Riding Out of the Alamo
Uploaded: April 21, 2005
Taken at the John Wayne Alamo Movie set mid afternoon, very cloudy day. Used Roxio to add Sepia and fade edges, then into PS elements to knock back the Sepia color and added Film Grain Filter for a better aged look.
Kara L. Hendricks April 21, 2005
Fantastic image Christy.. WOW!! I love your work on this! #239367Christy L. Densmore April 21, 2005
Thank you Kara. It was a fun place to visit with a camera, no power lines :) #1276697Kate Jackson April 21, 2005
Great work Christy. Good way to treat the cloudy day I reckon. #1277185Christy L. Densmore April 21, 2005
I guess, had to do something liked the shot, not really the light due to those clouds, so this, I think jazzed it up a touch. Besides, I felt like I was standing in the 1800's. #1277195Kara L. Hendricks April 21, 2005
I don't think you have far to go Christy.. This is awesome.. I think this should get a finalist if you put it in the right catagory... #1277361Christy L. Densmore April 21, 2005
I placed in Digital Darkroom, hope that was the right one. It would be awesome just to get have one picked as a finalist. #1277371Kara L. Hendricks April 21, 2005
If you don't get it this month, leave the image raw.. Change to Sepia and place in People.. It would do well there I think too... Good luck with it.. Very cool!!! #1278438Christy L. Densmore April 23, 2005
Thank you Kara, I may just do that. I did so much to it, thought it best to put into Digital Dark room. Anyway, I have my fingers crossed. #1283738Rob Mesite July 26, 2005
Very nice shot, Christy. It grabs me and looks realistic. The poses are excellent - they look authentic/every day, as opposed to so much of the over-the-top look you frequently see in period work. Also, both the sepia toning and the work on the edges make it look more authentic, not to mention that you took what was probably a "blah" sky and utilized it to your advantage. #1641669Christy L. Densmore July 26, 2005
You are correct the sky was gray, and only gray. So the original is a touch boring because of that, but with out any, not good at all. Thank you for your comments on this shot. As you can imagine, not knowing they were even there ( found out later what was going on) then seeing this, sent you back to the time with a very strange feeling. #1642268bob cornelison August 04, 2005
This really take one back to the old west as we think it probably was. Good job!Christy L. Densmore August 04, 2005
Thanks Bob. #1676673Anderson D. Co August 12, 2005
Very nice choice of effect on this image. The composition is perfect too. #1710904Alton I. Vance August 22, 2005
To be honest, I really love the compositon of this image. And I really like your rendering in sepia. It is great work. I too would recommend resubmitting it in another category. However, on my monitor it seems to have a pinkish hue that keeps it from looking old to me. I'm wondering if you could keep the more brownish tones with out the pinkish look. (Maybe its my monitor.) Also the pack on the pack mule looks blown out. See if you can keep in that detail and this should fly. Great work.Alton Vance
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Christy L. Densmore August 23, 2005
Thank you Alton. It doesn't appear to have a pink hugh on my monitor, but I can certainly see your point on the pack. I have a new software package that has curves, only PS elements 2.0 when I did this one. I am going to play with it a bit more and see if I can get that pack to calm down as well as perhaps work on the hugh so that you don't see pink. You never know, maybe my monitor. Thank you again for your suggestions, I appriciate them more than you know. #1755352Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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