The Photographer. [Contest Winner Pool April 2008 ]
Uploaded: April 15, 2008 13:08:26
Last weekend I did a couple of hours photo shoot with my brother Phil, at Catherine Hill Bay. This is a bas relief shot of him at work!
Captured in RAW, and created in CS2.
1/100th f6.3 ISO-100.
Exif: F Number: 6.3, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/100 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 100, FocalLength: 18.00 mm, Model: E-300
John Connolly April 15, 2008
This is the original image #901488Jessica Jenney April 15, 2008
WOW! Very cool, John! #5792608Karen Engelbreth April 15, 2008
Cool shot, John - great work! #5792634Christian Rosito April 15, 2008
Great work John, unique and very creative. I like it. #5792663Carol Sawyer April 15, 2008
WOW!! John what a beautiful image and very creative work!!! I love it!! #5792672Ray Clarke April 15, 2008
Great capture and PS work John!!!(R) #5792716Brett Dolsen April 15, 2008
Great composition and PS work John!!Lynne Morris April 15, 2008
Wow John, this is beautiful ps work, I love it! #5792762Margaret R. Barry April 15, 2008
Fantastic capture, John. Great comp. and PS work! #5792806Hendrik Storme April 15, 2008
Terrific work, very original John! Love it! #5792837Claudia Kuhn April 15, 2008
Cool effects John. Nice to have a brother with the same hobby. #5792854Robert R. Goodman April 15, 2008
Hi John,that's wonderful capture of Phil.Excellent.Looks like you have a winner on the effects.My friend,I hope you two had a fun day!!!!!!!! #5792886Jeff Robinson April 15, 2008
How cool - Excellent comp and use of effects John! Jeff #5792940Susie Peek-Swint April 15, 2008
Wow John this is fantastic ~ I've never really dabbled with the bas relief filter as I couldn't see a use for it but here it has totally transformed the image .. great to have Phil model for you :) #5793080Roxanne M. Bubar April 15, 2008
Oh John I can not begin to tell you how much I love this.Barbara Waldoch April 15, 2008
This is so cool, John, great use of effect!I am sorry your vine didn't make it. Maybe you looked after it to well. I inherited mine with the house. It is totally neglected, poor soil, no water at all, it is flourishing :-) #5793397
Stan Kwasniowski April 15, 2008
John, excellent, my friend #5793484Nancy L. Green April 15, 2008
Love the wonderful creativity here John, this is GORGEOUS!!! <>< #5793730Nancy (Peaches) Harker April 15, 2008
WOW John, AWSOME effects, I bet Phil will love this.Avril Young April 15, 2008
wow great work, really stunning...you are so creative, must be great that you and your brother are photographers...I guess that you stay in Sydney!Paul E. Earl April 15, 2008
Cool effects, John! #5794334Tiia Vissak April 16, 2008
very creative! #5794639Bill Wyatt April 16, 2008
Nice work my friend! Very creative it looks like and etching. Terrific work!! #5794811Ellen Hodges April 16, 2008
Great capture and effects, John. Fantastic image! #5794973Jennifer L. Taranto April 16, 2008
Oh, WOW!! Truly awesome effects - I love the textures you've created!! #5795590Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 16, 2008
WOWEEEEEEEE...this is an amazing conversion, John!!!!!! Awesome textures and color!!!!! Very artistic!!!!! ♫ k #5795788Manuel Barrera April 16, 2008
great work on this, John #5795801Rajeev Kashyap April 16, 2008
Very cooooooool image John! #5796564John Connolly April 16, 2008
Thank you all for your support and encouragement, I appreciate it. #5796738Ken Smith April 16, 2008
I don't think I've ever seen that type of effect before. Very cool, John! #5797552Renee Doyle April 16, 2008
Really creative image John!!!! As all have said before .... very very cool!!! #5797596Carolyn J. Connolly April 16, 2008
As I said when you first sent this one to me. I really like the bas relief effects that you have achieved with this one John. It could pass for a sandstone sculpture. Nice work and we had a good morning's photoshoot, will have to do it again sometime.Phil #5798231
Eivor Kuchta April 17, 2008
Wonderful PS work, John! #5800595John Connolly April 17, 2008
Thank you Ken, Renee, Carolyn/Phil and Eivor for your kind remarks! #5800807Linda A. Braddock April 17, 2008
John, Beautiful Photo, Fantastic Creation. Linda #5800897Colleen Farrell April 17, 2008
Wow, this is so cool, John! I have never taken a photo that seemed to work with bas relief, but this one is perfect! Beautifully done! #5801667John Connolly April 18, 2008
Thank you Linda and Colleen for your encouraging comments.Su Sana E. P April 19, 2008
Wow!! Unique presentation here, John!! Really well done and I love this a lot. #5807173John Connolly April 19, 2008
