The Red Umbrella
Uploaded: September 23, 2007 23:39:49
Monthly Theme for September 2007--Beautiful Blur
As I was strolling along at a local Renaissance Festival yesterday, I noticed this Japanese Umbrella being held by a girl. I really loved the umbrella, but wasn't too sure about the entire scene. So, I took a shot of the umbrella and thought that I would try some different things on PS. With this, I did a radial blur and then a motion blur to the background. I then adjusted the colors of the umbrella until I got the red that I liked best. I had to do some dodging and burning of the letters and flowers on the umbrella to bring them out more. There were other smaller details that I did, too, like use the healing brush to paint in strokes for the background in places I thought needed it. See the before photo in the discussion for a comparison.
Exif: F Number: 4.5, Exposure Bias Value: -2/6, Exposure Time: 10/300, Flash: flash did not fire, ISO: 250, White Balance: manual white balance, Focal Length: 40mm, Camera Model: NIKON D80
Susan M. Hembree September 23, 2007
This is the Before Photo of The Red Umbrella. #745478Evy Johansen September 24, 2007
Very beautiful image, Susan!! wonderful work!! #4835227Susie Peek-Swint September 24, 2007
Lovely image Sue ~ great ps work! #4835273Pat Gamwell September 24, 2007
Superb PS work on this exquisite art piece, Susan! LOVE it! #4835298William Johnson September 24, 2007
I see what you mean about PS work Susan. You have truly done a fantastic job in editing this image. Bill J. #4835356Sue McLeod September 24, 2007
WOW!! Great image Susan! I love your PS work... terrific forsite in taking the shot in the first place. Congratulations!!! #4835633Nilesh J. Bhange September 24, 2007
Excellent execution!! Nice work :) #4835668Nikki McDonald September 24, 2007
Loved the result even before I saw the before--with the comparison, I can just say WOW. Beautiful job, Sue. #4835878Joy Rector September 24, 2007
well done #4835910Ray Clarke September 24, 2007
Great work Susan, Well done!!!(R) #4835933Rhonda Burger September 24, 2007
Nice PS Work Susan. I love the picture, the color is so vibrant. Rhonda #4836126Amber Kennedy September 24, 2007
Super work! One day I will be able to do that too! #4836529Dr Silly September 24, 2007
WOW, you took a OK photo and turned it in to a piece of art. Beautiful. :O)Chris Budny September 24, 2007
What a transformation! Great work! #4836562Joan Powell September 24, 2007
Excellent work !! #4841391Susan M. Hembree September 24, 2007
Thanks all for your kind responses! #4841465Nikki McDonald October 24, 2007
Love this finalist, Sue. Congratulations and good luck. #4974560Alex T. Mizuno October 24, 2007
Wow, what you did is a magic! Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist, Susan!! #4974797Susan M. Hembree October 24, 2007
Thanks, Nikki and Alex! #4974863Carol Teal October 24, 2007
Wow..love seeing the before and after. Great job, and this is really stunning! Congrats on your finalist! #4975692Cesar J. La Rosa October 24, 2007
Big Congratulations on your BEAUTIFUL Finalist, Susan!!!Sherry Karr Adkins October 25, 2007
Congrats, Susan, on your finalist. #4976148Mike D. Perez October 25, 2007
Great DD work on your beautiful Finalist, Susan. Congratulations! #4976542Katarina Mansson October 25, 2007
Congrats (again) Susan! #4976933Daniella Puente October 25, 2007
Love the post edition work!!! is amazing what you did after the original :) great finalist :))) #4979438Dr Silly October 25, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist for this piece of art. :O)#4980217
Gail Vitikacs October 25, 2007
This is tremendous! Congratulations! #4980705Jeff Robinson October 25, 2007
Great job with this Susan; congrats on your Finalist! Jeff #4982434Susan Fox October 25, 2007
Congratulations Sue! Fantastic PS work!!! #4982563John Caruso October 26, 2007
Congrats on your well deserved gold, Susan! #4986714Nikki McDonald October 26, 2007
Congratulations, Susan--this is a wonderful winning photo. So glad to see gold on it. #4986723Michelle L. Frick October 26, 2007
Congratulations Sue on your winner!!! #4986947Karen Engelbreth October 26, 2007
Congratulations Susan!#4987132
Cyn Valentine October 26, 2007
Beautiful!! Congratulations Susan..great winner! #4987329Bob Cournoyer October 26, 2007
