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Guido Ottaviani
{K:31} 12/30/2003
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The title is a big part of the picture. Congratulations for both: title and shot.
Guido
P.S.
I answered your question about owl as a comment in the picture itself.
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Sudhir K. Reddy
{K:7583} 12/29/2003
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Great shot & a superb portfolio! Nice mtg you!
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Jim Loy
{K:31373} 12/28/2003
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Nick---nice work..I like this! As to my "Wheels Up" pic....you are very close. That particular piece of equipment is used VERY seasonaly...so the wheels are on a pivoting arm...the weight is taken off the wheels..and hence, they do not go flat....and when needed...the pivot-pins are adjusted, and the wheels drop down and well----off they go. The "up" position is to keep the wheels in good form...stop them from going flat and cracking. Back to your pic...where in the world was this taken????
Jim
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aLI .
{K:2468} 12/28/2003
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Judgment Day....0h0h plz got forgive me!
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Urungu Erdal Özer
{K:852} 12/24/2003
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Very nice shot, beatiful colors.
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Mark Beltran
{K:32612} 12/23/2003
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Interesting title. There are days when I wish judgement day would come soon. And sometimes I wonder how the sky would look in the east. It's both beautiful and ominous in a strange way.
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Nick B
{K:870} 12/23/2003
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To answer your question...
If you are asking if the sky was 'painted' over with green, the answer is no. Besides, I'm not sure if PS or other software could paint that smoothly without losing details or affecting other colors in the process.
If you are asking if the sky was 'boldly enhanced', the answer is yes. The actual color is more like grayish-blue-green. but in my minds eye its greenish is more pronounced. What I did here, is boldly reduced the blue channel (expand the blue spectrum) to bring out the green more. In fact, I was quite stunned by the deep green underneath the blue channel. I surmise, it's the reflection of the Everglades (Florida) that's reflecting all that green, then increase saturation and intensity to make it more pronounced. In short, I didn't put anything in this image that was not there in the first place.
Having answered your question, I just like to share my philosophy of Photography.
I'm a highly skilled technical person but I'm a poorly skilled photographic artist. I have not formally studied art or photography, everything you see here is my emotional interpretation of my environment, my gut instinct.
My true photograph examples without any kind of enhancement except for resizing are 'Safe Harbor, Prowler, Window Display, and Rain Of Fire' which have personal values to me, 'Emptiness' was converted to B/W. I could exaggerate the pictures to bring out what I saw but have chosen instead the subtle approach.
For instance, I could have digitally manipulated 'Safe Harbor' to show sunset with the lighthouse lighted and Emptiness is actually 'inspired' by a true emotional feeling.
The photo here that was heavily digitally manipulated as opposed to digitally enhanced is 'Remembering'. I've been asked by a viewer that perhaps the original photo is overexposed. to begin with. The actual photo is actually nice, the exposure is just about right. It's a picture of a resort. What strike me odd about the place is why they choose to design the buildings in an old style architecture, seems to be out of place for such a huge modern facility. So, 'Remembering' is my interpretation of the impression that the resort is trying to portray.
The other one is 'Moonlight' which is inspired oddly enough by Shakespeare Mid-Summers Night Dream.
Ironically, I don't like 'photographs' that are digitally enhanced in the strictest sense, I'm really a purist at heart. When I decide to digitally enhance a photograph, my inclination is to make a 'bold statement', to shock the senses, to venture to the unknown, to veer away from cliché without crossing the line to Graphic Art. I suppose, I'm discovering my personal style.
Anybody like green egg and ham?
With warm wishes and best regards,
Nick
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Sandro Monti
{K:1278} 12/22/2003
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Great sky, but is the green real or PS? I like the
silouhette, there discret. I like the use of line
with the electric polls.
Nice job!!!
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Ana Vianna
{K:15270} 12/22/2003
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Another beautiful...no beautiful: Magnificent work, I say! Superb colours!
My regards, Nick!
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Cedric Sims
{K:3259} 12/21/2003
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Beautiful colors!
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Hermen Pen
{K:9168} 12/21/2003
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Beautiful unreal colours :)
I do not find the power lines distracting, you used them quite well in your composition.
Maybe better if the leftmost pole would be completely in the frame (and touch the silhouettes of the trees)
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Nick B
{K:870} 12/21/2003
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Appreciate the comments and rating, thank you all.
Rob, I'm in the middle of the street, sourrounded by houses :) when this scene unfolded and a few minutes later the whole thing disappeared, quite fast when you are thinking about exposure and composition :) So, I have to present the powerlines as artful as I can be, given the situation.
But, truly my inclination at that time is to jump into my car and drive as fast as I can mindless of traffic and find the most open scenic space but of course that's kind of an impossibility when you are in the city.
Seriously though, power lines seems to be an enigna in composition but hopefully this image can represent that powerlines can add character to an image.
Cheers
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Rob Ernsting
{K:8899} 12/21/2003
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Nice colors, but the power line are a distration. Good work.
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Shiv Kumar Surya
{K:17362} 12/20/2003
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Beautiful artwork.
Regards.
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Carla Pires
{K:10713} 12/20/2003
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What a nice effect of colors. Great composition. Congrats!!! :)
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Tommaso Di Falco
{K:23819} 12/20/2003
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Amazing colors with a beautiful power of lines and nice silhouette.
Awonderful composition.
Perhaps a crop near the point of union is better... perhaps a square image can to give more force.
enjoy, Tommaso
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Teunis Haveman
{K:53426} 12/20/2003
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Nick, great color
Teunis
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Cas Poldermans
{K:1080} 12/20/2003
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Great sky, great picture. The green really does look unreal. Beauty of nature! Well done.
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 12/20/2003
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stunning tones.
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