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Nature's Ice Design


 
  Nature's Ice Design
Nature's Ice Design
Canon 7D, Canon 70-200mm lens, f/11, 1/125, ISO 400, edited with LR 4 and Nik Color Effex Pro 4

Beth Spencer

  
 
 
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This is very cool Beth. A true abstract where we could be looking at a lot of different things. To me it looks like an aerial photo of an industrial complex or volcanic island.

It looks just a bit flat to me with all grays and whites. I would make a black and center slider adjustment in levels to give it a bit more punch. It is possible the whites may need to be toned down in raw too, but hard to tell for sure.


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January 03, 2014

 

Peter W. Marks 		  beth, I would be interested to see Mike's suggestion. Have to say my attention is riveted on those two 'owl eyes' staring out from the center.


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January 04, 2014

 

Stephen Shoff 		  Very nice Beth. My reaction was how well this did as a low-contrast image. I'll be interested to see Mike's suggestion.

A variation might be interesting, too, to apply Mike's suggestion just to the "owl's eyes" (or wolf's face) in the center just to create a more obvious anchor point. Although the fascination of abstracts is often their subtlety.


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January 04, 2014

 

Dale Hardin 		  Beth, this is one image that I would really like to see the original. I like the abstract but am not too fond of the treatment. It just seems a bit, for the want of a better word, dull.


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January 04, 2014

 

Elaine Hessler 		  This is really neat Beth. I'd like to see the original too, just out of curiosity. There are so many interesting shapes in this one. Sort of like Rorschach ink blot...


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January 04, 2014

 

Jeff E Jensen 		  Well, you've gotten some good suggestions on this, Beth. Can't wait to see what you do with it.


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January 04, 2014

 

Beth Spencer 		 
 
  Edit one
Edit one
I did Mike's suggestions to this one. I moved the black and mid-tones, and then worked on the white.

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  Edit 1 with a crop
Edit 1 with a crop
I cropped in closer.

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  Edit 2
Edit 2
I applied the increased blacks and mid-tones to the center only and masked out the rest of the picture

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  Design By Ice
Design By Ice
Canon 7D, Canon 70-200mm lens, f/11, 1/125, ISO 400,

Beth Spencer

  
 
I just wanted to find something different to post. This spot in the ice really caught my eye. The more I look at it I see different things. Peter I like the two circles that look like eyes, and I can also see part of a fox with ears. Anyway I did some different stuff and also am putting the original in for Dale!


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January 04, 2014

 
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