Thanks to fellow member venom (he's a really nice guy) for hanging out in the rain with me. That's him with the brolly. Yes it was windy and raining. I actually wanted the streaks of rain to show up against the black coat but after all of the processing they disappeard.
I've never spent more time on one photo(actually 4 photos!). Lots of steps...maybe I'll just post a screen shot showing my masking and layers. I did use some tonemapping to help bring out the colors in the umbrellas and the texture of the wet ground.
I like it, maybe the voters will too. I wanted an umbrella that would turn inside out in the wind but all I could find was this 11.00 special which proved to be pretty sturdy.
Thanks for all the views and votes. Here is an outtake with some quick and dirty editing to see how it looked.
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Place: 4 out of 84 Avg (all users): 7.1597 Avg (commenters): 8.5714 Avg (participants): 6.9831 Avg (non-participants): 7.2008 Views since voting: 5857 Views during voting: 849 Votes: 313 Comments: 51 Favorites: 15 (view)
This challenge has lots of very good and creative entries - you have one of the best! I especially like the subtle shadows. Nice idea and well done... -10-
Nice shot in many respects: colours, composition, etc. I like how there is more than one subject in motion (the man walking and the action of putting up the umbrella)
hmmm... i think i've seen that rainbow umbrella before in other challenge :-)
very good pov,
shutter speed was not fast enough to freeze action in captures 3 and 4..there is some motion blur there, specially in number 3...but it may have been on purpose.
processing looks good
nice texture on floor and bg.
border ads to the composition
a solid 9 from me
great photo - love the colours of the umbrella against the dullness of the day and that the movement can be seen in each capture by the different positions of the walker and the umbrella /10
Gorgeous! Perfectly meets the challenge and the colors are lovely. Cool hat & coat too! My pick for the blue ribbon. Back to bump you up to 10 and adding to fav's. Well done.
good choice on the black attire and brightly coloured umbrella - wish the first one showed the umbrella less opened. as presented one of my ribbon picks
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