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July 2010
Title - Fireworks
Fantasia
How I did it -
Below
is the
original photo from fireworks over the beautiful Clark Bridge in Alton, IL and
also my finished creative version.
After cropping, did the usual levels and hue/saturation adjustments, I added a
Poster Edges Filter and then the Distort/Twirl Filter, placing the center of the
twirl in the center of the fireworks and then sharpened. Added an inner and
outer 4 pt. red stroke, a 1" black border (matching the black from the
background in the photo) and my signature. This was all new to me and it was fun
just playing around with the Filters!
COMMENTS:
| Kenneth Deitcher, MD, FPSA |
Very creative treatment of fireworks. You
really showed how some of the filters can enhance a photo. |
| Elaine Icklan |
It's certainly fun playing around with
filters. You have created a colorful, swirly image that flows smoothly
from the bottom left to the upper right. Well done. |
| Barbara Mallon |
Wow! How
stunning! I really like what you did with the lights on the bottom.
Dancing light! I will play with some of my fireworks and see what I
can do. |
| Tony Tam |
This is a very good fantastic art work.
It made me feel like Las Vegas Bellagio Music Fountain. |
| Adrienne Bergen |
I have one word for this one WOW!! |
| Tom McCreary |
Your image has a lot of impact and
interest with good composition, but I think that you might have
overdone the twirl filter just a bit. Your starting image is very nice so
you had a lot to work with. |
| Member Bio |
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Carolyn Schlueter - Biography
My father met my mother
and here I am. I was raised on a farm to 5'2" ...
it's a good thing they they didn't raise me any
higher or my feet wouldn't touch the ground. I never
got married so I am virtually virtual, but have a
wonderful significant other who puts up with me! I
worked for a living until I was 62 and then I
retired and found photography. Now I'm addicted and
it is so exciting!!
Photography, among other hobbies of being a
professional pianist and also a watercolor artist,
has been my lifelong interest, but only upon joining
the St. Louis Camera Club and taking lessons have I
realized how little I know and oh my ... before I
knew any better I used to think everything had to be
centered! Wrong!! We all know that is a big no no in
general and how important composition is in making
or breaking a photo.
When I retired, my significant other (also a
photographer) felt I really had the 'eye' for
photography and the digital revolution was happening
and he surprised me with my first digital camera ...
an Olympus C-4040 back in 2002. Oh happy day!! What
a fantastic change from film and quite a learning
curve! Then he gave me my first SLR ... a Nikon
D-40X three years ago and my life hasn't been the
same.
I've since upgraded to the Nikon D-90 SLR with
various lenses and also love the solid little Canon
G-11 (like it much better than the G-10) and the
newest addition is a point and shoot Sony H-20 with
the conversion lenses for those times when you can't
take an SLR with you.
I always have at least 1 or 2 cameras in my purse or
around my neck or on the car seat because you just
never know when those 'moments' are going to happen
... and you know what ... sometimes they do!! I'm
also one of those people who carry two D-90 bodies
... one with an 18-200 lens and the other with a
70-300 lens so I don't miss a moment having to stop
and change lenses when on a photo shoot.
As far as what I like to photograph ... I am very
diversified and love photographing everything, but
nature shots, particularly eagles, have a special
place in my heart and we're very fortunate to have
eagles in the area along the Mississippi River near
Alton, IL every winter and what a treat to capture
photos of them.
Looking forward to joining my first study group with
the PSA and hopefully improving my photography. |
Webmaster: Robert B. Gorrill, APSA,
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