Designer Curves [Contest Finalists April 2006]
Uploaded: April 04, 2006 06:49:38
Selective Coloring done in PS.
I am trying this in a category not common for a People Image.
~Elements of Design~
Jessica McCollam April 04, 2006
WOW! Excellent shot and composition, Kara! I think its a winner!:) #420669Dr Silly April 04, 2006
love the cropping and selective coloring in this shot. I think this has a chance in the Elements of Design. :o)Tonya R. Boles April 04, 2006
Cool shot Kara. #2607422Laura Clay-Ballard April 04, 2006
fab shot! love everything about it. #2607423Bridgette B April 04, 2006
Wow... Fantastic capture, Kara! #2607460Susana Ms Heide April 04, 2006
WOW!! This is striking!! Super composotion! I think it should do well in this category! Good luck! #2607510Jenny Bosmans April 04, 2006
Fantastic shot and composition, Kara!! Love this!! #2607627Su Sana E. P April 04, 2006
Great work on this, Kara!! I do feel that I'm looking at a Winner!! #2607664Deb Holmes-Hatfield April 04, 2006
Very unique and creative Kara, well done! #2607709Joy Rector April 04, 2006
wonderful comp #2608045Dawn Leslie April 04, 2006
So creative, I love the curve of his guitar and his intense expression on his face. Love the comp! #2608092Alisha L. Ekstrom April 04, 2006
WOW Kara...this is AWESOME! LOVE the clarity & the creativity! EXCELLENT!!!! #2608097Rhonda Smith April 04, 2006
This is great Kara... what a wonderful idea! Winner!! #2608141Carla Metzler April 04, 2006
I like this, Kara. Unique and wonderful capture! :) #2608313Renee Doyle April 04, 2006
Fantastic composition Kara!!!! Great idea and very well done!!! Wonderful use of selective colouring!!!Michelle R. Kovach April 04, 2006
:D! Hmm Wonder where you got this idea to do the sc this way!Kara L. Hendricks April 04, 2006
Thanks everyone!! #2609550Linda Proctor April 04, 2006
Excellent Kara!! Hope to see again and again ! #2609561Kara L. Hendricks April 04, 2006
Thanks Linda... Me too...lol #2609594Laurence Saliba April 05, 2006
Super cool portrait Kara!!!! #2610080Kara L. Hendricks April 05, 2006
Thanks Laurence!!! #2610984Barbara Helgason April 05, 2006
Wow Kara, you sure got alot of great shot out of that session, I think this is my favorite! #2611204Kara L. Hendricks April 05, 2006
Thanks alot Barbara!! #2611269Margot Petrowski April 08, 2006
Just love it, Kara!!! #2622361Karen Bacon April 08, 2006
Fantastic composition Kara!Well done! #2622393Kara L. Hendricks April 08, 2006
Thank you both! #2622576Susie Peek-Swint April 09, 2006
Many congrats on POTD Kara ~ WTG!! #2623916Darryl Wilkinson April 09, 2006
Wondeful idea, Kara! Congratulations on this unique POTD! BRAVO!!! #2623918Karen Engelbreth April 09, 2006
Kara - big congrats on your POTD :0)) #2623930Kathryn (Love) Scheet April 09, 2006
congratulations on POTD!Lynne Morris April 09, 2006
Wow Kara this is fantastic and congratulations on POTD! #2623942Stanley J. Contrades April 09, 2006
Bravo! CONGRATULATIONS on your POTD, Kara!! Very nicely done!!Evy Johansen April 09, 2006
Wow... Big congrats on your wonderful and well deserved POTD, Kara!! #2624036Ronda Chatelle April 09, 2006
