This is my humble and fun filled attempt to try and emulate the style of Ben. I don't expect much in the way of a score .. the softness is on purpose as is the slight blur, given that I was using a tripod - I like Ben's shots that appear to use that style. This shot is special to me as it was taken a few days before my son left to go back to Canada. Of course he is well past childhood but for the while he was here I got to cook and do things for him reminiscent of our times together years ago, hence the title.
Not a lot of editing ... exposure adj in cs5 - cloning out a zillion sensor spots .. added a slight vignette .. some cloning and burning, cropped for composition .. reduced noise in CS5 - sharpened - a million prayers a rogue wave wouldn't take my son out to sea. That's about it.
[Jul. 21st, 2011 01:39:13 PM]
It's the last day of voting and I am surprised and pleased with the score and especially the comments. Thanks so much!
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The placement of the figures and the contrast is superb; I like how you use the water wave mist flow long exposure to emulate the style of B rather than go for campy exaggerated blur. It works well, its a poignant inspired shot.
I think you made the right choice. Honestly, I didn't see the children when you first showed this to me, and I wonder how many of our rapidfire voters
missed them. The title invites us to look harder. Nice work.
Contains many Bennish qualities, but I find a harsher, stricter quality to this than in his images. This seems more factual, less allegorical. More journalistic, less poetic.
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