Flight of Gulls [contest finalists march 2006]
Uploaded: March 09, 2006 00:44:37
From a slide taken on the coast near Monterey, California: smudge-stick and other effects in PS
Su Sana E. P March 09, 2006
Very impressive painting effects on this beautiful image, Nadya!! #405607Judyann Plante March 09, 2006
Beautiful image, Nadya. Great effects. #2513185Glenn E. Urquhart March 09, 2006
Hi Nadya - Very creative - warm soft colors, nice effect of the paint filter... Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #2513236Jeff Robinson March 09, 2006
Nice work Nadya, it's beautiful! Jeff #2513274Lisa D. Greer March 09, 2006
Gorgeous! :) #2513322Cindy Paquette March 09, 2006
Oh....beautious Nadya!!! Love it! #2513349Nadya Johnson March 09, 2006
Thanks all, for your comments! Just to be accurate, I have to clarify that I did not use "smudge stick" here, but "dark strokes." It was late at night when I posted this and I'd been working on another photo using smudge. Tried it here in fact, but the details were obscured too much in that particular experiment... they are obscured a bit here too, but I felt it was acceptable. This also went through multiple adjustments in its palette. The water did have a greenish cast at the time I took the photo, but the original was dark and not this colorful. #2513645Lorraine A. Cook March 09, 2006
Gorgeous ocean scene. I love what you are doing with your slides, Nadya. And...I look forward every day to you posting of the next addition to your series!<:)) #2513667Karen Slagle March 09, 2006
Wow Nadya - Great PS work on this, love the effects and how it turned out. #2513693Crystal M. Gove March 09, 2006
This looks like a work of art :o)!!! Great use of effects, Nadya!!!! #2513748Gail Vitikacs March 09, 2006
Very artistic! This is beautiful Nadya! #2513825Shelly A. Van Camp March 09, 2006
Beautiful..looks like a painting :) #2513914Evy Johansen March 09, 2006
Wow... what a beautiful picture to hang on the wall!!! Wonderful work, Nadya! #2513960Milan Banik March 09, 2006
Nadya oh this painting is really great,your effort gave wonderful result on this ! #2514200Laura Clay-Ballard March 09, 2006
I love your unique way of adding effects to your images. This is just beautiful! #2514221Pamela Shane March 09, 2006
I really like the way you use the effects, looks like a painting Nadya -Terry L. Ellis March 09, 2006
Very beautiful and artistic, Nadya! A work of art indeed! #2514337Claudia Kuhn March 09, 2006
Beautiful colors!! Great effects! #2514355Kristi A. Howson March 09, 2006
Very painterly and beautiful Nadya...Good work! #2514357Ray Clarke March 09, 2006
Nice colourful picture Nadya! Love the effects!!! (R) #2514562Jamil Saliba March 09, 2006
Beautiful romantic scene very lovely painting effects Nadia #2514677Susie Peek-Swint March 09, 2006
beautiful colours and effect Nadya ~ it helps to have such a lovely scene to start with ~ nice work! #2514717Joy Rector March 09, 2006
fantastic colors, great job #2514906Judy S. Fung March 09, 2006
Lovely image and great effects, Nadya! #2515367William C. Raco March 09, 2006
Very pretty color, scene and effectsBill #2515513
Pat Gamwell March 09, 2006
Luscious colors, nice effects, my friend! #2515823Charlene Taylor March 09, 2006
This is a wonderful landscape scene Nadya. #2516189Jill Odice March 09, 2006
Wow, very interesting effects here Nadya! I like this, it has alot of power and drama! #2516415Mary N C. Taitt March 10, 2006
Very artistic. Nice colors and efffects here! Mary :-) #2516814Bridgette B March 10, 2006
Wow ... gorgeous image and effects! #2518702Nadia Paul March 10, 2006
Such a beautiful image with great effects Nadya! #2520063Mike F. Anderson March 11, 2006
Nadya, great use of effects with the rght subject matter. I really like the feeling in this image! #2521418Janie Carpenter March 15, 2006
Amazing, I love this, Great Job! #2534996Stefan G March 22, 2006
Nice work, cool effect #2560770Amy JACKSON March 22, 2006
