#34...Need your eyes.....

JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
edited September 25, 2009 in The Dgrin Challenges
Ok...well if you haven't heard already....I have a busted computer and am on a barrowed laptop that is really crummy! So I cannot tell color well and the contrast on this thing is shot. I need you to be my eyes here and tell me what you think.

1.Inside looking out laundry.
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2.Inside looking outside looking inside (or life in the spin cycle)
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I tried several filters on this next one....not sure at all about whether its convincing or not. (No animals were hurt during the shooting of this image!)
3. Dry Chihuahua! (or dog gone it see it my way!)
a. black and white
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b. infrared
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c. color...
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SO REALLY...WHAT DO YOU THINK? ALL CC IS NEEDED!!!
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2009
    #3.A is awesome. I love the comp and the expression on your face is great.
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  • ic4uic4u Registered Users Posts: 1,455 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2009
    I agree, I also like 3A the best. I'm wondering what it would look like, if the expression on your(?) face were directed more toward the dog, instead of the camera...just a thought. But I like it as is too. Contrast, exposure both look good to me.
    Karin


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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2009
    3a is the winner here. 1 is well done, but the color feels pretty off, and given your challenge in that department, I think staying b/w is the way to go. The reflection on 2 doesn't work for me. 3a brings some critical humor to the party, and the b/w treatment is very well done. The IR isn't really adding anything here (and costing some contrast), and I don't like the color treatment.
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2009
    I really like #2. The concept on 3 is brilliant, but I'm seeing halos in the processing, particularly around the dog's right ear (my monitor is calibrated, fwiw, but it's a laptop and not a particularly impressive screen)

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  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited September 24, 2009
    thanks for the input everyone! So if I do go with 3a I should clean up the dog huh? Does the dog's black look too light in comparison of the blacks in the rest of the image??
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2009
    His head looks fine. I think Diva's right that his ears have some halos compared to the color version. Perhaps burning those down a bit would help.
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  • sbargesbarge Registered Users Posts: 78 Big grins
    edited September 24, 2009
    Great idea! I also like #3a
  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited September 24, 2009
    Ok....so between #3a and now #4 which grabs ya???

    4. Reaching out of my world...
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2009
    OK... this new one rocks! thumb.gif

    I'd recommend trying removing the jagged edges on the hand since to me, it appears like it has already come completely out of the ball so it shouldn't be distorted.

    Pretty cool indeed. clap.gif
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  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited September 24, 2009
    anonymouscuban wrote:
    OK... this new one rocks! thumb.gif

    I'd recommend trying removing the jagged edges on the hand since to me, it appears like it has already come completely out of the ball so it shouldn't be distorted.

    Pretty cool indeed. clap.gif

    Well I debated on it and originally had it without the distortion but it looked to pasted that way. I wanted the illusion of it moving out...not just hanging. So its like still in a liquid state at about the back of the hand and wrist. Does it work? Lets see what others are thinking. Thanks so much for your comments!!
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2009
    Do you still have the other version? Can you post it?

    The edges right now are to jagged in my opinion. Maybe use the warp tool to making them a little more liquid looking?
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  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited September 24, 2009
    anonymouscuban wrote:
    Do you still have the other version? Can you post it?

    The edges right now are to jagged in my opinion. Maybe use the warp tool to making them a little more liquid looking?

    I didn't save the other version although I did save the working layered images and went in to try again. Hows this?? I moved the hand over some and then removed the under distortion...although looking at it here I might need to clean up a few more pixels about the frogs eye. But it will have to wait...everyone wants me to cook dinner.

    4a...
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited September 24, 2009
    W O W....
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  • WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2009
    Way cool! You are raising the bar with this one!
  • sherstonesherstone Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,356 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2009
    I really like both of your ideas! - on the second one it has that grab you and make you look quality that is perfect for the theme.

    After looking at it I keep being bothered by the hand overlapping the frog. May I suggest rotating the gazing ball about 30-45 degrees clockwise so that the frog is not right beneath your hand protruding from the liquid surface?

    In regards to the jaggy / rippled surface integrating with the hand I personally prefer the first one where it is rippled. Maybe something in between the two to please a wider audience?

    Awesome idea.:D
    Sean
  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited September 25, 2009
    I had done a rework last night and tweeked things. Added an added mask layer to calm down the competing follage in the background that destracted from the orb itself.
    Sean thanks for your input....I know what you mean by the alignment of the hand and I have changed it a few times but am limited by the position of it in accordance to the arm coming out. I might try a reshoot of the hand if my time warrents it today.

    4b....
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2009
    When you say jagged edges, are you talking about the ripple on the sphere? I think that it should be there since the hand has emeged and it creates a sense of disturbing the surface -- some implied movement in the image that the hand is coming out actively.
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  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited September 25, 2009
    ok...final version here....
    4c...
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  • sherstonesherstone Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,356 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2009
    JAG wrote:
    ok...final version here....
    4c...
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    Nice! - you have addressed both challenges. - Looks great!
    Sean
  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited September 25, 2009
    sherstone wrote:
    Nice! - you have addressed both challenges. - Looks great!
    Thank you! Its now in the challenge gallery.thumb.gif
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2009
    I agree with Sean... this last one is a winner. I thought I had a contender with my entry but now yours is starting to make mine look week. :cry

    Great job.
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  • JAGJAG Super Moderators Posts: 9,088 moderator
    edited September 25, 2009
    anonymouscuban wrote:
    I agree with Sean... this last one is a winner. I thought I had a contender with my entry but now yours is starting to make mine look week. :cry

    Great job.
    your kidding right??? Geesh your the one that has set the bar high! Your entry is superb in its own right! Nothin' weak about it!thumb.gifthumb.gifthumb.gif

    Now if sean doesn't blow us out of the water eh?
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited September 25, 2009
    JAG wrote:
    your kidding right??? Geesh your the one that has set the bar high! Your entry is superb in its own right! Nothin' weak about it!thumb.gifthumb.gifthumb.gif

    Now if sean doesn't blow us out of the water eh?

    WOW! Thanks... that really has regained my confidence. Although, you got my wheels spinning and I think I may be able to improve it just a tad.

    And you're absolutely right... Sean is the guy I'm worried about. He has some great Shop skills and this challenge is right up his alley. It doesn't help either that he waits till the last minute to reveal his entry. :(:
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