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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/8/2007
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Thanks very much Viola :)
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Violetta Tarnowska
{K:24497} 1/7/2007
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Ina...
Unique photoart... I adore it... Great mood!
I congratulate You on style, aesthetics and perfection.
Cordialities:)
Viola
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 5/19/2006
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Hi Branimir, and thank you so much for your nice words. I'm sorry I can't reply more or do critiques at this time, I'm in the midst of moving, and will be away from Usefilm for a longer period. Take care and best regards for now :) Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 5/19/2006
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Thank you Doyle, I'm so sorry I can't do any critiques at this time, I'm in the midst of moving and will be away from Usefilm for a while :) Best regards, Ina
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 5/5/2006
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Very creative Ina . . . I can see everything that can be said has been said except for this: I like it! 
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Branimir Fagarazzi
{K:38367} 4/29/2006
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Excellent shot.
Regard from Croatia
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Mark Sherman
{K:15669} 3/2/2006
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feels all one picture, but has the feel of a horror film. done in a Ivory Merchant kind of way.
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György Szönyi
{K:10011} 2/27/2006
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Beautiful, melancholic winter scene with erie Victorian visitor. Grat: Gyuri
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/25/2006
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Thank you so much Mitchell, I really appreciate it :) Wow, best regards, Ina
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Mitchell Miller
{K:3009} 2/25/2006
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masterful photoart!!!!!
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/25/2006
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Thanks very much Ray for visiting and for your comment, I hope you're doing well :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/25/2006
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Thanks so much dear Robert for your visit & comment :) Hugs, Ina
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stingRay pt.4 .
{K:250401} 2/24/2006
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Three wonderful shots in this series and this being my favourite one Ina. Stunning details even through the fog but especially at close quarters. A wonderful atmospheric mood and an air of mystery...could well be a still from a film. Well done to you Ina. Best wishes......Ray
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Robert Kocs
{K:89085} 2/24/2006
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Another great unusual composition with known lady.
Fantastic idea, well presented creative natural scene.
Lovely details with fine colour tones and beauty
silhouettes of trees. Nice forest scene with foggy
atmosphere. Well captured compo, nice work dear Ina!
Thanks for sharing this beauty! :) Hugs!
Have a nice day dear!
Robert
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Kelly Duntley
{K:13889} 2/24/2006
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What a sweet comment. I did not know that was your true feelings behind this work. Now that I know. I love every one of this images that much more. Thank-You.
Kelly
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/24/2006
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Andre, I think you'll get tired of the eerie stuff after a while, especially in the summer when the sun is shining :) Ina
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Andre Denis
{K:66327} 2/24/2006
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Ina,
The bonus for me is that I like doing that eerie, blurry, dark stuff :)
Andre
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thank you very much for your visit and comment, ictenbey! :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thanks very much for your thoughts Andre! You are SO right, the more blurry and darker the PS, the more you can cover mistakes. Amazing that I was thinking exactly the same: how to do a bright daylight image with layers and still make it work in PS without the eeriness. Maybe that's the next step :) Best regards, Ina
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Andre Denis
{K:66327} 2/23/2006
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Hi Ina,
I think when we first start fooling around with Photoshop with these kind of images, most of us just naturally go to the eerie side. (it's a little easier to cover up mistakes or faults, after all, anything can happen in a dream...right!)
It looks like you have reached the step now, where you are not satisfied with covering up your mistakes with special effects, if you know what I mean.
I'm amazed at how much there is to learn in PS. I seem to pick up something every time I use it. I have a very old version myself, so I have been told that many things I do, I do the hard way :)
I consider myself very much a beginner when it comes to digital manipulations. But learning fast:)
Andre
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ictenbey / Emrah ICTEN
{K:16316} 2/23/2006
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VERY NICE CAPTURE ! ....