Beautiful image, Nadya!!! Great composition, color, and nice effects also!! #2561456Barbara Helgason March 22, 2006
This should be on the wall Nadya! #2562184Dawn Leslie March 22, 2006
Beautiful Nadya, I love the painting effects you use! #2564899William Johnson March 27, 2006
Great photo, lovely effects Nadya #2582506Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 30, 2006
This would look awesome on canvas, so very beautiful!! #2592279Sylvia Rossler April 06, 2006
Looks like an beautiful painting with gorgeous dramatic colors ! Love this Nadya !! #2616034anonymous A. April 08, 2006
I suspect the otiginal would be very a picture worth posting, too, Nadya, but it certainly has made a nice image with this treatment. #2621389Melissa A. Mannon April 25, 2006
congrats on you finalist Nadya! #2685730Kara L. Hendricks April 25, 2006
Congratulations Nadya!!! #2685965Life Expressions April 25, 2006
Congratulations on your finalist, Nadya!! #2686132Jill Odice April 25, 2006
Congrats girlfriend!!! This is a real beaut! #2686330Mike F. Anderson April 25, 2006
Nadya - Congratulations on your finalist! #2686368Sylvia Rossler April 25, 2006
Big congrats Nadya :o) :o) #2686571Carla Metzler April 25, 2006
Congratulations, Nadya!! :) #2686657Stanley J. Contrades April 25, 2006
CONGRATULATIONS, Nadya! Beautifully done Finalist and best of luck to you in the next round!!Glenn E. Urquhart April 25, 2006
Congrats, Nadya... Well deserved! Cheers, Glenn. #2687115Jenny Bosmans April 25, 2006
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Nadya!! #2687343Robert R. Goodman April 25, 2006
Beautiful image,Congratulations Nadya #2687417Keith L. Clayton April 25, 2006
Really nice, Nadya - Many congrats!! #2687452Revonda L. Gentry April 25, 2006
Wonderful Nadya, congrats! Great work!! #2687765Stan Kwasniowski April 25, 2006
Nadya, congratulations #2687855Stan Lubach April 25, 2006
Congrats, Nadya! #2687987Pat Gamwell April 25, 2006
You go girl! CONGRATS! #2688102Charlene Taylor April 25, 2006
Congrats on making finalist on this terrific picture Nadya. #2688117Amy JACKSON April 25, 2006
Congratulations, Nadya!!! :) Well deserved! #2688125Nadia Paul April 25, 2006
Congrats on your beautiful finalist Nadya! #2688235Melissa G. Meiselman April 25, 2006
Big Congratulations on your wonderful finalist. Best luck on the next stage. #2688292Claudia Kuhn April 25, 2006
Congrats Nadya!! #2688407Hendrik Storme April 25, 2006
Big congrats Nadya!!! #2688420Boris Kirpichnikov April 25, 2006
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist,Nadya! #2688562Steven Gunnerson April 25, 2006
Congratulations on your finalist!!! #2688649Karen Slagle April 25, 2006
Way to go, Nadya. Congrats on your finalist. #2688782Kathleen K. Parker April 25, 2006
Congratulations, Nadya!! 'Wonderful photo!!Donna La Mattino Pagakis April 25, 2006
Congratulations on your finalist win!!! This is beautiful Nadya! #2688846Bridgette B April 25, 2006
Congratulations!!!! #2688886Gail Vitikacs April 25, 2006
BIG CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! WTG! #2689614Ray Thoms April 25, 2006
Congratulations Nayda....well deserved!! #2689623Candice C. Calhoun April 25, 2006
Congratulations!ccc #2689940
Su Sana E. P April 25, 2006
Congratulations on this outstanding Finalist, Nadya!! #2690761Kerby Pfrangle April 25, 2006
Nadya congratulations on this beautiful finalist. Colors are outstanding and what a lovely view.Kerby #2690852
Jamil Saliba April 25, 2006
Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist best luck next round Nadya #2691316Paul Sikora April 26, 2006
Congratulations, Nadya #2691783Tor Eide April 26, 2006
Great colours and effects. Congratulations! #2692784Emile Abbott April 26, 2006
Congratulation Nadya and way to go girl. Great capture and good luck in next round my friend. #2693114Mary N C. Taitt April 26, 2006
BIG congratulations and best luck on the next round, Nadya, love the colors and effects here! Mary :-) #2693557Rakesh Syal April 26, 2006
