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Steve M. Harrington |
I'm resubmitting this after adjustments to the composition and sharpening. Please give me your comments.
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Nadine A. Lewis |
OUTSTANDING, Steve!!! GORGEOUS color, AWESOME effects, & LOVE the leaf falling!!! Cool poem too!!! <><
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Lynne Morris |
Oh wow Steve this is gorgeous, love the colours, comp and efefcts, wonderful work!
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Steve M. Harrington |
Thank you, Nadine and Lynne. You wouldn't believe some of the silly things I went through to get that leaf image! :) Steve
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Remi Trepanier |
What a georgeous Image Steve, perfect effect and colors.
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Karen Slagle |
Wow, this is gorgeous, Steve. I love those deep, rich colors and the buzz is perfect...
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Steve M. Harrington |
Thanks a lot, Remi and Karen.
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Norman P. Banks |
I like it!! The buzz filter is perfect for saturation Steve, as it enhances the colors and in the case of this image it gives depth with the bright center background and dark deeper woods around the edges. Norm
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photosbyjanine.com - Janine Russell Contact Janine Russell Janine Russell's Gallery |
Steve, great colors, detail, timing and effects.
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Steve M. Harrington |
Thank you, Norm and Janine. I spent a couple weeks thinking of how to visually represent this poem. The Buzz filter proved to be quite useful because it allowed me to simplify the background enough to make the leaf stand out. Steve
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BetterPhoto Member |
Very eye-catching and artistic. Neat representation.
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David Pratt |
Steve, Well done, Color and compostions are wonderful. Saturation is perfect, I know how you like it. I love the single leaf falling. This is what caught my attention. This composition and the poem go perfectly together. Fantastic work Steve!
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Steve M. Harrington |
Thanks very much, Kim and Dave. I flipped this image horizontally and was quite pleased with the change. I often flip my images just to see if the composition stands up well. Steve
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Beau Hudspeth Photography |
I think that the subject for BuZZing is awesome, but you look to have run in to the same issue I have in the past. That being: the image that was buzzed was too small to to start with. What I have learned to do in order to produce the best over all image quality and clarity, is to enlarge the image I'm going to buzz (if it is under 2000 pixels on the small side) by at least 150% or as large as you can go w/o buzz giving you an 'out of RAM warning. What this does for you is allow for a higher number in the 'remove large' option that does not cause the color 'beedover' that you will get when buzzing a smaller image. I hope that this info helps! Keep up the great shooting!
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Steve M. Harrington |
Thanks for taking the time to comment, Beau. I have been using Simplifier One and I was aware of the impact of the filter, depending on file size. I think I know what you mean by "beedover," but I'm not positive. I guess you are referring to the number of pixels that are grouped together. You've raised a question for me. Using Simplifier Two, if I set the Remove Large to the same size as Add Back Small, will the image change? I tried that on an image and couldn't see a difference, yet logic tells me there should be a change. Steve
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BetterPhoto Member |
I love the image and the way the colors came through. It is a winner!!
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Beau Hudspeth Photography |
By 'bead over' I mean the ares of one color that have been 'taken over' by another. In your image above, there are part of the tree that has been 'taken over' by the blue of the sky. You will also see a lot of this happening in sky areas that have branches in them. The area between the branches will be a mixture of the branch color and the sky - the 'bleed over' color. Kinda like you bridged the area between branches with colored cellophane. As for Simplify Two, you need to keep the Add Back Small to about a 1/10 or 1/8 of the Remove Large number to get a good effect. This works better on people then flora. It will add back eyes or reflections in eyes, and the like ... the small stuff that is lost in Simplifier One. Hope that makes more sense. :)
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Steve M. Harrington |
Thanks a lot for your nice comment, Bonita. Beau, I learn something new every day, and you've made this day especially valuable. It's funny how we put up with stuff like the bead over because we think things like it are inevitable. Thank you for taking the time to explain this phenomenon to me. I will put this knowledge to good use. Steve
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Beau Hudspeth Photography |
All my pleasure ...
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Carol Teal |
I love this Steve and would have loved to have been hiding behind a tree to see the silly things you went through. :) I like the single leaf falling, the colors and the buzz. You know, I loved e e cummings in high school. There was one photo in particular I loved but have since forgotten it. I will have to look it up now!
