11-11-2022, 02:16 AM (This post was last modified: 11-11-2022, 02:24 AM by dewarp.)
Of the images that I published at the camera club meeting this month, there was one that did better than I expected. Its this image of a bridge. It was actually made from two shots of the same bridge, one going downstream in the morning, the other coming back upstream in the afternoon.
I edited this some years back. At the time I was experimenting with L*A*B colour, and I actually made a version where I inverted the "A channel" on the right side. This also produced an interesting image, but I decided to use the more "straight" version at the club. The variant is attached below.
Very cool, Pete. I would never have thought of taking two photos from opposite positions. As always, your composite is absolutely seamless. The color shift is a creative touch, but I'd agree with your decision to go with the more natural version
Another of the succulents taken two days ago; bathed in morning light and adorned with water drops from the overnight rain...
Don't blame me - I didn't vote for him!
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Good morning Peter and Dave from a rainy Georgia. Got a little over an inch of rain here last night and still raining a bit. Supposed to clear up later this morning though and be warm. Already 60F.
Peter, that is an interesting image of the bridge. Seamless combination. I like the more natural version as well but the other is interesting too. As far as your image from yesterday, I had no problem finding the center of interest.
The water droplets really add to images, don't they? I should go out later after the rain and see what I can find. That is a nice effort Dave.
The photo weekend in the mountains always has a "competition" at the end. This year the categories were Landscapes (including historic buildings), Macro/close ups and Wildlife. We could submit up to 3 images in each category. There were over 40 photographers so that could be upwards of over 350 entries. Tough competition. It has been a number of years since I have even placed. I submitted this image in the Landscape category. It is really difficult to come up with original ideas when you have been up there so many times. I've never done well in the wildlife category at all - folks seem to be able to find bears and coyotes and foxes... I never have that luck. The bears I do find are never doing anything interesting. Meh.
"A moment in time
Immortalized forever
With silver and light"
I am sorry, but I must be dense. I do not understand just what you did here Peter.
Both sides of the bridge looks identical as do the trees in the background. However, the parking lots are totally different. I think I need further explanation. Can someone help a poor confused viewer?
Don, I like the image a lot. The lighting really makes it so interesting and creates a great mood too. There is texture and great color. I hope it does well.
Dave, A nicely framed shot of a succulent. I like the soft pale light in the background. That definitely is more interesting than pure black IN THIS PHOTO. This morning I went shopping and "almost", but did not, buy a glow-in-the-dark succulent. The sign "GLOW IN THE DARK" caught my attention and I walked over to check out the succulents on display. They had simply sprayed the leaves with white glow-in-the-dark luminance paint. Geez, I wonder how the plant like paint on their leaves and what happens as the leaves get bigger? I have to say, I was tempted, but decided I did not need any more plants cluttering up the top of my piano.
Well, I got my turkey bought this morning and do not have to face the crowd of shoppers since Thanksgiving is now less than 2 weeks away. Hey, did you all see that coming? That really seemed to pop up fast.
Another image from the historic cemetery.
The Petrie Family Mausoleum and also the Robert and Sauer family are interred there. How do I know that? It says it on the top of the building.
Peter, amazing image! But I am with Lorell, confusing. I need to see both images you put together to understand. There are the same things, but then there are different things on each side .....great work putting it together, though. I like the top one best. I'm sorry the judge had problems with moon shot. I did not have a problem. The moon got my interest first, and then I looked around at all the other marvelous details.
Dave, I really like the colors and symmetry in this succulant. The water drops add a lot of interest. The frame sets it off. Well done!!
Don, that light coming in the door is great! I like how it breaks up almost like starbursts. Glad you saw this and decided to shoot it!!
Lorell, you sure it's not Rober Petrie and Sauer Petrie? LOL! My, what an interesting building...so much detail! And the light falling on it is wonderful....adds so much interest....
No weekend chat yet, but I suppose I can provide answers to the Bridge image here.
I started with this image taken in the morning on our way down the river (straight conversion of RAW file):
I thought it might look cool if I split the image down the middle of the right pier and lamp-post, and put a mirror image on the right. I didn't like the top of the light being cut off, so I added some height to the sky and used a copy of the right-most lamp to fix that.
After that I got to thinking that having the same vehicles on each side was a bit boring. So, I grabbed a copy of the image taken that afternoon on our way back up the river, as shown here:
I then modified the earlier mirror image using bits of this new shot.
For the L*A*B version I simply converted a copy to LAB, inverted the A-channel, and added back the result with a mask over half of the image.
