[SI] "Filters" is up, pleast take a look!

[Bowser]

All the usual suspects have shot tons of pics, filtered out the best ones,
and submitted for your viewing pleasure. Take a look here:

http://www.pbase.com/shootin/filters

Next mandate: The Road Less Travelled (Courtesy of Alan Browne)
Due date to follow sometime this week. I need to arrange my business and
vacation travel first.

[tony cooper]

Post by Bowser
All the usual suspects have shot tons of pics, filtered out the best ones,
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/filters

I've always observed a self-imposed rule of shooting for the mandate
and not submitting an old image that happens to fit the mandate.
That's my personal rule because I think it's more of a challenge.

I have used the Photoshop filters on some of my shots, though. All
except the "Fireworks?" one were done before the mandate was
announced.

http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/gallery/8477081_eRzXG#557587753_X33MJ

[Bowser]

Post by tony cooper

Post by Bowser
All the usual suspects have shot tons of pics, filtered out the best ones,
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/filters

I've always observed a self-imposed rule of shooting for the mandate
and not submitting an old image that happens to fit the mandate.
That's my personal rule because I think it's more of a challenge.

Guilty as charged. I just haven't had any opportunities to get out and shoot
over the last several weeks.

Next one should be better since I've got some travel ahead.

Post by tony cooper
I have used the Photoshop filters on some of my shots, though. All
except the "Fireworks?" one were done before the mandate was
announced.
http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/gallery/8477081_eRzXG#557587753_X33MJ
--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

[tony cooper]

Post by Bowser

Post by tony cooper

Post by Bowser
All the usual suspects have shot tons of pics, filtered out the best ones,
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/filters

I've always observed a self-imposed rule of shooting for the mandate
and not submitting an old image that happens to fit the mandate.
That's my personal rule because I think it's more of a challenge.

Guilty as charged. I just haven't had any opportunities to get out and shoot
over the last several weeks.

I didn't mean that others should do as I do. I'm retired. I can take
the time. The ideas are what is difficult.

Post by Bowser
Next one should be better since I've got some travel ahead.

Post by tony cooper
I have used the Photoshop filters on some of my shots, though. All
except the "Fireworks?" one were done before the mandate was
announced.
http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/gallery/8477081_eRzXG#557587753_X33MJ
--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

[Paul Furman]

Post by Bowser
All the usual suspects have shot tons of pics, filtered out the best
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/filters

My submissions used blown digicam bayer filter exposures looking into a
setting sun, darkened about 2-1/2 stops in lightroom from raw to recover
whatever remained. The second is the Coit Tower, SF, a cylindrical tower
burned off to a point by the sun. I don't know if that horizontal split
is a sensor/shutter artifact or a cloud layer but I suspect the sensor.

[Peter Chant]

Post by Bowser
All the usual suspects have shot tons of pics, filtered out the best ones,
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/filters

Can you confirm the submission address? I made a submission but it is not
there.

[Bowser]

Post by Peter Chant

Post by Bowser
All the usual suspects have shot tons of pics, filtered out the best ones,
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/filters

Can you confirm the submission address? I made a submission but it is not
there.

Send entries to si.moderator at yahoo dot com. Send it and I'll post it with
a sort announcement.

[B***@home.com]

On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:16:21 +0100, Peter Chant

Post by Peter Chant

Post by Bowser
All the usual suspects have shot tons of pics, filtered out the best ones,
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/filters

Can you confirm the submission address? I made a submission but it is not
there.

I used:

***@yahoo.com

[tony cooper]

Post by Bowser
All the usual suspects have shot tons of pics, filtered out the best ones,
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/filters

Tim Conway - old - (sun and hay bales) Nice composition, The hazy
look works for me.

Bret Douglas - blue - This is an example where technique distracts and
dominates. All I can think of is "How did he do that?". It's a great
demonstration of whatever technique was used, but the end impression
is that its an exercise in special effects and not photography.

SavageDuck - Red Sky - Great image. I'm torn on the cropping, though.
Should the fence be in or out? I think I'd take it out because any
element of a composition that competes with the overall composition is
a distraction. Nicely framed, too.

Alan Browne - (filters) - Precise and pure, but too sterile.

On the others...If post-processing filters are to be used, a light
touch is usually better than a heavy application. The photo itself
has to come through.

[Bob Larter]

Post by Bowser
All the usual suspects have shot tons of pics, filtered out the best
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/filters

Some brief comments on the shots that reached out & grabbed me:

Tim Conway: Gorgeous colours & tones, great composition, maybe could've
used a little more contrast.

Bret Douglas: The blue works very on the bench, & in stark contrast to
the light from the camera bag. IMO, a tighter composition would've
worked better. I would've trimmed from the right to the foot, from the
top to the hat, & from the left to the left side of the seat.

Alan Browne, #2: I liked the creative interpretation of the mandate, &
the effective use of a single ellipse of colour to emphasize what is
otherwise a monochrome, geometric image. Maybe the top-left of the
graduated filter could've been as sharp as the other objects, but it's a
minor point.