Great job and finalist, Nadya!!! #2693892Hector Contreras April 26, 2006
Nadya congratulations on your finalistLorraine A. Cook April 26, 2006
I am so glad to see this magnificent slide among the finalists, Nadya!Congratulations and Best of Luck as you head to the next round!!<:)) #2695822
Stefan G April 26, 2006
Congratulations, Nadya! Very artistic! #2696019Darryl Wilkinson April 27, 2006
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Nadya! #2696097Sumith and Lea Samarakoon April 27, 2006
Congratlations Nadya! Nice Composition! It is really very Artistic! #2697478Pamela Shane April 27, 2006
BIG congratulations on this lovelyPaula Dwyer April 27, 2006
Beautiful! Fantastic PS work!!Laura Clay-Ballard April 27, 2006
wow! you go girl! awesome image! BIG congrats! #2698072Nadya Johnson April 27, 2006
Thank you soooooo much, everyone!! It's so great to have your wonderful support and feedback!! First finalist: and as the saying goes, "they could have knocked me over with a feather." Thanks so much again! #2698152Judyann Plante April 27, 2006
Congratulations, Nadya! Beautifully done!Judyann ><> #2698391
Corinne M. Thompson April 27, 2006
Wonderful effects, colors and image! Congrats on your First Finalist! :) #2699363Jim Kinnunen April 28, 2006
Gorgeous image and great use of effects, Nadya...congratulations!!! #2702206Lynne Morris April 28, 2006
Gorgeous capture and work Nayda, and congratulations on your finalist, I missed this one the other day! #2702401Laurence Saliba April 29, 2006
Congratulations on this special image Nadya!!! #2705591Renee Doyle April 30, 2006
So sorry I missed this earlier Nadya!!!! Congratulations on a very special finalist!!!!Ann Bruynseels April 30, 2006
Beautiful ! Looks like a painting ! #2707560Noel Baebler May 01, 2006
Wow! I totally missed this, Nadya! Beautiful! Would look terrific printed to canvas paper! #2712145SaMi Martin May 01, 2006
Beautiful...looks like a painting! #2713787Nadya Johnson May 02, 2006
Thanks once again for all your comments on this photo, everyone!!! Had some requests for prints of this and it will be appearing in an ad in Baja fairly soon. Even though it isn't Baja. I consider this the ultimate in "Salvaging a photo", as I fear the first version wouldn't fly at all. Got to love that Photoshop!! #2716596Bill Wyatt May 04, 2006
Congratulations Nadya! This is a beautiful scene, the colors are so vivid and the composition is amazing. Terrific job Nadya! #2724952eileen bedford May 07, 2006
Nice work Nadya, you'r photo work in ps q/buzz are very great, you'r work really challenges me to learn ps more. Have just started w/it. #2735812Carolyn J. Connolly May 08, 2006
Really BEAUTIFUL capture, effects, AND image, Nadya!! Sorry I missed it before... MANY congrat's on your *first* Finalist for this one!! Keep up the GREAT work!! :o) #2736368Stephen Zacker May 22, 2006
I missed this also. Great work and very artistic image #2801299Chris Budny May 23, 2006
A belated congratulations here...! I really like the painterly or sketch-erly treatments you create in your gallery! #2805724Autum Rhoades June 05, 2006
This is fantastic! Looks like a painting and makes you want to sit by the sea! #2856207Alisha L. Ekstrom June 06, 2006
WOW..This is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! AMAZING & congrats on being a finalist..it was VERY well deserved:) #2860905Ray Thoms June 21, 2006
Congratulations my friend...well deserved!! #2925329William Johnson June 22, 2006
Great image Nadya, it certainly is good and does look like a painting. Bill J. #2933136She-She Killough July 26, 2006
Love the painterly effects Nadya! The whole thing is beautiful. Congrats on this great finalist! #3085694RC Fritz August 04, 2006
Congratulations. Great image and effects, Nadya!! #3124777eileen bedford September 28, 2006
Congrtualtions Nadya on all 3of your finalists, well done... #3382515Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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