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Hi Kelly, you're too funny - LOL - these nurses are beautiful, I wouldn't do anything with these images out of respect, other than to put them in a new light, and into a timeless environment, the fog being in my opinion akin to our erasable memory. Sometimes we forget these unsung heros, and I wanted to bring them to life :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thank you very much for your visit and comment, Gabriela :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thank you very much for your visit and comment, Andrzej :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thank you very much for your visit and comment, Karina :) Best wishes, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thank you very much for your visit and comment, Fatemeh :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thank you very much for your visit and comment, John :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thank you very much for your visit and great comment :) And your English is excellent, Eleonora! Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Hi Gayle, thanks very much for visiting and for your comment :) I guess getting the manual for PS or paintshop pro is only the first step, THEN - you have to read it!
Cheers, and best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Mark, thank you so much! You did a wonderful correction, I wish I could send you the entire file, but I realize from the crop how well it looks, even with everything else being less bright, it looks like a wallet picture! I love this crop! I like the PS correction a lot, and her face seems to have better features and even lighting. Thank you for the interest, as usual, Mark, and for the continued support :)
Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thank you very much for your visit and comment, Kiarang :) Best wishes, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thank you very much for your visit and comment, Mohamed :) Best regards, Ina
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Kiarang Alaei
{K:49415} 2/23/2006
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Oh! my darling Ina. this is a realy lovely photo art making. bravo for the harmonic composition and nice Tone!
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Mohamed Banna
{K:34237} 2/23/2006
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seems that i miss a lot
perfect nice tones
perfect landscape shot
great PS work
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Mark Longo
{K:12760} 2/23/2006
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Hi Ina. It is difficult to manipulate images in certain ways in PS. But I downloaded the image and reduced the contrast quite a lot. This had the effect of bringing quite a bit of detail out of the shadows on her face and uniform, which gives the imression of a softer light, similar to what you see in the background image. (see attachment) Since I didn't have the original layered image I had to make the contrast change to the entire image. You would just change the Nurse layer, of course. You might want to also reduce the brightness (or not) but I just changed the contrast setting. I don't know if this helps out, but I thought I'd try.
Best regards,
Mark
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Andrzej Pradzynski
{K:22541} 2/23/2006
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Ina, I like your ugly rotten greens here, very complementing to the foggy and gloomy scene. Gives strong melemholic feel. I like the PS job you did harmonizing the the colors and the composition - nice integration. Cheers, n.j
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Karina Brys
{K:16541} 2/23/2006
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My favourite of the three. Looks like a dream or a film scene. Very creative work!
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Fatemeh Rahimi
{K:13523} 2/23/2006
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An eye-catching classic image! Great details and colors! Very nice angle! Good luck!
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Gayle's Eclectic Photos
{K:91109} 2/23/2006
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Whoa! glad you explained the woman as i first thought there was some place lost in time..LOL..as you know,i love fog pics,too,so this is very appealing to me...love the darker hues and contrast level...creative combo of images...wish i had her posture and thus less spine probs!.....regards,gayle
(i have paintshop pro8 and no manual,so still don't know how to do any layering or bringing outside elements into an orig. image...someday...in the meantime i will just enjoy your expert work!)
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eleonora frago
{K:2472} 2/23/2006
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wow!! Ina, my congrats, this is a very unusual and pleasant shot.
it is like seeing a stopped moment 100 years ago!
great image :)
(as, usual, i apologize for my terrible english...)
eleonora
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Kelly Duntley
{K:13889} 2/23/2006
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This is really cool. I can't belive how this nurse blends in with the background so well. Nice and eerie again. I think you may have something aginst nurses. Nurse Cratchett must have given you a big huge nasty shot when you were younger and you haven't got over it yet and this is your way of expressing the pain? LOL Very good work here again.
