing this stuff. You have to admit, some folks enjoy being mean as much as others love to play.

 

Thanks for your comment and for keeping in touch. I love to hear from fellow PN'ers! :)

I knew you'd see why I felt I had to play with this a little. I'm still trying to master PS so it may take me a while to get the effects I need from any given photo. Especially the ones that really need some boosting.

 

Thanks, Kim!

I think it looks cool -- time lapse meteor shower .....

 

Great attitude you have too ......... don't lose it ........... (-;

Thank you, Ken, for the compliment.

 

Meteor shower......very creative idea. I never thought of that. I like it!

Hi TC, I know the feeling of staring at an image for hours. :-) Here's a version with Curves aggressively bumped up and converted to BW.

That is absolutely gorgeous! You just brought my eyes into focus!

 

Thank you for showing me another way. :)

Yes, Michael did it! That works well, I think! Re: John's 1/1 rating - if you check out his work, well, I think he DOES have something against creativity.