Congratulations on your gold, Susan!!Bob #4987433
Mike D. Perez October 26, 2007
Congratulations on your great Win, Susan! #4987441Alex T. Mizuno October 26, 2007
BIG CONGRATULATIONS, Susan!! #4987464Susan M. Hembree October 26, 2007
Thank you all for your much appreciated comments! #4987569Sam Britt October 26, 2007
Congratulations on this winner, Susan! #4987616Susan Fox October 26, 2007
Congratulations Sue! A wonderful win! #4987810Pat Gamwell October 26, 2007
WooHoo! WTG, girl! BIG CONGRATS on the GOLD! #4987868Su Sana E. P October 26, 2007
Huge Congratulations on this beautiful Winner, Susan!! #4988053Susan M. Hembree October 26, 2007
Thanks Sam, Susan, Pat, and SuSana for your appreciated comments! #4988382Evy Johansen October 26, 2007
Big congratulations on your very beautiful win, Susan!! #4988599Lisa J. Boulden October 26, 2007
Fabulous DD work with gorgeous outcome!Lester A. Garcia October 26, 2007
Beautiful win Susan. CONGRATULATIONS! #4988953Les Rhoades October 27, 2007
Congratulations on your GOLD medal win! #4989254Wally Orlowsky October 27, 2007
Congratulations on this wonderfully worked winner, Susan! #4989707Jeff Robinson October 27, 2007
A well deserved Win Susan; congrats! Jeff #4989717RC Fritz October 27, 2007
Well deserved Winner, Susan! Excellent work. Big congratulations! #4989718Janet McNeil October 27, 2007
The effects are beautiful!! Congrats (and thanks for sharing how you did it!!!) #4989925Susan M. Hembree October 27, 2007
Thanks so much Evy, Lisa, Lester, Les, Wally, Jeff, RC, and Janet. I always like to write how I did things, because if we can all learn, that is a great thing! #4991259Susan T. Evans October 27, 2007
Congrats Susan, this is just awesome, WTG!!!! #4993035Chris Budny October 28, 2007
Your work paid off! Congratulations on your win, Sue! #4994467Ursula I. Abresch October 28, 2007
Many congratulations on your monthly win! I was looking at this image earlier (yesterday), just thinking, what a beautiful composition, and the colour is just right. #4996610Susan M. Hembree October 28, 2007
Thanks so much for your very appreciated comments Susan, Chris, Deborah, and Ursula! #4996925Cesar J. La Rosa October 28, 2007
I'm so happy to see your beautiful photograph as a WINNER, Susan!!! A very well-deserved recognition!!! Congratulations!!!Datha Y. Thompson October 29, 2007
Congratulations Susan on your Beautiful Gold Winner!!! Excellent work :0) #5000840abdullah S. Al-zaid October 29, 2007
Congratulations Susan, very cool color :) #5002699Dr Silly October 30, 2007
And the Gold goes to this wonderful piece of art. Congratulations Susan. :O)Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 30, 2007
Congratulations on your win! Creative and beautiful Susan! #5006950Sarah G November 02, 2007
I want to thank you for taking the time to give a general discription of how you changed your photo. I don't know my way around the software and yet with your basics I could figure out how to do what I wanted to try.I actually didn't know that my Elements 5.0 could do all that I've just tried with it. Thanks for taking the time to teach a novice without even knowing it. :)
Congatulations on this wonder piece of work! #5019473
Don Johnson November 08, 2007
Sue, I absolutely love this shot! The color of the umbrella is wonderful. This is very creative and very well done. Congratulations. #5045086Sherry Karr Adkins November 13, 2007
Susan, this is really nice. Congrats on the win, it's very well deserved. You did an excellent job with the effects. #5070424Susan M. Hembree November 13, 2007
Thanks so much Cesar, Datha, Abdulla, Doc, Donna, Sarah, Don, and Sherry! I really appreciate your very wonderful comments. #5070504Judy Williams May 15, 2008
WOW - that's one of the most beautiful images I've ever seen!! #5928073Candice L. Carter August 09, 2008
Congrats......breathtaking and exquisite! #6291336Renata Gusciora August 17, 2008
This is amazing,Susan!Congratulations!!:-) #6323656Susan M. Hembree May 28, 2016
Thanks so much, Judy, Candice, & Renata! I appreciate your comments! :)Susan M. Hembree May 28, 2016
Thanks so much, Judy, Candice, & Renata! I appreciate your comments! :)Susan M. Hembree May 28, 2016
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