In search of lifeform...

jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
edited August 17, 2011 in Other Cool Shots
5 image composite photography in Photoshop. Thank you very much for viewing. :D

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Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

http://imagesbyjirobau.blogspot.com/
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  • mstensmstens Registered Users Posts: 78 Big grins
    edited August 14, 2011
    Very nice. I really like the selective coloring in the composition.
    mike
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2011
    mstens wrote: »
    Very nice. I really like the selective coloring in the composition.

    Thanks, mstens. thumb.gif
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

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  • Wicked_DarkWicked_Dark Registered Users Posts: 1,138 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2011
    quite creative. It's an interesting scene and quite harmonious.
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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2011
    Very interesting to look at, Jiro. To me, though, it's more of an interpretive digital manipulation than a photograph. And, of course, you readily admit to that right up front. Your PP skills are certainly head and shoulders ahead of most of us and I do enjoy seeing them on exhibition, but I think I prefer to see your equally accomplished work that sticks to a more traditional agenda of capture and presentation.

    In spite of my reaction here, my friend, I would never suggest you stunt your growth as the visual artist you are. Your proclivity to explore new concepts and processes will always serve you well.

    Take care,

    Tom
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  • CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2011
    I like it very much, jiro. It's fun to create images that never were, and fun to view them.
    Don
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2011
    Wicked_Dark wrote: »
    quite creative. It's an interesting scene and quite harmonious.

    Thank you very much for viewing, Wicked_Dark. I appreciate it. thumb.gif
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

    http://imagesbyjirobau.blogspot.com/
    http://500px.com/williebau
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2011
    black mamba wrote: »
    Very interesting to look at, Jiro. To me, though, it's more of an interpretive digital manipulation than a photograph. And, of course, you readily admit to that right up front. Your PP skills are certainly head and shoulders ahead of most of us and I do enjoy seeing them on exhibition, but I think I prefer to see your equally accomplished work that sticks to a more traditional agenda of capture and presentation.

    In spite of my reaction here, my friend, I would never suggest you stunt your growth as the visual artist you are. Your proclivity to explore new concepts and processes will always serve you well.

    Take care,

    Tom

    Thank you very much, Tom. I ran out of inspiration (or subjects) to shoot at so I decided to practice some more PP skills that I might need later on my photographic journey. My goal here is to teach myself to capitalize on a concept and develop my image accordingly. Thanks to you, your gift of that flash unit enabled me to control the lighting that I need to illuminate these small subjects. rolleyes1.gif Without any control of the lighting, it would be very hard for me to conceptualize my shots and composition. We were blessed with some rain today (a rare incident in Texas nowadays) so hopefully after the rain I can go take a walk and go back to the traditional shots. Thank you very much for your comments. thumb.gif:D
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

    http://imagesbyjirobau.blogspot.com/
    http://500px.com/williebau
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2011
    Cornflake wrote: »
    I like it very much, jiro. It's fun to create images that never were, and fun to view them.

    Thanks a lot, Don. I am very glad you like this one. I'd say I also had some fun working on this one. :Dthumb.gif
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

    http://imagesbyjirobau.blogspot.com/
    http://500px.com/williebau
  • Photostudent92Photostudent92 Registered Users Posts: 81 Big grins
    edited August 15, 2011
    That's a really cool photo that you did how did you do that flower? If you want to keep that to your self that is okay inside secret if you want to call it that......Laughing.gif
    FujiFilm Finepix S2950 Love this camera allot! thanks dad and ma lol
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,979 moderator
    edited August 15, 2011
    I love the tree morphing into the flower and the great textures in the background. As a fun PP (and lighting) exercise, this is very well done. For me, the toy figure makes it hard to take the image seriously, though. Maybe that's OK--everything doesn't have to be serious, I suppose. But I keep having this nagging feeling that replacing the toy with something else could raise this image to a much higher level. Dunno.
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  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2011
    Very nicely done! Now the only question I have is which one is the intelligent life form?

