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Study Group 5
Nick Muskovac, APSA, EPSA










 
Nick Muskovac

 

July

Title - "Castle on the Rhine Fireworks"

How I did it -Castle photo was taken during the day on slide film, on a Rhine Cruse about 20 years ago. Original sky was selected and placed on a separate layer. The sky was made pure black. To simulate darkness, the background layer was duplicated and the multiply blend mode was applied. The Nik Plug-in Filter Viveza was used to apply lighting effects to the background. Fireworks were added from my library to complete the image.

COMMENTS:
 
Barbara Miller A fun image, Nick, not something I would expect to see from you in EXH. The roofs are so light I wonder if they would catch that much light from the fireworks. I think adding the fireworks was an experiment but the buidlings are so good they could stand alone and the brightened FG is a lovely base for the castle.
Milan Sedio I like the clear nicely exposed fireworks blossoms. They are well placed and sized. The bright lighting on the castle tower, roof, and foreground does not fit with the evening lighting for the fireworks ( Shadows on the castle roof show the sun coming from the upper right). The castle is nicely separated from the background. I would like to see the bright roof areas and the trees in the foreground darkened a bit. The composition is well done. 
Mike Lillis  
T W Woodruff Very well done. I can't find anything I don't like about this image.
John Yurchak Your lighting effect on the castle and grounds around it make the fireworks light look good. The sizing off the fireworks and the color help here.
Minnie Travis What an interesting building. For me the fireworks distracts instead of adds to the composition.

Member Bio
Nick Muskovac - Biography

Nick lives in Palm Harbor, Florida. He has been involved in photography for over 20 years. His work has been published in Popular Photography and Petersen's PhotoGRAPHIC Magazines. 

Nick has also published several articles in the PSA Journal and contributed an image for the PSA Journal cover. He is a member of the Suncoast Camera Club in Largo, Florida. He is also the past Chairman and presently the Webmaster for the Central Florida Chapter and has given several Electronic Imaging programs for its members.

Nick has been a member of PSA since 1992. In 1994 he began working on his Star Ratings in the Color Slide and Nature Divisions. He has his 3rd Galaxy in Color Slides and received his EPSA at the 2005 PSA Conference in Salt Lake City. He has 5-Stars in the Nature Division and 3-Stars in EID.. He is a member of the Electronic Imaging Division and gave programs at the 1999 PSA International Conference in Toronto, the 2001 International Conference in San Diego, and the 2003 Conference in Houston. Nick gave programs at the 2004 & 2005 PSA Conferences on how to run an ON-LINE Electronic Exhibition.

Nick is the Star Ratings Director for EID.
Email him at nmuskov1@tampabay.rr.com for information on how to apply for EID STARS.
He was the Chairman of the first PSA-EID International Exhibition Salon in the USA in 2002. Entry Forms and Images were sent ON-LINE via the Internet.

From 1997 through 2000 Nick has been listed in the top 25 exhibitors in North America, in PSA's Who's Who in Photography, in both Color and Nature Slides. He has over 1500 acceptances in International Salon Competition. Over 500 acceptances have been obtained with Electronic Image Photos in the Color Slide Division.

Besides Electronic Imaging, Nick likes to photograph nature out west, and also takes advantage of the many bird species in his home state. His camera equipment is Canon Electronic focus. His latest acquisition is the Canon 20D Digital Camera which accepts all the Canon EF lenses.

He is an experimenter and loves to do Creative Electronic Imaging. Nick says he enjoys this phase of "Painting With Light" in his Computer Darkroom. Nick has been doing Electronic Imaging on the Computer since 1994. He is a Photoshop user who started with PS2.5 and has worked his way up through all the upgrades to his present version Photoshop CS2.

Nick is an equipment nut, and here is some of his Electronic Imaging stuff:
Computer: Dell 3.0GHZ Pentium IV. 4 Gb RAM; 500Gb Hard Drive. 20 inch LCD flat monitor; CD-ROM Internal, DVD Writer/CD-RW Internal, Printers: HP Laser Jet 4P, Epson R1800 Ink Jet NEW. Epson Perfection 4870 Flatbed Scanner (4800dpi) WACOM TABLET & PEN; Digital Cameras: Canon 10D, 6 Megapixels, Canon 20D, 8 Megapixels; 2nd Computer: Dell Notebook , 1.6 Ghz, 512 Meg RAM; Electronic Projector: Mitsubishi XL5U, 1024X768 Resolution XGA, used for his Electronic Imaging Programs.
 

 

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