Well it pays off to try those other catagories Kara! Congratulations on your well deserved recognition! I love your originality and presentation... #2624042Jenny Bosmans April 09, 2006
Big Congratulations on this fantastic POTD, Kara!! SUPER!! #2624059Kara L. Hendricks April 09, 2006
I AM SMILING!!!!!!I love this shot.. And I am so glad to see it make POTD.. Thanks so very much guys!! #2624110
Joy Rector April 09, 2006
congrats on the POTD #2624180Wally Orlowsky April 09, 2006
Congratulations on this creatively composed and executed POTD, Kara!!!!! #2624225Deb Holmes-Hatfield April 09, 2006
Way to go Kara, a hearty congrats to you on getting POTD! #2624242Wendy Stevenson April 09, 2006
Congratualtions on your POTD Kara with this very creative and beautifully done portrait - adds a bit of insight into this man's life:-) #2624274Amy JACKSON April 09, 2006
Congratulations Kara!!! Awesome shot!!! Great composition and selective coloring! #2624328Leanne M.E. Boyd April 09, 2006
Wow Kara, this is awesome!!!! Congratulations on your POTD! #2624354Ken Smith April 09, 2006
Kara, congrats on your POTD! #2624416Sharon Day April 09, 2006
Fantastic image, Kara!!! Congratulations on POTD!!! How neat! This has to be so exciting for you! #2624455Terry L. Ellis April 09, 2006
Congratulations, Kara, on this so creative and fabulous POTD!!!!! #2624474Kara L. Hendricks April 09, 2006
Ohhh Thank you.. Thank you.. Thank you...Thank you ALL my wonderful and talented BP fiends... Love you guys!!! #2624481
Rhonda Smith April 09, 2006
Wow Kara.. big Congrats on POTD.. this is so deserving of that .. what a great shot. Love the comp and sc .. everything about this . You're so very creative.. I want to be just like you when I grow up ... :o) Excellent shot! #2624488Beth Riser April 09, 2006
Hi Kara,Then I went to your gallery to do a little research. I quickly realized it's not really about the curves at all, it's about the man! He's a musician. If I had known that right away, then it would have made all the difference. I then saw your "Leader of the Band" image, I love that one! That picture without a name gives me all the information I need. Here's a great guy with a guitar. Love it. I bet he even has amazing music based on that one picture. The focus on his face is great and the angles. Hmmm, I think you have a talent there in that style.
Also, one more thing to be careful of is to not over-whiten the eyes too much. Whiten on a new layer, then reduce by changing the opacity. Keep it natural looking, especially if you're doing candid-style images. I once worked for a high-end photographer who had quite a lot of portraits returned to her because of unnaturally strange eyes. It took her a couple of years to stop doing it.
I truly hope you take all this the right way. If I didn't love the "Leader . . ." picture so much I wouldn't have written anything. You've had tons of positive comments so, I just wanted to give you a little more to think about and to grow on. (I am new to this forum, so forgive me if I'm only supposed to say "good job," but I would love to share with you what I have learned and heard from my mentors my whole life in order to make me a better photographer).