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Steve M. Harrington |
Thanks again, Beau. Carol, I had my wife dropping leaves in the backyard. This was worse than a failure: it led to accusations of incompetence in both photography and leaf dropping! I too love cummings. I used to teach him years ago, and I still return to him often. Steve
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Kay Beausoleil |
Thanks for the memories, Steve! (English major, 1963) Your image is poetry, too and crafted as were cummings's words.
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Steve M. Harrington |
Thanks very much, Kay. I've been playing around with creating some other images based on lines from his poems. He is one of the few poets who makes me both laugh and cry. Steve (English major, 1968) :)
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Marijana Fajgl |
Warmest congratulations Steve on your wonderful finalist!
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photosbyjanine.com - Janine Russell Contact Janine Russell Janine Russell's Gallery |
Steve, congratulations on your finalist.
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David Pratt |
A wonderfully deserved finalist Sir Saturation! Great job Steve! dave
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Steve M. Harrington |
Thank you very much, Marijana, Janine and Dave. I'm really pleased with this finalist. I resubmitted this image after extensive adjustments and flipping it horizontally to improve the composition. Steve
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Melissa G. Meiselman |
Stunning finalist, Steve!! Congratulations!!!
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Steve M. Harrington |
Thanks very much, Melissa. I am really pleased with myself on this one. :) Steve
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- Kay E. Mahoney Contact Kay E. Mahoney Kay E. Mahoney's Gallery |
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist. Good luck in the next round.
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Ken Jarvis |
Congratulations Steve on this beautiful finalist!
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Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna |
Congratulation, Steve!!!!! Fantastic image!!!!! :-) ^.^ Kitty
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Carol Teal |
Congrats on your finalist Steve! I realy love this! I just found your response to me when I posted earlier and I got a big laugh imagining your wife dropping the leaves and you trying to shoot them! I can picture her on a stepladder! :) Also, I saw in my comment that I stated there was a photo of cummings that I liked a lot from high school (and I should have said a poem...not photo)
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- Mitch Spence Contact Mitch Spence Mitch Spence's Gallery |
Boy, I could have sworn I commented on this picture before, Steve . . . but couldn't find it anywhere, so obviously I didn't. But better late than . . . so, congratulations to you on this. It was a great idea and beautifully handled.
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Steve M. Harrington |
Thanks so much to all of you for your nice comments. You may well have commented on the earlier version of this image, Mitch. I made major adjustments based on all the things I've learned in the past year. The attempts to capture a falling leaf were truly funny and could have nearly led to a marital crisis. I kept telling my wife to drop the leaf WHEN I told her to. She kept telling me that she was, and that I obviously was incompetent and would be incapable of capturing a sunset, never mind a falling leaf! :) It's amazing how fast leaves actually fall! Try it sometime. Steve
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Kay Beausoleil |
A beautiful finalist, Steve, and great work on the image!
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Steve M. Harrington |
Merci, Kay. :)
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Colette M. Metcalf |
Congratulations, Steve!!!
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robinsonphotoart.com - Jeff Robinson Contact Jeff Robinson Jeff Robinson's Gallery |
Congrats Steve on this Wonderful Finalist!! Jeff
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Steve M. Harrington |
Thanks a lot, Colette and Jeff.
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Kimi A. Phillips |
Love this Steve! Congrats on it! The colors are perfect! Kimi
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johnvroscich.com - John V. Roscich Contact John V. Roscich John V. Roscich's Gallery |
CONGRATS AGAIN STEVE WTG JOHN
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Steve M. Harrington |
I really appreciate your comments, Kimi and John. Steve
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Jenny D |
Ooooh, I love this! Beautiful!
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Steve M. Harrington |
Thanks very much, JD. I'm pleased. :) Steve
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Dianna Hauf |
I just love this as well as the EE poem!!! SO INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL!!!!
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Steve M. Harrington |
Thank you, Dianna. Thiis is a sort of milestone image for me. I learned a great deal about layers, composition and the Buzz filter from creating this. Steve
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Rod Partington |
This is Awesome Steve! Incredible colors! I love your artistic images.
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Steve M. Harrington |
Thanks very much, Rod. I am really pleased to hear you like my work. Steve
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