Gallery: Photo ArtPosted July 10, 2010934 views16 comments
Images from Florida & Tennessee. The final image was produced from 18 different layers and a dozen layer masks. Thanks for taking the time to view... There's also a larger version.
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16 comments
Comment posted by Carol Nichols on July 10, 2010 at 4:32 PM
Wow, I love it Marc! The colors are so glorious and the animals with the umbrellas are very amusing. So nice to see a lighthearted ocean scene as opposed to all the oil scenes in the news lately.
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Comment posted by Melissa Olsen on July 10, 2010 at 5:14 PM
A wonderful image of whimsy and fun!
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Comment posted by Angela McCain on July 10, 2010 at 5:38 PM
Fun photo and effect. Hmmm...I don't remember which parts of Florida and Tennessee that elephants and monkeys come from.
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Comment posted by Marc Ward on July 10, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Angela,
C'mon... everyone knows there are no monkeys in TN. That's a Meerkat from Memphis.
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Comment posted by David Cobb on July 10, 2010 at 7:13 PM
You're having way too much fun in a whimsical sort of way!
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Comment posted by Rob Graham on July 10, 2010 at 11:12 PM
nicely combined, Marc, very creative :)
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Comment posted by Stan Rose on July 11, 2010 at 4:29 AM
Too funny, Marc!
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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 11, 2010 at 8:58 AM
Love the whimsy in this Marc. We don't see a lot of that on NPN and it's fun to see something this well done but in a lighter vein.
Pat
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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on July 11, 2010 at 6:57 PM
Over the top creative Marc.
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Comment posted by mark cillo on July 12, 2010 at 9:27 AM
Very cool! This is very creative and likely marketable image too
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Comment posted by Monica Siri on July 13, 2010 at 3:40 PM
Coooool image!
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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on July 14, 2010 at 6:11 AM
Love it Marc. Congratulations on the WP!!
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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on July 17, 2010 at 1:24 PM
Very cool blend and some nice shadow work Marc. The Meerkat with the sunglasses is hilarious. Congrats on the weekly pick.
There are a few small issues if you are interested in working them out, and this is coming from a fellow photochopper. All are easy enough to fix with so many layers, and I'm sure you saved the main file without merging everything. One is the sea foam around the legs of the elephant. The front and rear do not quite match up with the legs. Also, the color of the elephant in relation to the rest of the image seems to be much warmer. The main image and umbrella have a cooler appearance to them. This could probably be fixed with a simple photo filter adjustment on the elephants skin or even a replace color...possibly making the elephant more of a gray color. This might also help with the darker shadows on the elephant you have.
Great image regardless, and it made me smile. Very cool work.
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 19, 2010 at 3:15 PM
Great technique!
Congrats on the EP!
Sandy r
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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on July 20, 2010 at 8:58 PM
Well done and a delightful result!
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Comment posted by Gary Reed on July 21, 2010 at 9:06 AM
Great shot...made me smile..only suggestion to add is to slightly sharpen the big umbrella. Everything else seems just a little sharper..or not...its your baby...
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16 commentsC'mon... everyone knows there are no monkeys in TN. That's a Meerkat from Memphis.
Pat
There are a few small issues if you are interested in working them out, and this is coming from a fellow photochopper. All are easy enough to fix with so many layers, and I'm sure you saved the main file without merging everything. One is the sea foam around the legs of the elephant. The front and rear do not quite match up with the legs. Also, the color of the elephant in relation to the rest of the image seems to be much warmer. The main image and umbrella have a cooler appearance to them. This could probably be fixed with a simple photo filter adjustment on the elephants skin or even a replace color...possibly making the elephant more of a gray color. This might also help with the darker shadows on the elephant you have.
Great image regardless, and it made me smile. Very cool work.
Congrats on the EP!
Sandy r