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Mary Clarke April 09, 2006
Many congratulations on POTD Kara, wonderful image #2624497Linda Proctor April 09, 2006
Congratulations Kara!!! Great POTD!! #2624502Barbara Helgason April 09, 2006
Congratulations Kara, we are going to see this one again!! #2624516Kara L. Hendricks April 09, 2006
Thank you all so very much!!Beth, I am never offended by someone helping me... Thank you for the wonderful words and time you spent on the message.. I appreciate it very much and will certainly take the info. to heart for future shots... #2624526
Su Sana E. P April 09, 2006
Kara, big Congrats on this outstanding POTD!! #2624633Casey A. Hanson April 09, 2006
Excellent choice for POTD... congrats Kara! :0) #2624652Tonya R. Boles April 09, 2006
Congrats Kara. #2624731Jill Flynn April 09, 2006
Congratulations Kara on your POTD! What a great shot and a winner in my book. I bet we will be seeing this yet again! #2624749Jack Johnson April 09, 2006
Hi Kara, this is an excellent shot! Congratulations on your picture of the day. #2624819Gail Vitikacs April 09, 2006
Indeed beautiful...BIG CONGRATULATIONS! #2624861Michelle R. Kovach April 09, 2006
Hmmm Wasn't someone I know very well just saying the other day that "I haven't had a POTD since last October"??????Jessica McCollam April 09, 2006
CONGRATS, Kara!!! I knew it was a winner the second I saw it!!! I am so happy for you, you go girl!!!:) #2625408Kara L. Hendricks April 09, 2006
Thank you all so very much... Look at me.... Still SMILING!!!...lol #2625469Paul Michko April 09, 2006
Congratulations on an excellent POTD, Kara. I'm sorry I missed it first time around it is very creative and well done. #2625477Pat Gamwell April 09, 2006
Yahoooooooo, girlfriend! CONGRATS on this fabulous POTD! Way to go!!!!! #2625560Kara L. Hendricks April 09, 2006
Thank you both so much!! #2625596Donna La Mattino Pagakis April 09, 2006
Very cool!!! A great potd, original and creative!! Congratulations! #2625605Susana Ms Heide April 09, 2006
WOW!!! POTD for you Kara!!!What a boost this must be!! So well deserved! A B I G CONGRATS, my friend!! #2625861Kara L. Hendricks April 09, 2006
Thanks so much!!!! #2625883Leonard Pierce April 09, 2006
Fantastic image Kara!!! Congratulations on a very well deserved POTD! #2626084Cesar J. La Rosa April 09, 2006
Great photograph and PS job, Kara!!! Love the color and black and white. Wonderful portrait!!!Kara L. Hendricks April 09, 2006
Thanks alot fellas!!! #2626118Corinne M. Thompson April 09, 2006
CONGRATS Kara, this is wonderful! #2626573Kara L. Hendricks April 09, 2006
Thank you Corinne... #2626596Darren K. Fisher April 10, 2006
I was going through your gallery the other day, and really liked this one, and liked the idea of where you put it in the contest. Guess you did the right thing. Congrats on your great POTD. #2627431Kara L. Hendricks April 10, 2006
Thank you Darren! #2627586Deborah Sandidge April 10, 2006
Very dramatic and creative portrait, Kara - congratulations on your POTD! #2628085Kara L. Hendricks April 10, 2006
Thanks so much!!! #2628113Cathy Barrows April 10, 2006
Congrats on your POTD...wonderful #2629028Kara L. Hendricks April 10, 2006
Thank you cathy!! #2629037Anita Taylor April 10, 2006
This is excellent, Kara! I love it! #2630007Kara L. Hendricks April 10, 2006
Thank you Anita.. #2630526Dale Ann Cubbage April 11, 2006
Very cool image, Kara! Congrats on the POTD. Looks like you picked the right category! Sorry I'm late! Better late than never!!da #2632446
Kara L. Hendricks April 11, 2006
Thanks da! #2633563Vicki Hunt April 13, 2006
Sorry I am late also! (out of town a lot these days!) Congrats on this great POTD! #2639469Kara L. Hendricks April 13, 2006
Thanks Vicki! #2639660Armando -. Arturo May 21, 2006
Congrats Kara, one of my favorites. #2793630Diane Dupuis May 21, 2006
