Self Portrait in Barn Window
Uploaded: September 29, 2005 10:54:37
As some of you know, my hard drive died and I've lost a lot of data. I've still got the drive and hope to retrieve it's data. If I can recover the data, I will paste it in later. I took this picture at the farm where I get eggs, at Moyers corners in Baldwinsville, NY. I layered another picture I took of of myself underneath and the erased the window with a low opacity eraser in PS. CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners and finalists, I'm sorry I've so far been unable to congratulate you personally! Happy Birthday Leanne Boyd.
Adilson F. Ferreira September 29, 2005
Wonderful SP Mary!!!Deborah Sandidge September 29, 2005
Great work, Mary! I'm sorry to hear about your hard drive, I feel your pain! I did a similar IR pix earlier, but it was me a wee bit younger, LOL! #1900183Candice C. Calhoun September 29, 2005
Sorry about your hd and birthday wishes to Leanne...beautiful other worldly image to mark the day! Wow!ccc #1900208
Jenny Bosmans September 29, 2005
Wonderful work and image, Mary!! Very well done indeed!! Sorry about your hd, hope you can retrieve the data!! #1900286Claudette Foote September 29, 2005
Wow I love it .. so creative...#1900362
Jill Flynn September 29, 2005
Creative self portrait Mary. So well done with the two images. I hope you will be able to recover your data! #1900366Melissa A. Mannon September 29, 2005
very clever! I love this image. My computer died this week too! Very frustrating! I hope that you didn't lose too much. #1900594Kay E. Mahoney September 29, 2005
Fantastic capture Mary. Love the effect. Good luck with your hard drive. Seems like a lot of people having trouble. I'm getting ready to have a new one put in soon. Mine has been acting up. #1901000Roxanne M. Bubar September 30, 2005
Very creative SP of you, Mary. So sorry to hear that you are having problems with your computer. Mine lately has had a mind of it's own, driving me crazy.LOL #1901644Shelly A. Van Camp September 30, 2005
Very cool Mary..well done!! #1902659Donna La Mattino Pagakis September 30, 2005
Interesting and original. Good luck with your drive. I know how frustrating that can be from experiencs. I now do lots of back up to disks. Anyway, well done!! #1903458Sandra Freyler September 30, 2005
Very unique shot! Wonderful image! #1904832Leanne M.E. Boyd September 30, 2005
I like the oldness, and texture of this shot, Mary! Also thankyou for your greeting! #1904899Jill Odice October 04, 2005
You did such a beautiful job with SP mary. It really looks like you looking out the window :-) I had my 10 year old computer die awhile back and it was very nerve wracking for the first week, trying to set up my new one the way I was used to and transfering stuff from the old to the new...Once you get it all figured out you can celebrate! #1914418Goshka G. October 06, 2005
Wonderful idea and beautiful result!! #1924268Lani T. Broadbent October 07, 2005
Fabulous creative self-portrait, Mary! Outstanding photo editing in PS! Sorry to hear about your hard drive! #1928983Stanley J. Contrades October 21, 2005
CONGRATULATIONS, Mary, on this FINALIST and best of luck to you in the next round!! Hope this makes up a little for your HD crash!!Kate Jackson October 21, 2005
BRILLIANT Mary!! Congratulations! #1975457Sylvia Rossler October 21, 2005
Congratulations Mary !!!!! #1975889Donna W. Neal October 21, 2005
Congratulations on a well deserved finalist and good luck in the nextMary N C. Taitt October 21, 2005
Thank you Adilson, Deborah, Candice, Jenny, Claudette, Jill, Melissa, Kay, Roxanne, Shelly, Donna, Sandra, Leanne (and you're MORE than welcome!), Jill (I still can't access my old Hard Drive and ALL the files on it are lost or unavailable), Goshka, Lani, Stan, Kate (are you home yet?), Sylvia and DOnna for your attention, kind comments and congratulations! I really appreciate it!! Mary :-) :-) :-) (YEBA YEBA!) #1976480Jenny Bosmans October 21, 2005
Congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Mary!! :) #1977409Adilson F. Ferreira October 21, 2005
Congratulations Mary!!! #1977617Dorann Weber October 21, 2005
Conratulations Mary! Wonderful photo... #1977652Gail Vitikacs October 21, 2005
Wonderful wonderful!!! Congratulations! #1977772Terry L. Ellis October 21, 2005
Congratulations, Mary, on your wonderful finalist! #1978037Candice C. Calhoun October 21, 2005
Congratulations for your wonderful finalist and good luck in the next round!ccc #1978188
Deborah Sandidge October 21, 2005
Congratulations, Mary - best of luck with your outstanding and creative finalist! #1978609Rakesh Syal October 21, 2005
Congratulations, Mary!!!! #1978858Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas October 21, 2005
Congratulations Mary!,Ermanno Radice October 21, 2005
Congratulations on this well deserving finalist Mary !Shelly A. Van Camp October 21, 2005
Beautiful..best wishes in the next round! #1980244Ronald Balthazor October 21, 2005
Congratulations, Mary. Very well done. #1980772Melissa A. Mannon October 21, 2005
congratulations Mary! well deserved! #1980931Mary N C. Taitt October 21, 2005
Thank you Jenny, Adilson, Dorann, Gail, Terry, Candice, Deborah, Rakesh, Amalia, Ermanno, Shelly, and Roanald for your congratulations and kind words of encouragement. Mary :-) #1980950Rhonda Smith October 21, 2005
This is a great shot Mary..the textures and all.. and I love how you added your image in there.. Awesome!! Congrats! I hope you get your hard drive up and running soon... :~) #1981383Keith L. Clayton October 22, 2005
Fantastic image - Congrats on the win as you deserve it! #1982950Cathy M. Gromball October 22, 2005
Congratulations, Mary!Cathy :) #1984516
Dan McConoughey October 23, 2005
Love the effect Mary. Congrats on your finalist. It is well deserved for your skills here. #1989774Tracy Reehal October 25, 2005
Outstanding ps work, Mary. Something about this photo is just...amazing. The colors, composition, softness...everything! Congrats! #1995867Rachel Rocket November 02, 2005
Mary,This is a great concept and you've executed it wonderfully. The colors and textures are amazing and your face just adds strength to the shot. Timeless and captivating. Awesome PS work on this one.
Best,
Rachel #2027937
Pat Gamwell November 27, 2005
Oh, my goodness, Mary! This is absolutely WONDERFUL! It is a well deserved winner! #2128348Tammy Scott January 21, 2006
WELL SHOOT! I missed this one! Belated congratulations! #2319460Dr Silly January 27, 2006
Well first off Mary Congratulations on this finalist. I to missed this one.This is one of the best self-portrait ideas I have seen. Great PS work. :o)
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Keith L. Clayton January 27, 2006
So creative! Congrats on your recognition! #2346626Jen January 29, 2006
Mary, great job on this! It looks great, & congratulations! #2352992Nan Fischer February 04, 2006
nice self-portrait, mary! I love the old building, too. there is a ghostly feel to the whole thing, but I don't know whether or not that was intentional. i'm impressed with your ps skills. i'm a veritable beginner... #2376847Johnny Santoso February 15, 2006
Excellent capture Mary, great composition,color and love the textures, very creative self photo.Big Congratulations for Finalist.Nadya Johnson April 10, 2006
Browsing through your gallery and enjoying all you work immensely! This one is so outstanding, I just had to comment! Love this shot! #2630269She-She Killough July 30, 2006
SO COOL Mary! Love the framing here!! #3102633Vladan D. Djordjevic December 14, 2006
Magic photo. You are so creative! #3702925Ron Roberts February 28, 2007
VERY NICE VERY CREATIVE...RON... #4007826Jennifer A. Lambert August 20, 2007
I KNOW I am WAY LATE..but this is a FABULOUS photo...I just HAD to tell you how GREAT I thought it was !! You have some wonderful photo's here...GREAT JOB !!Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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