    Sam
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  • Wicked_DarkWicked_Dark Registered Users Posts: 1,138 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2011
    I had the same thought, Sam, that the flower tree was the searcher and the robot was the searchee.
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2011
    Photostudent92 wrote: »
    That's a really cool photo that you did how did you do that flower? If you want to keep that to your self that is okay inside secret if you want to call it that......Laughing.gif

    Thanks for viewing, Photostudent92. You can find a lot of video tutorial about "Composite photography" on youtube. I also use some of them to teach myself. However, what I noticed is that whenever I work on a certain concept of mine, I don't use the same process for every image. Each image requires a different approach to make the concept work. So, a tutorial might not work on every image and besides I'm a very lousy tutor. rolleyes1.gifmwink.gif:D
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

    http://imagesbyjirobau.blogspot.com/
    http://500px.com/williebau
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    I love the tree morphing into the flower and the great textures in the background. As a fun PP (and lighting) exercise, this is very well done. For me, the toy figure makes it hard to take the image seriously, though. Maybe that's OK--everything doesn't have to be serious, I suppose. But I keep having this nagging feeling that replacing the toy with something else could raise this image to a much higher level. Dunno.

    Thank you very much for your comment, Richard. My first idea on this concept was to use a kid as my subject. Unfortunately, I don't have a way to illuminate a kid properly with the flash that I have. So, to improvise, I used a clone trooper figurine and evolve the concept using this subject. I agree with you, a human element would make the shot more interesting and puzzling. Well, there is always a lot of room for me for improvement. Thanks! thumb.gif
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

    http://imagesbyjirobau.blogspot.com/
    http://500px.com/williebau
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2011
    Sam wrote: »
    Very nicely done! Now the only question I have is which one is the intelligent life form?

    Sam

    Thank you very much, Sam. The answer to that question will now depend on your personal evaluation of the shot. :Dthumb.gif
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

    http://imagesbyjirobau.blogspot.com/
    http://500px.com/williebau
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2011
    Wicked_Dark wrote: »
    I had the same thought, Sam, that the flower tree was the searcher and the robot was the searchee.

    Thanks for viewing, Wicked_Dark. That is a very interesting point of view regarding the shot. thumb.gif:D
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

    http://imagesbyjirobau.blogspot.com/
    http://500px.com/williebau
  • wfellerwfeller Registered Users Posts: 2,625 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2011
    There's a lot going on in there--Excellent work! Glad I didn't miss it.
    Anybody can do it.
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2011
    wfeller wrote: »
    There's a lot going on in there--Excellent work! Glad I didn't miss it.

    Thanks for dropping by, wfeller. I'm glad you like it. thumb.gif:D
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

    http://imagesbyjirobau.blogspot.com/
    http://500px.com/williebau
  • Photostudent92Photostudent92 Registered Users Posts: 81 Big grins
    edited August 16, 2011
    Hey man thanks for the heads up I just got done with a photo and I love the way you can do effects with photo's now thanks man I don't know what else to say but thank you very much man couldn't do it or anything in that matter if my dad didn't tell me to join Dgrin I would still have crappy picture well they are still crappy but I am getting better I think I don't know about you guys on here but you guys are giving me some pointers thanks!!!! thumbs up for me all the way
    Josh,
    FujiFilm Finepix S2950 Love this camera allot! thanks dad and ma lol
  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2011
    That is crazy! Love it!!!!!
    ~AnnaMaria~ My little life in God's big universe
  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2011
    Eia wrote: »
    That is crazy! Love it!!!!!

    Thanks for dropping by, Eia. I'm glad you love it. :Dthumb.gif
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

    http://imagesbyjirobau.blogspot.com/
    http://500px.com/williebau
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2011
    Very impressive, jiro. You do have this composite PP mastered, or at least you are far down that road. :D I'm always most impressed with the concepts you come up with--so creative!

    Glad you got some rain--not a drop down here.

    Lauren
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited August 17, 2011
    redleash wrote: »
    Very impressive, jiro. You do have this composite PP mastered, or at least you are far down that road. :D I'm always most impressed with the concepts you come up with--so creative!

    Glad you got some rain--not a drop down here.

    Lauren

    Thank you very much for viewing this, Lauren. Thank you, too for the compliment. The rain only lasted for 30 minutes but it is still rain. We're really hoping that we could get some more. Hope some would visit your place, too. Kind regards. thumb.gif
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

    http://imagesbyjirobau.blogspot.com/
    http://500px.com/williebau
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