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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 10/16/2012
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Thank you very much, Gerhard.:)
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Gerhard BuschEFIAP/AFIAP
{K:18382} 10/16/2012
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Your style concerning photographic work is very typical and known by many of your works me very much.
With the best wishes
gerhard
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 8/31/2009
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Thank you so very much, Aykaan.:)
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Aykaan K
{K:13601} 8/31/2009
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félicitations.. belle création..
salutations..
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 3/21/2009
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Thank you so very much, Elias.:)
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Elias Monges
{K:6238} 3/21/2009
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It is an excellent work Shirley..agree with txules opinion...Joel..thanks to share your knowledge...CONGRATS...
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 5/1/2008
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Thank you so very much, Saleh!:)
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 5/1/2008
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Thank you so very much, Armando!:)
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Armando Giambolini
{K:17779} 5/1/2008
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Wonderful composition dear Shirley !
Amazing colours and fantasy.
Bravo !
7/7
armando
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saleh tafazoli
{K:591} 5/1/2008
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wow...beautifull shot.good colour!
saleh
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 11/19/2007
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Thank you again, dear Stan!:)
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Stan Ciszek
{K:56854} 11/19/2007
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Congratulations again Shirley,
Stan
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 9/10/2007
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Thank you so very much, Osama! I use Microsoft Picture It 2001.:)
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Salib Cross
{K:1972} 9/9/2007
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wonderful idea
please tell me did you used photoshop to edit it
regards
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 4/19/2007
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The B&W looks funny to me now.:):):)
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 4/19/2007
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Just for fun, I decided to try it as B&W.:)
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 4/19/2007
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Thank you so very much, Tom!:)
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Tom Elst
{K:105} 4/19/2007
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Still a masterpiece. The best artist never stop learning. Always be curious! Great comment by Joel anyhow!
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 4/19/2007
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Thank you so very much, Alberto!:)
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Alberto Romano
{K:2407} 4/19/2007
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It's another little masterpiece!
Amazing image and great idea!
Greetings, my friend!
Alberto
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 1/22/2007
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Thank you so very much, Lily! By the way, I have a photo art titled 'Lily'...look for it.:)
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Tiger Lily
{K:10966} 1/22/2007
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Oh how lovely! Beautiful shot and great job with the image editing . It may also look good with the foliage in b/w and her in color .
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 12/24/2006
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We lost Anna and the lavendar, but it is very beautiful. Thank you, dear Stan!:)
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Stan Ciszek
{K:56854} 12/24/2006
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Leaves & lavender in kaleidoscope
Stan
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 12/16/2006
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Thank you, dear JD!:)
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 12/16/2006
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I think we got enough rain just last night to cause this much growth...what a storm!:)
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 12/16/2006
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Whoa, that rain y'all got over the last few months really made for some fantastic growth, huh?
:)
Best wishes,
Dave
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txules .
{K:62768} 12/15/2006
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with or without Anna this is a grand picture, love it....jd
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 12/14/2006
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Glad you like it, dear Aniko!:)
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Aniko Heart
{K:26503} 12/14/2006
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Wonderful fantasy art Dear Shirley!!!
Best Wishes my friend,
Aniko :)
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 12/14/2006
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Thank you so very much, Jo!:)
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Jo T
{K:2305} 12/14/2006
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Very clever image making.
Jo
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 12/14/2006
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Thank you so very much, Partha!:)
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Partha Pal
{K:11619} 12/14/2006
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Its wonderful imagination. Great job.
Partha:) :)
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 12/14/2006
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Thank you so very much, dear Ali!:)
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Rashed Abdulla
{K:163889} 12/14/2006
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Just like a great magic of the old days people beleives, very impressive and so pleasant photograph
Wishing you all of the best my friend
www.camerause.com
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 12/14/2006
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Thank you so much again, Joel!:)
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 12/14/2006
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Hi Shirley...
like your camera... everything takes time to master. Jump into CS2 now (like my father-n-law, Jan, has done recently. It's bark is far worse than it's bite!
There are very good guide books to learn it, and one that is very good, is 'Classroom In A Book'. What I would suggest doing is to play with the 'curves' and 'color balance' w/ CS2 to match color.
If you plan on doing more of these comp shoots with a model, then I would invest $75 in a MacBeth chart (attached is a digital one). You leave the card in your shoots, and when you get both images into the computer, then balance the MacBeth's in each image, and you're 90% there. The other 10% is not as easy as you think, but you're at least balanced in color.
Looking fwd to seeing more comps! ..and if you ever have a question, go ahead and ask!
cheers!
-joel
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 12/14/2006
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Thank you so much Phil!!
i'm trying to bring back the 'learn something' and 'how did you shoot this' factor back to UF. It's far and few between lately.
Share the knowledge!! :) It's how I found UF, and it's how I'd like to stay here!
cheers mate, and thanks again!
-J
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 12/14/2006
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Thank you so much for all of your great input, Joel. I am very ignorant of much of what you are talking about. I do not use PS, although I own CS2 and Elements...just have not learned them. I still use my little Microsoft Picture It. Don't even know what Gamma is. Wish you could be here to show me in person....would really help.:)
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Phillip Minnis
{K:13131} 12/14/2006
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An absolutely brilliant critique, Joel! IMHO, one of the best I've seen for a while! FEATURED!
Cheers
Phil
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 12/14/2006
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Hi Shirley!
This works very well!
If you don't mind, i'm gonna put my work hat on, and suggest a few things to help tie these elements together. :) 16 months of working on 'Peter Pan' a few years ago had me seeing Tinkerbell *everywhere* :)
The biggest issue here is that both images were shot with different centers, and focal lengths. Since you're using a zoom lens, this is going to make your blend of the two images very difficult. One trick to do, is to pinch in your background layer a little bit with the lens correction tool (not the pinch distortion filter). This will fake more depth to your background, and help her blend in to the backgrounds depth cleaner.
The other, is my soft spot with all composited images. The black values. It's the give-away that there are two layers. Your model layers' blacks are good in color, however, the background has about 1/2 the color depth in the blacks.. so no matter what, you're going to be spinning color wheels and blurring edges all day long, and the the model layer is always going to float over the bg. For an image like this, I would set a monitor setting that BLAST your screen in gamma to almost 3. Then you see all the black values like someone turned on the lights! This is what we do at work, and it's the best, and most simple tool to match the low end values. Grain is the next big issue...and very easy to match on the layers while you're monitor is blasting at gamma 3.0. Once you have the color, and contrast of the blacks, and mid tones that feed into them... set your monitor back, and like magic, you're images blend in together. Pull the blacks down over all together with the levels, and it's the cherry on the cake!
:) hope you don't mind my input. You're getting very good at comps, and you do so many of them, that I hope to see more!!
...if you can do this kidna work on moving movie footage, then send me a resume'! :) We are always looking project people, and with a project like 'Pirates of the Carribean 3' to get done in the next 5 months, it's all hands on deck matey!
cheers,
-joel
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 12/14/2006
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Thank you so very much, dear Pablo!:)
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Pablo Dylan
{K:63918} 12/14/2006
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An other huge composition. Normal for you. Compliments dear Shirley.
Pablo
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor
{K:173998} 12/14/2006
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Thank you so very much, Gennaro!:)
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Gennaro Manna
{K:21301} 12/14/2006
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You have much creativita, and and what it wants in photography not servants to us l'attrezzatura.....
wonderful image, excellent composition and beautiful colors compliment
gennaro
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