Thank's Susana! I appreciate your kind comments. #5808452Dianna Murphy April 20, 2008
Very well done, love the textures. so cool! #5810981John Connolly April 20, 2008
Thank you Dianna, just a bit of darkroom fun! #5812561Erika Haight April 20, 2008
It looks as if you two had a wonderful adventure!! Excellent effects and comp John! #5812677John Connolly April 20, 2008
Thanks Erika, it was bit of a blast for both of us! #5812733Angela Pound April 21, 2008
That is amazing. I love how it looks. #5817867John Connolly April 21, 2008
Thanks so much Angela, good of you to drop by! #5818547Emile Abbott April 22, 2008
Why don't my bas reliefs look this good. Oh yes no model. Nice CS work John. #5826731John Connolly April 22, 2008
Thanks Emile! How about we swap models for a few days!! LOL!!! #5826773Sirsendu Gayen May 01, 2008
Excellent PS work.John Connolly May 01, 2008
Thank you Sisendu, I appreciate your input here. #5869537Carolyn J. Connolly May 16, 2008
Good one, John!! I REALLY like *everything* about this image!! ;o) #5933279John Connolly May 18, 2008
Thanks Carolyn, I appreciate your input here! #5938977Susie Peek-Swint May 19, 2008
Many congrats on your finalist John ~ I had a feeling we'd see this one again.. good luck in the next round! #5942828Stefania Barbier May 19, 2008
again: congrats on your finalist!!!!! #5943016Tiia Vissak May 19, 2008
Congratulations! #5944955Patricia Ronan May 19, 2008
Congrats on your finalist John again:) #5946181Ellen Hodges May 19, 2008
Congrats, John! #5946579David Phalen May 19, 2008
Congratulations again John!! #5947492Kathy L. Clark May 19, 2008
Congrats again John. Very cool work here. #5948189Stan Kwasniowski May 19, 2008
John, congratulations, the judges must have woken up finally lol #5948286Kristi A. Howson May 19, 2008
Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist John. WOW...Amazing effects! #5948290Pat Gamwell May 19, 2008
Incredible work, John! Big congrats! #5948391Barbara Waldoch May 20, 2008
This is your month, John! Well done! #5949266Jennifer L. Taranto May 20, 2008
Awesome job, congratulations!! #5951355Colleen Farrell May 20, 2008
WTG, John! So well-deserved--CONGRATULATIONS! #5951873John Connolly May 20, 2008
Thank you all for your kind comments, I really appreciate them. #5953271Sam Britt May 20, 2008
Congratulations John! #5953654ALLEN O. HOWARD May 20, 2008
Congratulations John!!! #5955013John Connolly May 20, 2008
Thank you so much Samantha and Allen, I appreciate your input here! #5955126Emile Abbott May 21, 2008
Congrats on the finalist John. Gosh I am so behind. #5958532Emile Abbott May 21, 2008
Congrats on the finalist John. Gosh I am so behind. #5958560Emile Abbott May 21, 2008
Congrats on the finalist John. Gosh I am so behind. #5958561Emile Abbott May 21, 2008
Congrats on the finalist John. Gosh I am so behind. #5958565John Connolly May 21, 2008
Many thanks Emile, good of you to drop by! #5958585Nancy (Peaches) Harker May 21, 2008
HUGE CONGRATS on this fantatic finalist John! #5958712John Connolly May 21, 2008
Thanks a lot Peaches, I value your input here! #5958768MELODIE C. ROBERTS May 21, 2008
WoW How UniqueJohn Connolly May 21, 2008
Thank you Melodie, I appreciate your kind remarks! #5959154Eivor Kuchta May 22, 2008
Congratulations on your wonderful finalist, John! Interesting effects! #5962061John Connolly May 22, 2008
Thanks a lot Eivor, I appreciate your kind remarks! #5963774eileen bedford May 23, 2008
Congratulations on your win, well done... #5967869John Connolly May 23, 2008
Thank you so much Eileen, I value your input! #5968206Cassie L. Woodlee May 25, 2008
Congratulations, John!!!!!!!!!! #5974539John Connolly May 25, 2008
Thanks a lot Cassie, good to hear from you again! #5976138Carolyn J. Connolly May 25, 2008
Hey, John - sorry I'm a bit late with these wishes, but I wanted to send you BIG contrat's on this well-deserved Finalist recognition!! VERY well done, bro-in-law!! :o) #5977352John Connolly May 26, 2008
Thanks Carolyn, I appreciate your input here! #5980256Hendrik Storme May 30, 2008
I'm late too,big congrats John!!! #5999841John Connolly May 31, 2008
Never too late, Hendrik, thank you for dropping by! #6002067Wm Nosal August 09, 2010
Cool Image! Congratulations #8816389John Connolly August 09, 2010
Thanks Wm, this was taken a fair while ago, I was surprised it got an EP, yet alone a finalist award! #8816415Phyllis A. Houghton May 29, 2012
A late congratulations!! I love this. The color, texture and treatment are superb! #10160603John Connolly May 30, 2012
Thanks a lot Phyllis! You went back a long way to find this image! #10161949Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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