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06/12/2014 10:33:44 AM |
| Sorry for the DQ, I hope you continue participating and sharing your excellent work. |
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06/11/2014 10:21:39 PM |
| Oh man. What a pity!!! You would not believe the number of first-timers who win a ribbon on their first try, only to have it DQd due to not submitting the original. You're in excellent company, and I hope this will not discourage you from entering more challenges :) |
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06/11/2014 09:31:37 PM |
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06/08/2014 12:01:37 PM |
| Nice way to make an entrance! 7+ in a free study. Welcome to DPC and congrats on your HM |
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06/08/2014 09:56:26 AM |
Thanks for the nice feedback on my first entry everyone! :D
This picture was taken around noon using natural light through the window at Betis Church, Pampanga in the Philippines. As far as editing goes my initial steps consisted of bringing out the details and balancing the light using highlights and shadows in Lightroom, and then adding some clarity.
I've achieved the painterly look mostly by using colour balance layers in photoshop and selectively darkened and blurred areas using a few layer masks with a multiply blend mode & strong gaussian blur (making sure to keep detail in the shadows).
As a final touch I've done some light dodging and burning to enhance the costumes and facial features a little and reduced the saturation of orange and red skin tones.
- T |
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06/08/2014 08:44:26 AM |
Amazing image, congratulations on your placing!
Message edited by author 2014-06-08 21:58:25. |
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06/08/2014 12:22:43 AM |
| Where did my comment go??? any how I thought this the most outstanding image in the whole challenge! Just total perfection!! |
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06/07/2014 09:33:51 PM |
| Gorgeous pageantry, excellent light, editing. |
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06/07/2014 04:42:43 PM |
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06/07/2014 11:50:33 AM |
This image has caused me to stop and pay attention. That means it is in my 7-10 voting band. (Voted earlier)
Additionally, it is highly interesting/eclectic meaning it keeps me here long enough to offer a longer comment and a vote of 8 or more.
This is one of my 10s - I like it very much. Furthermore I think it enriches the DPC collective portfolio. Put simply, I wish we saw more stuff like this. Let me tell you why it pushes all the right buttons for me:
1. This looks so perfect to me that I wonder whether it is actually a painting - I've never seen the like of of this on DPC before.
2. Astonishing lighting
3. The whole sense of grandeur
4. The restrained colour palette
5. The details in the shadows
Overall, a staggering image to have constructed - normally I'd have been put off by the tone mapping and what appears to be smoothed skin but the overall paintingesque effect emerges from those choices so I can't claim it doesn't work. Very interested to find out who shot this.
Message edited by author 2014-06-08 02:07:04. |
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06/07/2014 08:49:28 AM |
| Not sure how you captured this without me noticing but hey ho .Hope you do well with it. |
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06/05/2014 06:28:00 AM |
| Right up there in the polished and planned stakes. Lovely ambient light too. WD. |
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06/04/2014 03:05:13 PM |
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06/03/2014 12:03:46 PM |
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06/03/2014 12:55:41 AM |
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06/02/2014 01:50:48 PM |
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06/01/2014 11:08:39 AM |
| Excelent lighting! I loved the flow of their clothes and the texture it brings to the picture. Nice! |
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06/01/2014 06:19:07 AM |
| I seldom see this kind of shot and the quality that goes with it in the website. I am very much interested who the photographer is. |
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