Reading the challenge topic made me think of doing something unusual, like the old trick of smearing vaseline on part of a filter to partially distort an image. "Why is this a good idea? Why didn't I think of that? Why not? Why ask why?"
Thought about shooting through broken glass, then started playing around with saran wrap layered over the lens. Stretched a piece across my macro then screwed a UV filter in to hold it in place, so i could wrap more or less saran wrap in front of the lens, wrinkled or flat, as I shot.
Took a bunch of test shots, planning to go out and reshoot later. But I liked this one and decided to go with it after running out of time to reshoot.
It will probably get panned. I'm just hoping for a few positive comments to see whether any one else out there likes this treatment.
Not much editing: levels, a boost in contrast, a small bump in brightness, and desaturated it a bit (-30) to soften the colors, the resized, bordered and saved for web. No sharpening -- what would be the point?
Predicting a 5.2, but won't be surprised if it ends up a 4.8 or lower. (My double take entry is above 6 at the moment, so hopefully my DPL team will forgive this little experiment ...)
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Well, it's an interesting technique with quite a pleasing effect. I wonder if anyone used it in the Blur challenge recently. (Obviously, I haven't looked at all the Blur pics ;=))
Again, this might look nice on my wall, but it just does not do much for me in a photography challenge... You could probably make a really nice gallery of images with this same concept though.
I am not a good photographer, I do not claim to be better than anyone, any criticism is meant to be constructive criticism......
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