Country Memories [Contest Winner Pool August 2004]
Uploaded: August 18, 2004 08:08:04
The other day as my husband sighted in his gun I took my daughter down the road to get pictures of wheat and cows. But I got some precious pictures of her that reminded me of my childhood in the country. The day was hazy (field burning) so I applied a blur overlay layer in GIMP to work with that dreamy feel.
Mellanie August 18, 2004
Love it!! Very country feeling! Wonderful job, Karma!! #159577Tammy L. Odell August 18, 2004
Love this image Karma!! Love that wide open country!! #719280Dan Holm August 18, 2004
Excellent image, Karma! Love the simple, strong composition and the color! #719283Doug Wean August 18, 2004
A painting!Beautiful idylic Image! Beautiful effects!Doug #719398
Larry Lawhead August 18, 2004
Great shot, Karma, it has a timeless feel!! #719462Jennifer Rennison August 18, 2004
Wonderful composition and colors. Beautiful, Karma! #719485Ellen L. Zaslaw August 18, 2004
Nice work ! Very effective ! Lovely. Evokes a very dreamy mood/feeling ! #719486Casey A. Hanson August 18, 2004
This is lovely!Peggy Wolff August 18, 2004
Very pretty Karma! I love the soft muted colors with the soft focus. :o) #719596Cathy Gregor August 18, 2004
This is a really beautiful composition, Karma! I like the way the road takes me through the picture.cj patterson August 18, 2004
great image. looks like a postcard. beautiful airy feel to it. can almost feel the wind blowing! great work! #719646Colette M. Metcalf August 18, 2004
Lovely image, Karma!!! #719713Wendy M. Amdahl August 18, 2004
Wow Karma...I've been away all day and I just started looking around...how beautiful this is! Nice capture! #719822Elisabeth A. Gay August 19, 2004
Nice shot of a little barefoot country girl!! :) #721132Karma Wilson August 19, 2004
I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for your wonderful comments. I've had so much fun learning photography and I feel looking at all the pictures here and reading the discussions is making me a better photographer. Thank you all...I am looking forward to learning more each day.Karma #721271
Tammy Nuxoll August 19, 2004
Wonderful Capture Karma!! #721457Sharon Day August 19, 2004
I loved this one right away! The child walking and the curve of the road. She looks so carefree. Nice composition :) #722353Audrea Telkamp August 31, 2004
I love this image!! It captures exactly what growing up "rural" feels like!! #748200Wendy M. Amdahl September 13, 2004
Congratulations my friend on your well deserved finalist! :o) #774508Mellanie September 13, 2004
Congrats, Karma!!! #774609Jennifer Rennison September 13, 2004
Congratulations, Karma! #775704Laura Berman September 13, 2004
Way to go, Karma! Congrats on an excellent image! #775716Donna J. Taff September 13, 2004
Congratulation's, Karma!!!!! #775739Deborah Sandidge September 13, 2004
Congrats to you, Karma! #776099Dan Holm September 13, 2004
Alright, Karma! Congratulations!!! #776105Kelly Abernathy September 13, 2004
Congratulations ! -K #776244Judith G. Secco September 14, 2004
Congratulations, Karma! Wonderful image.Karma Wilson September 14, 2004
Thank you everyone! I'm honored!Karma #778265
Dale Ann Cubbage September 14, 2004
Congrats Karma! #778302Stacey A. Bates September 14, 2004
Congrats Karma, a wonderful image :-) #778654Karen Beri September 14, 2004
Congrats Karma, on this beautiful image! #779452Teri F. Inman September 14, 2004
I didn`t comment before.....don`t know how I missed it but this is beautiful. Reminds me of my growing up days. Congratulations! Well deserved, Karma!!Blessings
Teri in Canada #779476
Audrea Telkamp September 14, 2004
Congratulations Karma!! #780550Noel Baebler September 14, 2004
This is an image to remember always. Absolutely a moment. Congratulations! #780839Murry Grigsby September 14, 2004
Congrats Karma! #780958Carol Brill September 14, 2004
Wonderful work, Karma, congratulations and best of luck! #781263Janet Detota September 17, 2004
Congratulations on making the finals. Beautiful capture! #787754Colette M. Metcalf September 18, 2004
Congratulations!!! #790178Sal September 19, 2004
Congratulations Karma! #791235Mary K. Robison September 22, 2004
Wonderful capture with terrific perspective, Karma. Congratulations on its finalist spot!Susana Matos October 05, 2004
Congratulations, one of my favorites!Kathleen K. Parker October 16, 2004
Beautiful and congratulations for the finalist!!!Tammy McAllister October 17, 2004
Love the mood you created Karma! Congratulation! #850806Dave Tilley November 16, 2004
Great shot. However, I wanted to suggest something else. By doing a quick edit in PS I was able to further promote your dreamy effect in a neat way that you you might want to try next time.1. Balance the Levels. Try the Auto feture is you are new to this. The histogram showed a High-key image.
2. Duplicate the layer twice. You should now have three layers, all indentical.
3. Go to the top-most layer, and apply Gaussian Blur. Usually 3-4 pixels is enough. You want to blur the image but still maintain the image shape.
4. Apple the same blur to the next layer.
5. You botttom layer remains untouched.
6. The top layer should be set to Screen.
7. The second layer should be set to Overlay.
8. Adjust the layer opacity of the top two layers. A range of 45-70% each. This is more subjective. Adjust the opacity until the "dreamy" feeling is achieved, but not overwhelming.
9. Also, play with the layer order of the top two layers. The Screened layer might look better on top of the Overlay layer, or vice-versa. It depends on the image composition.
Don't think me presumptuous. I just sawy this great image, and thought it could be enhanced even further. #916585
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