Thank you heida for a great excuse to play :) Hope I've given your style some justice.
Right now the score seems settled at 7.4. Mixed feelings though. Happy of course that my new PB is of a real person in real surrounds, yay! But sad too as it will likely be another 7+ without a ribbon and heaven knows if I'll ever see those numbers again. It doesn't help that Heida must be channelling at least a half dozen members in this challenge, if not participating in it herself ;)
Just in case anyone's interested, I got the dark, moody effect by accident - messing around with B&W adjustment layer, chose Infra-red filter and blended using Darken mode. I liked the result but wanted to bring the colour down so added another B&W adjustment layer to desat. Lots of other tweaks I did in a rush to tidy up before deadline, but none that really had much to do with getting the Heida look.
Thanks all ahead of time for the encouraging comments, votes and faves. Don't think I can bear to watch rollover, lol!
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Flip! I'm stunned. Honestly. I'd already convinced myself I'd be out of the top 5. The other top entries are just freakin amazing.
Thanks again! WOOHOO! The location is Cornwall Park. Here's an outtake:
Ally will be thrilled to see herself on the front page!
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Place: 3 out of 129 Avg (all users): 7.4737 Avg (commenters): 8.5294 Avg (participants): 7.1321 Avg (non-participants): 7.5897 Views since voting: 7826 Views during voting: 372 Votes: 209 Comments: 47 Favorites: 30 (view)
oh, this is yours !!!! i gave it a 10... it's almost 3 dimensional.. I just think it's fantastic and it just jumps off the screen each time I look at it.. Superb job !!!
Well done Rina on getting a well deserved ribbon. Crikey, what a great score. Ordinarily this would give you a blue. As you know, I was away during this challenge so didn't get to vote. This is a really lovely image.
10, 10, and 10. this shot is simply dead on for this challenge. Love the crisp foreground and the softness of the background. Hope to see this on the front page.
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