Kelly
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Gabriela Tanaka
{K:16594} 2/23/2006
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Dear Ina, I watched all three creations with the fog and I finally can say that I favour THIS one. The wood is less busy, more airy and the fog wraps the scene around like a veil.Even the lady at right looks better, I like her hat!Maybe the presence of the small dirt road covered in snow gives a touch of reality to the shot, making one forget that it is a composite work. And the lady seems to be just on the point of choosing which way to go, so we also have an idea of movement in here.It looks extremely beautiful in panoramic, all the subdued colours become alive! An exceptional creation!
Gabriela
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John Pitman
{K:8473} 2/23/2006
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Nice one. John
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thank you very much Alicia for your visit and comment :) The fog was shot around Christmas, last year. I have a good number of pictures, but did not post them, as they didn't stand on their own, without a subject, so if I find pictures of people, I will keep adding them :) Best regards, Ina
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Alicia Popp
{K:87532} 2/23/2006
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Veo que la niebla te invade y la capturas excelentemente. la inclusión de la figura en todas estas tomas excelente!. Felicitaciones por este trabajo... con intriga!.
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thanks very much Steve for dropping by and for your comment :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thanks Rina :) I wish I had live models, but I don't... so these are my subjects for now!
Thanks very much for the support :)))
HG says "Hi" (:-O
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 2/23/2006
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Ina WELLS!! I knew it! I KNEW they weren't just "old family photos" like you said! Hows old HG these days, eh? Wow, still can't believe it... next time you take a trip in the time machine, can I come along for a ride???? I'll be good! And I promise not to pat the Dinosaurs too long...
By the way, I still think you're past Pampers stage as well. The fact that you know what a layer IS and know how to manipulate one, immediately puts you into the Pull-Ups stage :)) Seriously, a beginner-intermediate would be categorised as someone who knows how to open PS, can resize or crop an image (just barely) and can save it in 'My Documents'. lol...
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thank you very much for your visit and comment dear Tutku :) Best regards, Ina
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Steve Aronoff
{K:18393} 2/23/2006
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Wow, Ina. Terrific!! It has a little bit of the feel of one of Terry Gilliam's cartoons in Monty Python, but not at all ridiculous. The composition with the irregular path running across the picture like the river of time, is particularly nice. Well done!
Best,
Steve
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Rina, last October I discovered layers :) I'm at the Pampers stage.
Here, the most difficult part was going back in time to take the picture of the nurse, but luckily she was on a lunch break, and we strolled into the woods just behind the hospital where she worked :) Then I came back and did some minor cropping - LOL - I hope nobody reads this :)))
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whoiswho t
{K:10700} 2/23/2006
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w o n d e r f u l!
great victorian lady, her pose and vintage look so moody with green-brown oldish colour tones.
my best wishes,
tutku.
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 2/23/2006
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Oh Ina, don't doubt yourself. You're way past beginner to middle stage with PS. In fact, I will certify you now... Ina Nicolae, you are officially ADVANCED Level - Photoshop. Period. No returns. Infinity + 1 (don't really know what that means, but I've always wanted to say it):)) I'd give my 'right eye-ball' even just to be able take as good a picture as you. Then, to have the skill to add an element that not only blends flawlessly but is in keeping with the tones/light/shadows and mood as well... pure brilliance my girl.
Cheers
Rina
Oh, and thanks again for your visit. Was just the giggle I needed today! :)
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thanks Tracey, don't worry about comments, you're too busy right now, take care, and thanks for dropping by :) Ina
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Tracey Main
{K:7290} 2/23/2006
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I really like this one Ina it looks so real sorry I'm missing so much wonderful work as usual all my best Tracey..
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thank you very much Ameed for your visit and comment :) I'm just a beginner in PS - I probably use about 25% of its capabilities, but I enjoy it since I joined UF, it has given me a lot of inspiration to see so many talented people. Best regards, Ina
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Ameed El-Ghoul
{K:42215} 2/23/2006
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Looks just perfect to me, I like the composition ni here allot, you are very talanted in PS, it looks almost natural, very well done,
Regards,
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thank you very much Susie for your visit and comment :) I enjoy doing these more than taking the picture itself. I took a number of background shots with fog and waves and now I have to make sure I organize them so I know where to find them! I'm building a mini library :) Best regards, Ina
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Susie OConnor
{K:34798} 2/23/2006
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These montages or whatever they are called are just seemless Ina. Nice job with the colorizing too. It still has a little mysterious feel to it, but certainly not "ghostly".
