#10 H E L P !

richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
edited October 14, 2008 in The Dgrin Challenges
I am very much out of my comfort zone trying to come up with something to fit that Poe poem. This is what I've been able to come up with. C&C much appreciated. Thanks!

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Linda

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  • MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2008
    #1 for sure.

    My three year old son calls pictures like this "smooky."
  • The Curious CamelThe Curious Camel Registered Users Posts: 943 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2008
    Number one, I would have never guessed you were out of your comfort zone.

    I really like that big old tree but the tree stump seems to get some attention to. What about a vertical crop? Just a thought and since I don't have a comfort zoneeek7.gif maybe you should take my 2cents with a grain of salt.

    peace, gail
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2008
    #1. And if that's OUTSIDE your comfort zone then..... well, let's just say it's certainly resulting in spectacular images! (Speaking as one for whom EVERYTHING photographic is still outside my comfort zone, I'm more than impressed bowdown.gifbow)

    I like #1 the best, but they're all beautiful (tres impressionistic) as well as resonant for the text and effective images. thumb.gif
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  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2008
    MarkR wrote:
    #1 for sure.

    My three year old son calls pictures like this "smooky."
    Thanks, Mark! thumb.gif

    "Smooky"? That's too cute! iloveyou.gif
    Linda

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  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited October 13, 2008
    Number one looks very dramatic...i like it!thumb.gif
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  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2008
    The Curious Camel wrote:
    Number one, I would have never guessed you were out of your comfort zone.

    I really like that big old tree but the tree stump seems to get some attention to. What about a vertical crop? Just a thought and since I don't have a comfort zoneeek7.gif maybe you should take my 2cents with a grain of salt.

    peace, gail

    Thanks Gail! thumb.gif

    How's this look?

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    Linda

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  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2008
    divamum wrote:
    #1. And if that's OUTSIDE your comfort zone then..... well, let's just say it's certainly resulting in spectacular images! (Speaking as one for whom EVERYTHING photographic is still outside my comfort zone, I'm more than impressed bowdown.gifbow)

    I like #1 the best, but they're all beautiful (tres impressionistic) as well as resonant for the text and effective images. thumb.gif

    Thanks! thumb.gif
    Linda

    http://lrichters.smugmug.com
  • VelvtRideVelvtRide Registered Users Posts: 364 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2008
    2 thumbs up on that last one, Linda! thumb.gifthumb.gif
  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2008
    JAG wrote:
    Number one looks very dramatic...i like it!thumb.gif
    Thanks, Joyce! thumb.gif
    Linda

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  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2008
    VelvtRide wrote:
    2 thumbs up on that last one, Linda! thumb.gifthumb.gif
    Thanks, Heidi! thumb.gif
    Linda

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  • The Curious CamelThe Curious Camel Registered Users Posts: 943 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2008
    richtersl wrote:
    Thanks Gail! thumb.gif

    How's this look?

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    thumb.gif perfect.

    peace, gail
    www.curiouscamel.net
  • achambersachambers Registered Users Posts: 255 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2008
    Portrait orientation is better.

    Is it possible to make the edges of your 'ghost' more wispy? to me the ghost seems to be a little too solid around the edges.
    Alan Chambers

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  • idiomidiom Registered Users Posts: 132 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2008
    achambers wrote:
    Portrait orientation is better.

    Is it possible to make the edges of your 'ghost' more wispy? to me the ghost seems to be a little too solid around the edges.

    I like the newest one for sure. But agree with Achambers. I think you need to trim a bit more of the white off the edges of the ghost.
    Gage
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  • The Curious CamelThe Curious Camel Registered Users Posts: 943 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2008
    I think the white at the bottom of her dress makes it look like a petticoat which would seem right.

    Just my 2 cents again. Or is that 4 cents now. headscratch.gif
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  • WomanWithACameraWomanWithACamera Registered Users Posts: 102 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2008
    Awesome! Love that last one!clap.gif
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2008
    Just thinking out loud here, but... using the new crop (which I love!thumb.gif) what if you put your ghost at the junction of the 3rds on the bottom rh side (where the patch of green is - sorry, I'm at work with no editing software so I can't even draw an X on it to show what I mean!) - it would be almost like she's separated from the graves, shut out, which to me would make it even more poignant (it's already doing that - I really love this image - but the poem itself is to me the anguish of an outsider looking on helplessly...).

    Ok, just ramblings. Btw, what process did you use on the picture, becuase I just LOVE it - is it one of the art treatments? It's so beautiful! clap.gif
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  • KevXmanKevXman Registered Users Posts: 945 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2008
    Linda, I liked the first before the crop, but now it is even better. I think this is the one to stick with. thumb.gif
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  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2008
    Holy cow!
    Thank you all so much for your suggestions. iloveyou.gif

    Laughing.gif...actually the whitish areas were my attempt at putting a diffuse glow around the ghostly lady. Before the crop they weren't as noticeable. ne_nau.gif Below are two of the latest attempts:

    #1
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    #2 (for divamum) mwink.gif
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    Linda

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  • shatchshatch Registered Users Posts: 798 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2008
    Hi Linda!
    What a great photo!!! I love it. I like the version where the personage (not knowing what to formally refer to her as...) is closest to the tree. I think it gives the eye a more balanced viewing pattern in respect to the rest of the composition. I do however, want to see more of her skirt. It feels just a hair to transparent.

    Congrats on a great photo.

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  • The Curious CamelThe Curious Camel Registered Users Posts: 943 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2008
    I still like the first crop best.

    peace
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2008
    I like the crop in post #12 (and again, I just have to say... I LOVE this picture!)
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  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2008
    Thank you everyone for your feedback! It means a lot. iloveyou.gif
    Linda

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