A final shell for your viewing pleasure

Rick58 · Mar 1, 2013

:waiting:

You're probably thinking, wonderful, fantastic, terrific, outstanding, perfection? Something on those lines?

If not, close the thread...QUICK! :lol:

RobN185 · Mar 1, 2013

ceeboy14 said:
A moment..I'm thinking.

Me thinks you think too much...

<<< Thread Closed >>> :lol:

weepete · Mar 1, 2013

Love the tones Rick, very nicely done indeed. Good job!

BlackSheep · Mar 1, 2013

Wow, the second that I opened this, I immediately had a flashback of 20-odd years, back to my university photography classes - that image, technically/lighting/composition/etc is exactly what we were all trying our utmost best to do back then. Nicely done

I haven't seen your other shell photos, will have to go check them out.

Bender · Mar 1, 2013

Nice image. I think it should be tagged NSFW though.

Onerider · Mar 2, 2013

Very nice Rick. It's something I can strive for. What type of lighting are you using?

Rick58 · Mar 2, 2013

Bender said:
Nice image. I think it should be tagged NSFW though.

I kind'a thought the same thing ... thanks

Rick58 · Mar 2, 2013

Onerider said:
Very nice Rick. It's something I can strive for. What type of lighting are you using?

The lighting couldn't be more simple. A bare bulb in a $10 hardware store reflector on the left, and a sheet of white printer paper on the right to lighten the shadows. The actual shell is a little over 1 inch tall. Thanks for the compliment.

Rick50 · Mar 2, 2013

Very Nice Rick!

Rick58 · Mar 2, 2013

Thanks Rick!

terri · Mar 2, 2013

Wow, you've made it sparkle and glitter...took it up a notch here, didn't you?

Well done!

MiFleur · Mar 2, 2013

Wow this is a very special one, just like expensive lace
the shell catches little sparkles of light so delicately.

A piece of art! Congratulations!

Rick58 · Mar 2, 2013

terri said:
Wow, you've made it sparkle and glitter...took it up a notch here, didn't you? Well done!

MiFleur said:
Wow this is a very special one, just like expensive lace
the shell catches little sparkles of light so delicately.

A piece of art! Congratulations!

Thank you both for your compliments!

ceeboy14 · Mar 2, 2013

...and, Robn may be correct, I probably do think too much...hopefully for the better, but I am sure in some eyes, sometimes not. Oh well, I learn from it each time. My thinking was while I enjoyed the somewhat translucency you created on the face of the shell, I felt it lost a bit too much detail. While no pixels were harmed in this edit, I did apply a gradient fill over the face, starting the gradient way outside the frame so only the lightest part fell on the shell, changed the blend to soft light, added a mask and worked the face back as close to the original as I could get but keeping some of the more delicate details acquired from the gradient fill.