Study Group 35
Nick Muskovac

July 2010 - Tiger Woods

How I did it - Photo was taken at a Golf tournament in Palm Harbor, FL about 10 years ago. Painted with mostly bristle and chalk brushes. Frame made in Photoshop using border and Filter>Render Lighting Effects.

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Additional Maker's Comments
Kathy Potter	I liked your usage of chalk and your subject matter. You have done a splendid portrait of Tiger Woods minus his golf club. Their is good highlighting and blending in your character, the only thing that my eye strays too is the blended portion of his face near his mouth. The softness of this area seems to conflict somewhat with the chalk grain of the rest of the face and their's a little bit of JPEG pixeling around the out side of the chin and lip. But, I'm being picky...You did a great job, I'm sure It would be hard for me to do as well. Welcome to our club, we feel honored!
Mindy Leeds	A classic shot of Tiger Woods and your treatment of it is quite nice. The brush strokes are very good and I like the framing you put on it.
Rhonda Campbell	I like the way he added texture to the portrait, making it look like a painting and not a photograph.
Shawn Schertzer	This is a good image that shows detail where necessary and bright colors associated with a game of summer. I find the texture of the glove distracting, however. The attention to light detail on the frame is noteworthy.
Susan Bailey	I like this study of Tiger. The blue glove bothers me a bit but your choice of bright and shadow areas is very nice. I also like that you have kept all the blue area together... the hat color isolated and green background. It gives an image that is easy for my eye to look at, not cluttered at all.
Stephan Funke	Here we have brisk, fresh colors, which give the image a positive expression. As to be a "painting" I wonder whether the sharp, exact selektion of our hero (Tiger is of Thai origin) out of the background is the best possible solution. In my humble opinion a less careful, paintlery one would be in order. I also would suggest to do the brush strokes of the background in a less regulary way. Sport images are like all movement pictures. Movement needs space around and a very tight crop like the one we have here works like a cage.

Member Bio

Nick lives in Palm Harbor, Florida. He has been involved in photography for over 25 years. His work has been published in Popular Photography, Petersen's PhotoGRAPHIC, and Photoshop User Magazines. Nick has also published many articles in the PSA Journal and contributed an image for the PSA Journal cover. He is a member of the Suncoast Camera Club of Clearwater, Florida where he helps run the monthly Electronic Imaging competition. He is also the past Chairman and presently the Webmaster for the PSA-Central Florida Chapter. 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 his 2nd Galaxy in the Nature Division and his 1st Galaxy in EID. Nick also has 3 Stars in Stereo, his new love. Nick gave programs at the 1999 PSA International Conference in Toronto, the 2001 International Conference in San Diego, and the 2003 Conference in Houston. Nick also gave programs at the 2004 & 2005 PSA Conferences on how to run an ON-LINE Electronic Exhibition. Nick gave a program on Painter at the 2007 PSA Conference in Tucson. Nick is the EID Whos Who and Star Ratings Director. Email him at nmuskovac@tampabay.rr.com for information on how to apply for EID STARS. Nick is the Chairman of the EID Creative Competition for Individuals; this is an ON-LINE Electronic Image competition that runs 3 times per year. He started Electronic Imaging Exhibitions in the USA in 2002. His Exhibition is the "Suncoast Virtual"; Entry Forms and Images are sent ON-LINE via the Internet. For the past 10 years, Nick has been listed in the top 25 exhibitors in North America, in PSA's Who's Who in Photography, in Color Slides, Nature Slides, EID, and Stereo. He has over 2000 acceptances in International Salon Competition. 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 EOS. 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 for the past 15 years. 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 CS5. Nick is an equipment nut, and here is some of his latest Electronic Imaging stuff: Computer: Del Inspiron 580. 8 GB RAM; 1 TB Hard Drive. 24 inch LCD flat monitor. Two external 500 GB hard drives. Printer: Epson R1800 Ink Jet. Dell Laptop 1500 and Electronic Projector Mitsubishi XL5U used for his Electronic Imaging Exhibitions and Programs.