Just so happened that there was a wind storm earlier on this week so I booted it down that night to the beach and took some shots (all while battling the wind) of my favourite willow tree. Didn't spend too much time because it was sooooo cold and I was feeling sick earlier that day. Got off a few shots and this one seemed to show the force of the wind battling this poor willow tree.
Photoshop:
Level adjust for highlights and lowlights
Merged both layers in photoshop selectively
Cloned/Smudged out a few distracting bits on the tree
Colour adjustment (very slight)
Neat image to get rid of the grain (original had tons of granularity)
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This is perfectly lovely. An interesting abstract feel is created by some realistic elements. I think I see a suggestion of a watery reflection, I think I can see a bird, a face, some eyes, some teeth. The witchy-green 'hair' at the top is another eye-catching element. I don't see 'wind' but instead a kind of super-calm water in the absence of wind. I want to score this a 10 because I think it's perfect, but I also don't know how to score it because I can't find any wind in it, but I like it because you could say wind is defined by its absence & this is the absence of wind. Oh, what the hey. Score: 10.
My favorite photo in the challenge, and one of the most visually striking in a while. The amount of movement is perfect and makes the ordinary very enthralling. The side lighting was a very nice touch. Curious on how long it took to prepare the shot. A rare 10.
This is sort of cool as an abstract. On the whole, I think you went a bit long on the exposure. There's timing to illustrate the movement, and then there's a point where it just becomes a messy blur.
This is absolutely amazing. Quite possibly one of the most gorgeous pictures I've ever seen grace the pages of DPC.
Just perfect. The only thing I could suggest to do different would be to clone out the stars in the background, I think it would look better without them....just a little thing though.
Congradulations.....it's already a ribbon winner in my eyes.
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