July 2010

"Canada Place Altered"

How I did it

COMMENTS:

Brian Magor	Have you tried adding a duplicate layer & applying the poster edges filter reducing the opacity to about 16%. It adds a bit more punch to the image. The other thing you could do it do add a layer, use the paint bucket with a colour, reducing the opacity & then playing around with the hue /saturation tool?
Susan Davi	Interesting that you took this around non because when I look at it I would have guessed it was dusk or early evening.  I would have like to see the original just to make the comparision.
Richard Harper	At first, I wondered  why  the buildings at centre were not horizontal, then I noticed that the masts and the sail like tops of buildings in  the rear, were in fact vertical. Well seen.  Others would have gone by without noticing. For me, it’s a bit  flat. Have you thought of color toning, say, a sky  blue, to lift it and add some zing
Rick Cloran	I can see the repetition that you speak of between the ship masts and the peaks in the Canada Park pavilion roof line. It would definitely seem like an echo if the sailboats had their sails raised. This may have more life when you can view the larger original, but in this size it is still pretty flat and seemingly a bit cluttered.  Problem is, I don’t have a clue as to what to suggest to do anything other than what you already have done.
Jim Mayo	To me this picture still looks flat.  You could add a color to your neon glow to enhance it
Chuck Mc Collom	Linda, this is an interesting treatment.  You're way ahead  of me in using these techniques.  I do think it is a little flat.  It almost looks like a B&W negative

Linda Speh

My experience with photography is simply for my enjoyment and includes mostly vacations and family photos. I got my first digital camera in 2000 and have finally worked my way through four different cameras of varying capabilities. Once I got my DSLR, I realized I have finally arrived. I have found these cameras extremely intelligent which have made life easier for mThere is more that I do not know about my camera than what I do know. I joined St. Louis Camera Club in 2007 and enjoy learning through their club competitions. I just completed the Basic Photography class taught by Kathy O'Donnell after having taken her Basic and Advanced Photoshop Elements 6 classes earlier. I won't really understand how to use this camera thoroughly until I complete the Advanced Photography class and then I am sure it will an on-going learning, love/hate relationship. So, I am basically a beginner and hope that the Study group experience will help me understand what makes a good image and what others think of those that I have created. I know that I am my own 'worst' critique so it will be fun to experience other opinions and to see what others in the group enjoy photographing. Since I am a mother of two grown sons and two growing grandchildren, my family and husband, Warren, are a large part of my photographic subjects. I find photographing children the best!