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Carole Kropscot
Jenny Gu
David Price
Ruth Rittichier
Walter Ross
Barbara Kuebler
Joann Greene
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July Title - "C" is for Carole

How I did it -

On the 4th of July, through the rain outside my computer room window, I saw the lights on the apartment building across the wet street and decided to make a mural of the letter "C" for Carole. It took about 10 shots to get a design that had the right shape. I was surprised how difficult it was! I'm guessing that the one set of tiny lights at the top is a burst of fireworks. I had about half a second to do the camera movement. The background is a Gaussian Blur version of the photo which I lightened with Curves.


COMMENTS:
 
Jenny Gu Nice try, you have got the right shape of “C” clearly.  The blur background made the “C” more charming.
David Price "C" is for clever! Nice result and the lightened and blurred background sets it off. It's good to see that three of us this month tried to achieve results from the camera rather than relying on Photoshop. Back in the "Pleistocene" era of film we had to rely on being more adventurous with the camera, perhaps we have lost some of this with digital! Incidentally did you know that some digital SLRs will actually double expose? I only found out recently that one of my Nikons will.
Ruth Rittichier Interesting abstract effect. I very much like the soft, graduated frame with it. Did you move your camera in a "C" shape during the exposure. I sure wouldn't want to do my initial that way! (Yes, I wrote a C by moving the camera like a pencil.)
Walter Ross
This is a great mural.  I like the way you designed the image and added a great border. A great depiction of the theme for night.
Barbara Kuebler Very creative idea!  You have created a very interesting image.  The colors all blend well together.  The frame and drop shadow compliment the image.
Joann Judd

I saw this and also saw it as ears. The way that you caught the lights in that pattern is great, I have done something like that but it was with fire and it was so fun. I don’t know why I had never thought of doing it with light.

 


Member Bio
Carole Kropscot, APSA - Biography

I am PSA Region Director for Region 6, covering all of Kansas and eastern Missouri. Click to see me at Region 6

I joined PSA in 1977 when I lived in St. Louis, Missouri. Now I live in  a suburb of Kansas City, Kansas. In the intervening years I belonged to camera clubs in Philadelphia and Dallas. I love scenic, travel, and flower photography. I've switched completely to digital cameras. I started using Photoshop when it was version 4. I turned my interest in computerized photography into a home business where I restore and manipulate photos and also create the popular DVD photo shows using my customer's own photos and music to tell their life story to show at a party for anniversary, birthday, graduation, retirement, funeral, etc.

ckropscot@yahoo.com


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