Yay Kara!!! So glad to see this one again! Congrats! #2793643Jill Flynn May 21, 2006
Yeah!!! So glad to see this here Kara. One of my favorites. Congratulations on your finalist and hope to see it yet again! #2794044Linda Proctor May 21, 2006
Congrats Kara!!! #2794155Pat Gamwell May 21, 2006
Way to go, girlfriend! Now aren't you glad you changed categories? lol:) A huge CONGRATS! #2794405Darryl Wilkinson May 21, 2006
Kara, Congratulations on your finalist award! Bravo! #2794532Kara L. Hendricks May 21, 2006
Thank you all so very much!!! #2794582Su Sana E. P May 21, 2006
Congratulations on this OUTSTANDING Finalist, Kara!! #2794872Life Expressions May 21, 2006
Congrats on your awesome finalist, Kara!! #2794873Michelle R. Kovach May 21, 2006
First POTD & now a finalist! WTG Chica! #2795174Kara L. Hendricks May 21, 2006
Thank you guys so much! #2795237Leanne M.E. Boyd May 21, 2006
Congrats Kara! #2795314Chris Budny May 21, 2006
Congratulations, Kara, on your Finalists! #2795656Sherry Stricklin Boles May 21, 2006
Congrats, Kara! :) #2795811Kara L. Hendricks May 21, 2006
Thank you all! #2795844Lorraine A. Cook May 21, 2006
Super, Kara!! Congrats and Good Luck in the next round!<:)) #2796117Renee Doyle May 21, 2006
Big congratulations for this one Kara!!!!! WTG!!!! Best of luck in the next round!Susan Jane Allen May 21, 2006
Congratulations, Kara! #2796361Kara L. Hendricks May 21, 2006
Thank you so much!! #2796390Tammy Scott May 22, 2006
Congratualtions on a very well composed finalist! #2797435Jenny Bosmans May 22, 2006
Congratulations on this fantastic and beautiful finalist, Kara!! :) #2797444Bridgette B May 22, 2006
Congratulations Kara!!! #2797531Evy Johansen May 22, 2006
Congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Kara! Good Luck! #2797990Karen Slagle May 22, 2006
I love this Kara. Congratulations on this finalist and good luck next round, I'm hoping to see it again... #2798141Laurence Saliba May 22, 2006
Congrats Kara!!!! I knew we would see this!!! #2798177Dr Silly May 22, 2006
Congrats, Kara. :O)Donna W. Neal May 22, 2006
WTG Kara, congratulations on a wonderful finalist! #2798430Kara L. Hendricks May 22, 2006
Thank you all so much!!! #2798614Casey A. Hanson May 22, 2006
Congrats, Kara! :0) #2798698Jessica McCollam May 22, 2006
Congrats, Kara!!! I knew this would go far! Best of luck to go even farther!!:) #2798999Sylvia Rossler May 22, 2006
Big congrats again Kara !! #2799313Linda D. Lester May 22, 2006
A big Congratulations on your finalist!Linda M. Walker May 22, 2006
It's a WOW! Congratulations #2799819Kara L. Hendricks May 22, 2006
Thank you all!! #2800176Deb Holmes-Hatfield May 22, 2006
Congrats Kara, great work! #2801622Bobbie Davis May 22, 2006
Congrats Kara! #2801994Kristi A. Howson May 22, 2006
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist and best of luck in the next round Kara! Great use of line and curves for impact! #2802034Kara L. Hendricks May 22, 2006
Thank you all so much!!! #2802074Susana Ms Heide May 22, 2006
Let me add my name to the list of congrats!! I am glad you believed in this image and made it go this far! It really is AWESOME!! Good luck in the next round! #2802245Kara L. Hendricks May 22, 2006
Your support is always appreciated Susana.. Thank you!!! #2802263Dawn Leslie May 22, 2006
I think this one has winner written all over it! Good Luck! #2802421Corinne M. Thompson May 23, 2006
Congrats on your Finalist Kara! #2803851Laura Clay-Ballard May 24, 2006
Congrats!!!!!!!! love it! #2809746Kara L. Hendricks May 24, 2006
Thank you!!! #2809792Robert M. Nicholson May 25, 2006
Very cool...congrats! #2813644Kara L. Hendricks May 25, 2006
Thanks!! #2813862JO ANN CLEVELAND June 22, 2006
Beautiful! You are some special photographer! Will be marking this as a favorite!Kara L. Hendricks June 22, 2006
Oh My... Thanks so much!! #2933438Kara L. Hendricks November 23, 2009
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