More experimentation in pushing the boundaries of what is possible within the rules. Again, if the rules are relaxed I will produce less digital art and focus on techniques which enhance a natural looking photo.
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I first noticed this when I joined DPC, and I still keep coming back to it. I think it is a beautfiul use of digital art in photography. Very magical, and perfect composition.
All NeatImage does is remove noise. As a result of using it 3 times for this image, it has the result of losing a lot of detail, and giving an unusual blurred look. The main reason though, is that after the curves and colour adjustments there was tons of noise.
The photo really didn't look far off the finished DPC entry after opening it in Photoshop and applying the curves adjustment. That is what resulted in the strong sky colours, as it was taken at sunset, and quite a nice one at that.
I was wondering how this could have been legaly created. Interesting effects. It looks like some high pass has been used. I dont have neat image, so im not familiar with its effects. Why then is neat image legal but not other photo shop filters? A bit frustrating, eh?
Thanks to those of you that liked this... it's still one of my lowest scoring pics though. The unusual effect came from a curves adjustment that made the mid-shadows brighter than the mid-highlights. Also lots of runs though NeatImage, and some extreme colour balancing.
This is a very beautiful picture(?) I love the colors and effects. I can see how this could be done, but it looks more like a painting now than a photograph. I am not voting, just commenting on this challenge, but I would give this an much above average score. nice work
Don't know how you did this but it's fabulous!. I love the ghostly softness and the drama in the clouds. One of the few times I wish the scale went higher.
I love the dreamy effect you have created here. The colors are just great and you have established a wonderful mood. I don't really care for the big square piece of wood tacked to the post in the foreground and I want to take a look at this on a better monitor so I can see if there is better contrast between the horse's front hooves and thee dirt, but other than that (which I did not dislike enough to subtract even a single point for), this is, for me, one of the best shots in the challenge. A print suitable for framing as far as I'm concerned. A 10.
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