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Joe Brown
{K:23213} 2/13/2007
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Hi Giulio,
I checked out your collage. It looks great and the individual images are amazing. I should try out that approach. The backgrounds of my shots are not great. That is one reason I chose this style of collage so I could eliminage much of the distracting bg material. Thanks for viewing and your comments and suggestions.
All the best,
Joe
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Giulio Rotelli
{K:28441} 2/13/2007
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a so unusuale collage of unusual subject: they goes so well togheter with lights and vivid colours. Have you ever tryed to make a more crisp collage, like a square divided in 9 little squares, something like this :
http://www.usefilm.com/Image.asp?ID=1248580
i've done a lot of collage and i find this kind of work perfect for it!
Any way love your result!
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Joe Brown
{K:23213} 2/11/2007
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Hi Dave, thanks for your comments. One of the most amazing carvings were these two flamingos. The necks and legs are so slender! I might try separating the bg with the snow fence from the carvings and paste it into a black bg similar to what you did to see how it turns out. If it works, I'll post it so you can see. Thanks for the help and the suggestions.
All the best,
Joe
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 2/11/2007
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Oops, didn't see Ina's last post with my URL, as I replied to yours directly from your reply! Thanks for looking, though!
Dave.
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 2/11/2007
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Hi Joe, a very nice collection of the ice carvings! I think you've done very well here with the artificial lighting and especially the colours. I was in Ottawa for the funeral but of course didn't have time to get down to see any of the Winterlude events which were just starting around then.
The only shots I've taken of ice sculptures were with natural daylight backlighting which worked fairly well. Of course the best course is bracketing, bracketing, bracketing to get the best results. Here is the post of mine: http://www.usefilm.com/Image.asp?ID=1062085
Thanks for your comments, and kind words as well.
Dave.
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/11/2007
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That was before digital, it wasn't anything worth posting :) But the food was memorable...
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Joe Brown
{K:23213} 2/11/2007
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I checked out Dave's pic. He did a good job of separating the carvings from the backgrounds and placing them on a solid black bg. Seems this is a common problem when photographing ice carvings.
I've heard that the cruise buffets can be quite elaborate. How did your shot turn out?
Joe
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/11/2007
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Joe, don't worry about my name :) I also thought of Dave Stacey's pictures, he has some nice ice sculptures in his Winter portfolio:
http://www.usefilm.com/image/1062085.html
My only attempt at photographing an ice sculpture was on a cruise, at the farewell buffet :))) and they were surrounded by food!
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Joe Brown
{K:23213} 2/11/2007
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Wish we could edit these posts, sorry about misspelling your name on the last post.
Joe
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Joe Brown
{K:23213} 2/11/2007
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Hi Ian,
Thanks very much for your detailed feedback. The backgrounds, being not very interesting, were a problem. We had to deal with such things as temporary building framing (see more recent post of carvings) and snow fencing. Adding more people into the composition is a good idea. Thanks Ina.
Have a great day,
Joe
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/11/2007
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Very beautiful collage, Joe! The shapes are wonderful, and the multi-color lighting looks great, I love the various sculptures and the way you have included the carvers in the picture. I think you could show the pieces individually if you wish - maybe blur the background - just as you did here, and turn it to black, so the carvings appear floating and shining. But I don't know what kind of backgrounds you have, those could be interesting too, with more lights and people. It just looks great the way you put it together! Great presentation! Ina
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Joe Brown
{K:23213} 2/10/2007
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Thanks nessa for viewing and the feedback and comments. Unfortunately, with the amount of detail in this collage the small image size doesn't do it justice.
All the best,
Joe
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vanessa shakesheff
{K:68840} 2/10/2007
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I have never taken pictures of ice carvings so can,t help you joe..lovely colage of shots ..lovely detail and colour ..the ice artists are very clever..nessa
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