Looks like you are having fun! Keep it up.  )
Susie
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Hi Kathy, and thanks very much for your visit & comment :)
The pano has to be over 1200 pixels wide and no more than 600 tall (but I tried 600 and didn't work, so I keep mine at 598 pixels high). The key is to have a 2:1 ratio, or more. For example 1200 pixels wide x 598 pixels tall is a ratio of 2.006 :1 - you can use more than 1200 in length. I have a couple that are 1900 and 1400. Still the height can be a maximum of 600 (599, 598 or less).
Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thanks Joel, I won't bug you unless it's really, really a matter of life and death :) Ina
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 2/23/2006
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Any time Ina, and you're very welcome.
Yes, I am a long time junkie at ILM..a post VFX house under the Lucasfilm badge. Been using PS since v1.0 :)
feel free to contact me via my website www.freakslikejoel.com if you have any questions to help you with silly stuff like black values ;)
That will find me at home, rather than work.
have a nice nite!
-Joel
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Kathy Hillard
{K:25721} 2/23/2006
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I really like these fog shots, Ina! Nice work layering the nurse in!
If you wouldn't mind helping me out Ina, I have a question for you. How do you upload the pano shots? I tried and thought I was doing it right, but it didn't work.
Kathy
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Thanks very much Joel, I learned something valuable today. I don't mind at all if anybody has a different crop or PS idea - it actually means a lot to me if someone takes time to do a better image. I'm not an advanced PS user, and I've just started playing with layers since late last year.
Thanks very much for the tip, Joel!
Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Hi Joel, you do photoediting for a living? Wow, no wonder you know so much about this stuff. I'm not sure I know what "crushing" or "flushing" the blacks means - is it getting them to absolute black? I used a low resolution B & W photo of the nurse, and then colorized her. As you probably saw, the face and shirt have a stronger side lighting than a normal foggy day would give, but I had no idea how to even out the lighting without making the face look flat and lose more detail.
I appreciate very much your comment and suggestions, and will check the blacks in the future, to match. Best regards, Ina
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 2/23/2006
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Ina.. just 'cause I love black values... hope you don't mind, I took your image, and what you see here is what I did to add a weee little blue green into the deep blacks of the nurse, and balanced the blacks of the trees around her. The blown out look is my monitor at gamma 4. (just like setting your levels middle number to 4.0 in PS). Note her coat against the screen rt tree in your original on the left, compared to the right. When the gamma is dropped to normal.. looks perfect.
thanks for letting me play!
best,
-Joel
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 2/23/2006
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Hello Ina!
Very nice composite! Amazing how well the perspectives line up. The lens used to capture the nurse was longer than the one used for your background, but by placing her to the side, keeps your eye from looking straight down the line, avoiding paralax. (ie, she wont work over the stream). I'm not usualy a fan of composited photographs, but because this looks so real (and that's what I do for a living), this one caught my eye. Very nice job! The one thing that it needs is the deep blacks in the Nurses dress needs to match that of the black values of the trees surrounding her. A happy medium can be reached by either crushing some of the black to 'black' in the trees, or flash the very low end of the nurses dress. I did have to do the blow out gamma test (as I at work, with my crazy work linux box). I boosted my monitor to gamma 4.0, as I do with real production shots, and I was able to see that the nurse has pure blacks with 0.0 value. Anywhooo! Beautiful image! ..i'm just a stickler for mathcing black values! It's the one give away that something is lifting away from the rest of the plate.
