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Stressed Out

© Sharon Day

Stressed Out

Uploaded: February 23, 2005

Description

Featured in PhotoFlash #32
2/23/05
Special Effects

One bottle and a 30 second exposure. Placing a black felt cover over the lens while panning, I panned the camera across the frame to create several bottles. No manipulation such as cut/paste. Basic editing done in PS CS for color and brightness.

Comments

Roger Bernabo February 23, 2005

Cool technique, so well-thought-out. #218206

Charlene Bayerle February 23, 2005

This is great, Sharon ... great work and love the title!!! #1128127

Marcie A. Fowler February 23, 2005

Very creative. Unique technique and well-executed!! Fantastic job, Sharon! #1128138

Stacey M February 23, 2005

WOW, Sharon - this is awesome. Your creative juices are really flowing!!!! Great idea! #1128188

Cathy Barrows February 23, 2005

Great work with the camera #1128232

Nancy Grace Chen February 23, 2005

Excellent execution here. Great job!
Nancy #1128291

Laurence Saliba level-classic February 23, 2005

Incredible creation Sharon!!!!! #1128708

Dan Holm February 23, 2005

Wow!! Awesome result from your VERY creative technique, Sharon!! #1128788

Gloria B. Wood February 23, 2005

Cool cool shot.....very creative and well done! #1128902

Judy S. Fung February 23, 2005

Very creative, Sharon! Nice work! #1129006

cj patterson February 23, 2005

Wonderful creative shot Sharon!!! I'm feeling a little stressed myself lately...:) Great work! #1129047

Lisa Deaton February 23, 2005

Cool effect Sharon, really creative. Nice Job!! #1129096

Mellanie February 23, 2005

You're kidding me?!? This is TOO cool, Sharon!!!! Love it! I'm placing a bet on this one! We will see it again, I'm sure! #1129467

Stanley J. Contrades February 23, 2005

Got those creative juices working on all cylinders, Sharon! Excellent results on this very imaginative idea!
Much Aloha,
Stan #1129730

Sharon Day February 24, 2005

Thank you Roger, Charlene, Marcie, Stacey, Cathy, Nancy, Laurence, Dan, Gloria, Judy, CJ, Lisa, Mel and Stan! I appreciate all you nice compliments! #1130188

Elisabeth A. Gay February 24, 2005

amazing sharon, very cool shot!
Ann #1131699

Sharon Day February 24, 2005

Thank you, Ann! #1131713

Jim Kinnunen level-classic February 24, 2005

Very creative image and use of effects, Sharon!!! I love it!!! #1131865

Sharon Day February 25, 2005

Thank you Jim! #1132319

Diane Dupuis February 25, 2005

Wow - that's so neat Sharon!!! Well done! #1133591

Sharon Day February 25, 2005

Thank you Diane! #1133653

Anita Taylor March 03, 2005

Cool idea, Sharon! This is so creative and really worked out wonderfully. Terrific! #1146226

Sharon Day March 03, 2005

Thank you, Anita! #1146309

Scott Pedersen March 04, 2005

This is great. Its very creative and you didn't sell out to software to create it. Really nice work Sharon #1146906

Sharon Day March 04, 2005

Thank you, Scott! #1146999

Darren K. Fisher March 12, 2005

Awesome job here Sharon. I really like this. Bravo. #1167923

Sharon Day March 13, 2005

Thank you Darren! #1168779

Frank Titsworth March 23, 2005

Sharon:
Not only creative but very well done! I noticed there is a color cast on the black background (orange) between the bottles as compared to the black background around the edges. This happens to my photos also when using a black background and strong colors. Does anyone have a solution regarding this color cast? #1202234

Sharon Day March 24, 2005

Hi Frank,
I was trying to stay away from Photoshop completely on this image because it was an in-camera special effect. I don't know of a way to keep the light from reflecting on the black BG so hopefully someone can answer that for us. I opened the image in Photoshop again and used Selective Color to darken the background. I had to do this 3x to get it completely black. I then used the History brush to remove the areas that were too dark. I finished up by using the Burn tool to go around and hit the areas missed by Selective Color. Hope this helps. #1203000

Sharon Day March 24, 2005

Here's a copy of the revised version. #1203006

Tammy Scott June 29, 2005

LOL! I certainly could use something like this tonight! What a cool and clever shot, Sharon! #1536836

Sharon Day June 29, 2005

Thank you, Tammy! #1536852

Pat Gamwell April 27, 2006

I wasn't a member when this was entered last year. I can't believe this didn't win anything! I would re-enter it, Sharon! This is truly superb work & I think the judges need to see one again! (Just my humble opinion). SUPERB! #2700162

Melissa G. Meiselman May 19, 2006

Terrific in camera effect...so clever that I may try to experiment with this technique!!! #2785611

Mary N C. Taitt August 30, 2006

Very cool in camera effect! WOW! Nicely done! Mary :-D #3246634

Sharon Day August 30, 2006

Thank you, Pat, Melissa and Mary!

#3246881

DiAnna F. Paulk September 12, 2006

Wow, Sharon, I get an education every time I visit your gallery! How clever!!

Thanks for commenting on my "Grazing in the Buttercups" image! #3301491

Laura Clay-Ballard December 07, 2006

wow wow wow! this is totally awesome! #3678161

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