DSS 85 - Playing with Orton!

WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
edited September 19, 2011 in The Dgrin Challenges
Woohoo! This is really fun!

I have a smattering of each. (Maybe plethora is a better word. :D)

First the abstracts.

#1 This is camera movement of my Desktop Wallpaper - a shot I took several years ago.
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#2 From My Neighbor's Garden
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#3 Seen on an Evening Stroll
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#4 Fernscape
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#5 Black-Eyed Susans
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#6 Bird in Hand?
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#7 Evening Falls
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Now for something completely different.

#8 Picnic
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#9 Collection
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#10 Collection 2
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#11 Deflation
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#12 Deflation 2
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#13 Resting
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#14 Patriotism
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#15 Sunset - I am not sure the Orton effect really works here.
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Comments

  • sapphire73sapphire73 Registered Users, Super Moderators Posts: 1,970 moderator
    edited September 13, 2011
    I'm going to go with 5, 6, 7, and 13. What a lovely series of shots!

    I love the effect you got with #5. Is it one exposure? I took several shots of black-eyed susans and didn't get anything as lovely as this! Fun to see what you achieved.

    Both 6 and 7 are unusual and dramatic, with refreshing colors. (If you go with 7, you might want to clean up the noise a bit.)

    I find the composition of 13 appealing and like the depth of this shot. I still getting a handle on the "Orton effect" but wonder whether it would benefit from having the exposure bumped up a notch?

    Oh, and last time I looked at the entries, there was already a sunset entry.

    Hope this is helpful input!

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  • WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited September 13, 2011
    Thanks, Gretchen! Very helpful.

    #5 is one shot. I was trying for an effect that showed movement through the flowers and was very pleased with the way this one turned out.

    # 6 and #7 are palm fronds against the evening sky. I was amazed at how much difference the shape of the subject makes in the final result.

    I'll see what I can do about noise reduction on #7 and exposure on #13.

    I have another of the sunflowers that I forgot on the first set. This one the original Orton effect.

    #16
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  • sapphire73sapphire73 Registered Users, Super Moderators Posts: 1,970 moderator
    edited September 13, 2011
    Another lovely shot with #16. Add that to my list of favorites!

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  • cbbrcbbr Registered Users Posts: 755 Major grins
    edited September 13, 2011
    #'s 3, 6 and 16 are my favorites. Well done.
    Chad - www.brberrys.com
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  • StueveShotsStueveShots Registered Users Posts: 544 Major grins
    edited September 13, 2011
    My votes go to 5, 7 and 13. Really great!
    StueveShots
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  • SeascapeSSeascapeS Registered Users Posts: 814 Major grins
    edited September 13, 2011
    #9 and #16 are my faves!
    SandiZ
    If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. ~Lewis Hine
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  • kdotaylorkdotaylor Registered Users Posts: 1,280 Major grins
    edited September 13, 2011
    I like #16 best, then 5 and 6. Nicely done!
    Kate
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    "You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." Mark Twain
  • DsrtVWDsrtVW Registered Users Posts: 1,991 Major grins
    edited September 16, 2011
    9 really grabs my attention, there is many that I like it is tough doing abstracts.
    Chris K. NANPA Member
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  • ic4uic4u Registered Users Posts: 1,455 Major grins
    edited September 17, 2011
    Love 16 and 6clap.gif
    Karin


    "Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth." — Mark Twain
  • sweetharmonysweetharmony Registered Users Posts: 405 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2011
    # 5 and #16! I think they're fun as can be.......
    Leah

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  • PedalGirlPedalGirl Registered Users Posts: 794 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2011
    #16 is my favorite.
    Pho-tog-ra-pher (n) 1. One who practices photography 2. one obsessed with capturing life with their camera. 3. One who eats, sleeps and breathes photographs. 4. One who sees the world in 4x6.
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  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2011
    #6 is stunning! But I don't see the theme in it. ne_nau.gif I would definitely find a local exhibit to enter that one it. I think it'll do well.

    For the challenge #3 is my favorite. I love the color patterns and striations in it. On this monitor it looks like it could just a minor curves adjustment to brighten it a little but.
    Linda

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  • WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2011
    sapphire73 wrote: »
    Another lovely shot with #16. Add that to my list of favorites!

    Thanks, Gretchen! I was not able to remove the noise from #7 without also removing some of the sharpness at the edges. This was the best I could do.

    #7b
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    I did increase the brightness in #13 and I think it improves it.

    #13b
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  • WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2011
    cbbr wrote: »
    #'s 3, 6 and 16 are my favorites. Well done.

    Thanks, Chad!
    StueveShots wrote: »
    My votes go to 5, 7 and 13. Really great!

    Thanks, StueveShots! Three different favorites from Chad. :)
    SeascapeS wrote: »
    #9 and #16 are my faves!

    Thanks, Sandi! I'm so glad someone likes the little boy with his rock collection.
    kdotaylor wrote: »
    I like #16 best, then 5 and 6. Nicely done!

    Thanks, Kate!
    DsrtVW wrote: »
    9 really grabs my attention, there is many that I like it is tough doing abstracts.

    Thanks, Chris!
    ic4u wrote: »
    Love 16 and 6clap.gif

    Thanks, Karin!
    sweetharmony wrote: »
    # 5 and #16! I think they're fun as can be.......

    Thanks, Leah!
    PedalGirl wrote: »
    #16 is my favorite.

    Thanks, Lisa! It seems to be a favorite for a lot of people.
  • sapphire73sapphire73 Registered Users, Super Moderators Posts: 1,970 moderator
    edited September 19, 2011
    I can see what you mean about the trade off with reducing noise in 7. I think 13b looks great and also really like #16.

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  • WhatSheSawWhatSheSaw Registered Users Posts: 2,221 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2011
    richtersl wrote: »
    #6 is stunning! But I don't see the theme in it. ne_nau.gif I would definitely find a local exhibit to enter that one it. I think it'll do well.

    For the challenge #3 is my favorite. I love the color patterns and striations in it. On this monitor it looks like it could just a minor curves adjustment to brighten it a little but.

    Thanks, Linda! Stunning is good. :) I thought it met the camera movement criteria. I could be wrong. I think I will probably enter it - it is unlike anything else in the gallery.

    I like the soft colors in #3. Here is a reprocessed version.

    #3a
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