willem_dijkstra

April 27, 2005

I really like the out-of-focus approach, it adds depth to the image. (I have one with everything in focus here , you can see the difference).

December 30, 2004

Small maglight moved around to paint the light onto the right places.

Red/brown tablecloth background, a vase with two branches with small

apples.

November 2, 2003

I really like the composition, the leading line of trees into the distance and the sunshine and shadows on the grass. The image seems a bit fuzzy/unsharp, expecially the trees on the right and even the stems of the trees on the left. Might be due to the compression. Colors just a bit overdone for my liking.

October 23, 2003

Great atmosphere, should be on the wall, large format, with a halogen spot on it. It is so dark that I want to step inside and look closer. Draws me into the picture. (I would crop out the tree on the left, it adds a finite limit to the picture where the rest is so spacy).

October 17, 2003

Does this give the feeling of early morning to you ?

October 15, 2003

Hippo attack !! Quick, throw in a loaf of bread !!! Great shot.

October 7, 2003

IR and color blend. This is an adapted version of

HREF="http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1529376"

target=blank >this one

. An IR picture copied on top of a color

picture, set to luminosity blend mode. I now handcolored the sky and

water in the color layer evenly blue (in other words : I removed the

clouds) and used the IR layer to create the clouds. This removed the

brown colors from the sky. Better ? or not ?

September 29, 2003

Thanks for your honest opinion. I personally like the emptyness of the picture and just the single mushroom standing there, with good detail. I made this manipulation because the picture without sun was rather flat, without depth, and the sunny picture was too bright, taking the attention away from the mushroom. So I found a middleway. By the way, manipulation was very easy, just copy on on top of the other and set the opacity to 40%. As far as I know this one is not halucinogenic, but deadly.

September 28, 2003

I combined one picture taken without sun and one with sun and used

the sunny picture to highlight the shaded picture, normal blend,

opacity 40%.

July 11, 2003

I was struck by the strong contrast of the brick wall at high noon

and the fashion (second hand?) dolls in front of it. It also gives me

an impression of real people who have lost their heads, as if there

is a hidden message. Does it do anything for you ?

June 28, 2003

Three nuns overlooking the sea in Siracuse, Sicily.

June 26, 2003

Another blend of IR and color, using luminosity blending mode. In my

view it really enhances the atmosphere in the picture by lighting up

the temple and ground, adding more structure to the sky and turning

the foliage light green.

June 6, 2003

Great effect, a little dark for my taste, but a beautiful scene and good combination of IR and color. Glad I could be of inspiration and thanks for giving some credit.

June 2, 2003

Thanks for your comments, glad you like it.

To answer your question : I took two images, with the same camera, in quick succession, one with filters and one without, camera on a tripod.

The match was not pixel perfect and I had to move the second layer (the IR layer) a bit around to try to match. Next time I would not refocus in between the images, since this causes a slight shift.