Love to see a whole series of these! Well done!
best,
-Joel
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Ha-ha, Gustavo, I'm trying to make these old B & W pictures come alive! Thanks very much for your visit and comment :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/23/2006
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Hi Mark, I think I'm doing better with these figures as I colorize their faces, they don't look as much as ghosts :) I realized the lighting on her face and shirt is very strong, and I tried to get it toned down, but didn't quite manage, I need to learn some new PS tricks! I tried desaturation, brightness, contrast, even levels. The only thing I didn't try was to add a different light source, which I know is available, but I'm not familiar with it. Everything I tried made the face darker, and the eyes disappear, and still that contrast was there, while her face started to look like old leather. I wanted to post a corrected version, but I haven't really been able to produce one. At night, on the monitor the contrast with the face is even more accentuated than it was when I posted it. This is a good exercise, though :)
Thanks very much for your visit and in-depth comment, it's been a great feedback :)
Best regards, Ina
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Gustavo Scheverin
{K:164501} 2/23/2006
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ahhh, tu fantasmas...sin dudas sos la cazadora de fantasmas de UseFilm.
Felicitaciones!
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Mark Longo
{K:12760} 2/22/2006
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Excellent Ina! I like this one best of this series. The nurse is alive and quite present in this shot, and clearly seen. I like the detail in her image, especially the gloves and uniform. I also like the background shot with the road leading down the hill and into the woods. It leads me into the shot and also makes me wonder where the road goes and if the nurse is following it...
One suggestion, the light on the nurses face is a little more direct than the diffused lighting of this foggy scene. She might integrate a bit better if the facial color were desaturated a little bit, or perhaps darkened just slightly with the brightness adjustment on her layer. On the other hand, I don't think you want to lose any definition as the details of her layer place her definitely in the scene. It's a very fine line I guess.
In any case, a great result here!
Best regards,
Mark
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/22/2006
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Thank you very much for your visit and comment Paolo :) Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/22/2006
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Thank you very much Andre :) I tried to avoid the "eerie" effect, and to make her look less like a ghost. Based on feedback from the others, I colorized her face and clothes, but the lighting contrast is still a bit strong. My PS skills are still in the beginner to middle stage. Best regards, Ina
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/22/2006
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Hi Eb, you're right, I have tried to lower the lighting on her face, and maybe not enough - the idea was to avoid the ghostly effect based on feedback from the other two similar pictures. I'll keep working on it :) Thanks very much for your visit and comment :) Best regards, Ina
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Andre Denis
{K:66327} 2/22/2006
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An excellent job with the colourizing on this one Ina!
This one may proove to be the most popular of the three so far. I think it has the strongest composition to compliment the nicely matched colourization.
Andre
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Paolo Corradini
{K:59552} 2/22/2006
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it seems to watch a movie..really great! a fine work.
PAOLO :)
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Eb Mueller
{K:24960} 2/22/2006
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Ina, another nice photogenic scene spiced up with period costumed figure! I enjoy it very much, yet find the lighting ratio on the figure's face incongruous. At the same time, this does provide for a startling effect.
Eb
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/22/2006
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Thank you very much for your visit & comment Melisa :) Best regards, Ina
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z z
{K:7231} 2/22/2006
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I love the distant fog and the old feel of not just the nurse but also the forest. I agree... very movie like.
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 2/22/2006
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Hi Ann, and thank you very much for your great comment, as usual :) It's interesting for me to hear that it reminds you of a movie, I guess it must be the period costume? I don't know, but I love these vintage photos, I can't get enough of them :)
Cheers, and thanks! Ina
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Ann Nida
{K:45248} 2/22/2006
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Ahhh....the Ghost and Mrs Muir. Why is that so many of your images remind me of movies? :)
This one particularly reminds me of that movie as she wore the same era of clothing and the scenes were cold and the fog depicts the ghost of Captain Gregg to me. I like how the path of snow carries me into the forest. It's almost like the woman is contmeplating whether to take the path or go the other way. Perfect tones for such a scene. Very moody and yesteryear. Great work Ina.
Cheers - Ann :)
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