day one
Reflection in a shop window.
PP included a little cross processing,
some levels and curves, and although it sounds strange in a blurry challenge, a bit of sharpening to exaggerate the grain/noise :)
Blur is a painter. He tries to make a cartoon of our world, an irreverent graffito. You want this guy in your corner when the world inside your little frame is getting dull. If you are lucky, he will, like a good cartoonist, make an instant emotional connection with us, a story instantly told or imagined, a compelling, almost anxious, sense that something is happening RIGHT NOW!
Peaking through the curtain of clarity that we think we exist in to the real world, one hidden in shades and tones and haziness in which we impress on our visions our own preconceptions of what it means to perceive, of what it means to be real.
I like how you can't see the person on the left, but can just make out the wavy/curly hair. Almost as if we are watching the person covertly, as they watch out the window. Nice effect. :)
I'm just mass commenting. opened a whole bunch of pictures and am going through one by one. but when I saw this I was like "Yess!! Now this I Looooove" and of friggen course it's yours. you can't seem to take a picture I don't like. It's getting spooky. If I faved everything of yours I wanted to I'd look like a crazy stalker or something. lol. Lovely again.
the amount of blur is just right i think to give this picture a mysterious look. makes me wonder what i'm not seeing in this picture. beautiful composition.
This one grabbed me from thumbnail and didnt dissapoint once opened up. Shapes and lines, colors and flow can all come out and stand strong when not having to focus on a specific point or primary subject matter. There is a line between just a blurry picture and a picture that is made because of the non focus. This is one of them. I am also drawn to the texture that can come with images like these. This has a great feel to it.
Cripes. Nothing to say. :/ Striking and gorgeous.
Edit: I guess I could mention the perfectly framed angles and dissecting lines framing the indistinct human figure, because they're really making this for me.
hey nick !!! .. here's a challenge that you'll just shine in .. and wot a start .. this is just excellent ..
i found that CS3 has cross processing as a preset in curves .. how great is that !! ... you use that cross processing to perfection and your image is just wonderful .. reflections work so well with the imperfections on the reflective surface .. to me those imperfections really add another layer of excellence to this image .. :)
your editing blows me out the window. speaking of window, was this shot with a window of sorts? oh, yes, it was... just read your comments. totally awesome man, totally awesome. pictures like this get me even more excited for this challenge!
Squigglies, shapes, lines, color - all there. As a thumb, the figure is apparent, but I like that when it's opened, the figure is more subtle, more blended into the scene.
Fantastic - really. The colors, or color as it were, is fabulous, as well as the whole composition. Is that a hank of hair on the left? In any case, it adds some mystery.
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