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Country Memories


 
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Country Memories
The other day as my husband sighted in his gun I took my daughter down the road to get pictures of wheat and cows. But I got some precious pictures of her that reminded me of my childhood in the country. The day was hazy (field burning) so I applied a blur overlay layer in GIMP to work with that dreamy feel.

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Mellanie
 

Love it!! Very country feeling! Wonderful job, Karma!!


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August 18, 2004

 

Tammy L. Odell
  Love this image Karma!! Love that wide open country!!


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August 18, 2004

 

Dan Holm
  Excellent image, Karma! Love the simple, strong composition and the color!


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August 18, 2004

 

Doug Wean
  A painting!Beautiful idylic Image! Beautiful effects!

Doug


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August 18, 2004

 
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  Great shot, Karma, it has a timeless feel!!

Larry


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August 18, 2004

 

Jennifer Rennison
  Wonderful composition and colors. Beautiful, Karma!


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August 18, 2004

 

Ellen L. Zaslaw
  Nice work ! Very effective ! Lovely. Evokes a very dreamy mood/feeling !


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August 18, 2004

 

Casey A. Hanson
  This is lovely!
Nice job Karma!


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August 18, 2004

 

Peggy Wolff
  Very pretty Karma! I love the soft muted colors with the soft focus. :o)


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August 18, 2004

 

Cathy Gregor
  This is a really beautiful composition, Karma! I like the way the road takes me through the picture.
-cathy


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August 18, 2004

 

cj patterson
  great image. looks like a postcard. beautiful airy feel to it. can almost feel the wind blowing! great work!


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August 18, 2004

 

Colette M. Metcalf
  Lovely image, Karma!!!


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August 18, 2004

 
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  Wow Karma...I've been away all day and I just started looking around...how beautiful this is! Nice capture!


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August 18, 2004

 

Elisabeth A. Gay
  Nice shot of a little barefoot country girl!! :)


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August 19, 2004

 

Karma Wilson
  I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for your wonderful comments. I've had so much fun learning photography and I feel looking at all the pictures here and reading the discussions is making me a better photographer. Thank you all...I am looking forward to learning more each day.

Karma


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August 19, 2004

 

Tammy Nuxoll
  Wonderful Capture Karma!!


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August 19, 2004

 

Sharon Day
  I loved this one right away! The child walking and the curve of the road. She looks so carefree. Nice composition :)


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August 19, 2004

 

Audrea Telkamp
  I love this image!! It captures exactly what growing up "rural" feels like!!


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August 31, 2004

 
amdahlphotoanddesign.com - Wendy M. Amdahl

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  Congratulations my friend on your well deserved finalist! :o)


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September 13, 2004

 

Mellanie
  Congrats, Karma!!!


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September 13, 2004

 

Jennifer Rennison
  Congratulations, Karma!


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September 13, 2004

 

Laura Berman
  Way to go, Karma! Congrats on an excellent image!


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September 13, 2004

 

Donna J. Taff
  Congratulation's, Karma!!!!!


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September 13, 2004

 

Deborah Sandidge
  Congrats to you, Karma!


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September 13, 2004

 

Dan Holm
  Alright, Karma! Congratulations!!!


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September 13, 2004

 
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  Congratulations ! -K


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September 13, 2004

 

Judith G. Secco
  Congratulations, Karma! Wonderful image.
Judy


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September 14, 2004

 

Karma Wilson
  Thank you everyone! I'm honored!

Karma


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September 14, 2004

 

Dale Ann Cubbage
  Congrats Karma!


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September 14, 2004

 

Stacey A. Bates
  Congrats Karma, a wonderful image :-)


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September 14, 2004

 

Karen Beri
  Congrats Karma, on this beautiful image!


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September 14, 2004

 

Teri F. Inman
  I didn`t comment before.....don`t know how I missed it but this is beautiful. Reminds me of my growing up days. Congratulations! Well deserved, Karma!!

Blessings
Teri in Canada


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September 14, 2004

 

Audrea Telkamp
  Congratulations Karma!!


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September 14, 2004

 

Noel Baebler
  This is an image to remember always. Absolutely a moment. Congratulations!


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September 14, 2004

 

Murry Grigsby
  Congrats Karma!


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September 14, 2004

 

Carol Brill
  Wonderful work, Karma, congratulations and best of luck!


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September 14, 2004

 

Janet Detota
  Congratulations on making the finals. Beautiful capture!


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September 17, 2004

 

Colette M. Metcalf
  Congratulations!!!


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September 18, 2004

 

Sal
  Congratulations Karma!


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September 19, 2004

 

Mary K. Robison
  Wonderful capture with terrific perspective, Karma. Congratulations on its finalist spot!
Your entire gallery is awesome (an adjective I rarely use)!


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September 22, 2004

 

Susana Matos
  Congratulations, one of my favorites!
Cheers from Portugal, Su


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October 05, 2004

 
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  Beautiful and congratulations for the finalist!!!
kathleen


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October 16, 2004

 

Tammy McAllister
  Love the mood you created Karma! Congratulation!


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October 17, 2004

 

Dave Tilley
 
 
 
Great shot. However, I wanted to suggest something else. By doing a quick edit in PS I was able to further promote your dreamy effect in a neat way that you you might want to try next time.

1. Balance the Levels. Try the Auto feture is you are new to this. The histogram showed a High-key image.

2. Duplicate the layer twice. You should now have three layers, all indentical.

3. Go to the top-most layer, and apply Gaussian Blur. Usually 3-4 pixels is enough. You want to blur the image but still maintain the image shape.

4. Apple the same blur to the next layer.

5. You botttom layer remains untouched.

6. The top layer should be set to Screen.

7. The second layer should be set to Overlay.

8. Adjust the layer opacity of the top two layers. A range of 45-70% each. This is more subjective. Adjust the opacity until the "dreamy" feeling is achieved, but not overwhelming.

9. Also, play with the layer order of the top two layers. The Screened layer might look better on top of the Overlay layer, or vice-versa. It depends on the image composition.

Don't think me presumptuous. I just sawy this great image, and thought it could be enhanced even further.


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November 16, 2004

 
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