maxhaynes

It looks to me like the frog on the right was photoshopped in, am I right Guido?

 

Max

I like this one a lot Roger but I'm disturbed by the compression artifacts. Brain tells me that if the image is no more than 680 pixels wide, (dunno about how long) then they won't put their awful compression into the image so keep that in mind. I just noticed that even your large image has artifacts though, what version of photoshop are you working with mate?

 

Max

I agree with Nikos. She is not alone, she has complete contact with the photographer through her eyes. What I think of when I see this image is that her butt must be uncomfortable, it connotes little else. Is the light great, the setting intriguing, the technical aspects good, yes, but to what end?

 

Max

I think the image could have been better if there was a little more space for the boat to be lost in. This is great design but the story loses out a bit.

 

Max

I can see the allure of going with the brighter green over the original Jean. . .but, I still think from a narrative standpoint that the original green would be more convincing and thus more compelling. I am a big believer in using the full potential of photoshop but only as it serves the purpose. We are in a world where design and decorativeness sometimes trump story (See my portfolio for lots of examples) but I think it's not the best for this story/image. I would leave the trees as you've done them though. By the way, the most compelling part of the image for me is the path not taken, off to the right. I've enclosed a version on how I would have done it for comparison, to me, the woods are the focus, the path is merely the frame. Now forget what I've said and it enjoy it just the way it is, it's wonderful.

Max

Yes, I see stanzas of different songs in your portfolio, here is one. And here is a link to Maxfield Parrish's work-

 

http://parrish.artpassions.net/

 

Max

Neat shot but why 3000? Are you envisioning a world on fire? Perhaps a giant city world like in Star Wars?

 

Max

I don't mean to give you a hard time Jean. Perhaps you could show us the original image without any level changes so we could understand the image process better.

 

Max

I also tend to think the green is over-saturated. A photo like this is a story we want to believe in, to walk into. This amount of green makes the story less convincing and thus harder to walk into. I'd leave the color as is in the trees though.

See, this appears to be another line in the same poem as the stairway picture. :^)

 

Max

Looks like a great book cover, evocative.

 

Max

A great shot indeed, in the way of something useful you might consider changing the white line border, it doesn't work as well when dividing the black border from the darker areas of the image( kind of like it's the edge of the print showing on a black mat). Perhaps a larger line and or a gray line might look better.

Very cool, what planet was this taken on?

 

Max

It's very pretty while stretching our knowledge of water's ways.

 

Max

Nicely done, great textures.

 

Max

The three images most recently posted make an interesting triptych.

 

Max

I viewed your fireworks pictures but I like this even better, it is nicely done and great fun!

 

Max

In that case it's superb!

 

Max

I'm going to be a party pooper and get back to the image, I'm not crazy about the type treatment, it compettes too much with the image IMO but I love what happens to the grid of the pool and the stroy that developes because the items that are distorting the grid are wine corks!

 

Max

Wow Els, you are really moving into some interesting territory, very impressive.

 

Max

I like it Linda but yes, the fence almost appears to be a negative emulsion mark or some such thing. I wonder what you would have got using the fence in focus, maybe just a mess. Welcome back!

 

Max

I like the color treatment and the cropping. Alas, I'd like it better if all the pads were sharp, especially those in the foreground.

Hey buddy, nice to see you're posting again. It's a bit fun to see a bit of the fun.

 

Max

Good God! What a wild and worrisome picture! Yikes! ;^)

 

Max

Why the hell don't I get shots like this?! I need to travel more!

 

;^)

Max