Comments on Be Creative week 35

[lisabee]

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[Joe M]

This is really a nice picture Tony.

Always wondered what I'd do with this image because it was way too sharp. This tutorial helped quite a bit. Did some masking and a bit of vignetting in addition to the basic method.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/11IzOEvb2f4SyXBuLMOTQNdVtvA41_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=11IzOEvb2f4SyXBuLMOTQNdVtvA41)

Tony

[billz]

Clara - Thanks ... I got all misty there.;) Great image!

[Bamagirl]

Thanks, Bill. I have been hanging around this forum too much I guess. All those car pictures start to affect you after a while.

[TonyW]

This is really a nice picture Tony.

Joe: Thanks - I like it a lot better than the original - it was one of those pictures I was having trouble deciding what to do with it and this helped. Here's the original or close to the original

.http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1Et9vlb08sptf48Hzh5pRP6IDPESqM_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1Et9vlb08sptf48Hzh5pRP6IDPESqM)

Tony

[Joe M]

Joe: Thanks - I like it a lot better than the original - it was one of those pictures I was having trouble deciding what to do with it and this helped. Here's the original or close to the original

.http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1Et9vlb08sptf48Hzh5pRP6IDPESqM_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1Et9vlb08sptf48Hzh5pRP6IDPESqM)

Tony

It looks much better Tony. The picture of Marley also turned out much better with this effect. Proper softening can definitely add something to right photo.

[Martha]

Such lovely images so far! I love the teddy bears, Lisa.
Toni, the little girl is so pretty. I think the effect really is great on your flowers.
Fish, I wouldn't have thought that the picture you chose would work--but it really look great!
Oh Bill, I do like that shot!
Marley is so cute! Really nice photo and effect!
Julie-lovely flowers
Martha

[billz]

Thanks for the comments Martha. Your treatment of Sophie's image looks great!

[lisabee]

Wow, fantastic results with this soft look :)

Toni - a pretty picture of Chelsea blowing bubbles, and lovely effect on the flower. The shot with the path definitely makes you wonder .....

Tony - that is stunning, and it definitely has a story.

Clara - wow - to both the car shot and the horse!

Joe - fantastic, cute and funny too! Marley looks like he is growing fast.

Fish - wonderful on a B&W, which I must confess I hadn't thought of trying.

Julie - the wild flowers look beautiful, very soothing and dreamy.

Bill - great image and it looks even more other-worldly with the dreaminess, in fact it could even be in a dream.

Deborah - a lovely image, the diffuse glow works really well on this. And a cute line of ducks!

Martha - lovely shot of Sophie. The tree stump looks to have lots of interesting texture.

Mary Lou - that's pretty and the beach scene too, very romantic.

Kim - yep, you got it. A very dreamy scene.

Ellen - yours definitely has something romantic about it, I love this dreamy effect too. Fantastic!

Sepiana - very pretty lilies and a lovely view too.

George - welcome to Be Creative, what a lovely shot and it looks great with this effect.

Suzanne - I'm glad you got it to work, looks great!

Steven - great to have you join us, great shot and very nice with the softened look.

thanks everyone :)

[TonyW]

Lisa: thanks again for the comments. As for the story well that's Lara out 13 year old Belgian Teuveren and she's both a herding dog and a dominant female. So always has to lead the pack and periodically checks that the pack is following. I just happened to have the camera pointing down the trail when she checked to see if we were all obediently following :)

Tony

[Joe M]

Thank you Lisa.

This really was a good tutorial. At first I was having a mind block and then it hit me that the blend mode was affecting the layer beneath and that's why it worked so well. I also used the added step of duplicating the soft light layer and changing the blend mode to normal to control the softness.

[lisabee]

Lisa: thanks again for the comments. As for the story well that's Lara out 13 year old Belgian Teuveren and she's both a herding dog and a dominant female. So always has to lead the pack and periodically checks that the pack is following. I just happened to have the camera pointing down the trail when she checked to see if we were all obediently following :)

Tony

Tony,

Lara is beautiful, that picture could be straight out of a movie or tv series, it's really like she is determined you follow her along the path, there's a mystery to be solved or someone to be found,

Lisa
(fan of 'Belle and Sebastien' (http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/belle.htm), including the theme tune, I used to love watching that in the school holidays :D - many years after it was first released of course, it was shown every year in the UK :D)

[Ellen]

Thanks Lisa both for taking the time and care to make comments and again for finding fun tuts each week.

[billz]

I'll echo the others Lisa. Thanks for taking the time to find such fun tuts and for your comments.

Bill

[kim2900]

Thank you for your nice comment, Lisa. It's not only very difficult to host a challenge each week, but to also come up with the ideas and to take the time to comment on everyone's entry. Thank you for your dedication! I know I've certainly learned something new each week from participating!

[Sepiana]

Lisa, thanks for the nice comment. I do appreciate the fact that you comment on each and every entry. I totally agree with Kim; I learn everything new every week. I look forward to Thursdays -- New Be Creative Day!

[swalkr]

Lisa. Thank you so much. I couldn't have done it without your help. Sometimes it just takes fresh eyes. :D

[mljrbg]

Lisa, my thanks is added to all of the above. I have learned so much from these tuts. I look forward to the new tuts each week. All of your time and effort is greatly appreciated.

Mary Lou

[lisabee]

Oh, thank you all for your kind words, (she says blushing :o).

And thank YOU all too, because it just wouldn't be the same without you :D

See you tomorrow morning with a new one :)

Lisa

[lisabee]

Pete - great eagle!

MassBud - welcome to the Village and welcome to Be Creative, hope you will join us every week. Lovely watermelon shot and great to make them the focal point.

Elle - both of those are stunning, and for me the pier shot is fantastic, I love it.
You can add a mask and then paint on that to bring some of the image back into focus, try varying the opacity of the brush you are using to paint on the mask to get a subtle effect (rather than all or nothing).

See you tomorrow :)