January Image: "Cadillac Out of Frame"

How I did it -

One summer we brought two of our grandson’s to AZ for a visit and along the way, we stopped to visit the Cadillac Farm in Texas.  Of course, they crawled all over the cars and did some creative painting.

I used a Panos program called “Out of Bounds”.  To got the car to the edge of the white frame, I had to erase some of the original image.  As you see, I did a horizontal flip to the image.  Then I selected Watercolor from Psd filters and added texture.  I wish I could say I was the creative painter on the Cadillac’s but, of course, I wasn’t.

COMMENTS:
 

Aavo Koort	The horizontal flip and the frame shape change have added impact to this image. It almost looks like a painting.
Carol McDonald	You did a great job. They are so colorful and I like the one coming out of the frame. I would try to darken the image to see if it pops more
Peter Keverne	This kind of treatment with an image ‘Out of Frame’ is certainly gaining in popularity. I have seen several recently – not all featuring cars. It was a good idea to use this action with this image but I think it would have been more successful without the greenery.
Nellie Bretherick	That's a great idea--it gives the impression that the car is jumping into the frame--trying to catch up wit the other cars.  I live in Texas but I have never been to see the Cadillac Farm.  Maybe one of these days....
Karen Mason
Norman Piper

Member Bio

Nancy Sams, FPSA, EPSA, AFIAP - Biography I am a retired Art History teacher and College Dean at a private girl's school, and have been involved with Camera Councils in Minnesota and Arizona, plus held many offices at the Camera Club level. I have been an active PSA member since 1987 but didn’t enter an International Exhibition until the fall of 1990.  During that time I have been very busy with PSA activities and duties.  I have competed in 5 PSA Divisions over the years and was probably on the edge of a burnout when I found PJ and EID where new realms were opened to me and returned excitement to competition.  My latest project is teaching and working with Adobe Photoshop that I find both fun and rewarding.  Having been in front of a classroom for so long, I do love to present interesting programs that I hope are both entertaining and informative.    This study group is a new challenge where I hope to learn more about creativity and be challenged to present something that I’m will be proud of.  My next steps will be small but I do love the challenge of learning something new. -- nhsams3@cox.net