Febuary Photo Challenge

[guitarsam120]

This is a building in Rehoboth where i live. Has been a spot for families for 50 years. This is it after Hurricane Sandy. It has been knocked down and rebuilt again and again...funland

-Sam Burton
(taken with Sony A65)

 

[Justman1020]

This thread is a year old...and it's been 4 months since someone posted in it. But hey....we don't have a monthly challenge around here anyways...and it's almost feb again.

 

[CA_]

 

[AndrewHux]

 

[AndrewHux]

This thread is a year old...and it's been 4 months since someone posted in it. But hey....we don't have a monthly challenge around here anyways...and it's almost feb again.

Better late than never .....LOL

 

[kokonut]

old.

I find this one really good!
Great scenery and well done colors!

 

[DivadWaldoss]

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@CA_
How do you make the skin look/glow like that?

 

[baneling]

here is my submission
http://pcdn.500px.net/10557315/a0617af4dc0e511a7cfc6ecb66fc63fd0c2ce121/4.jpg

 

[CA_]

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@CA_
How do you make the skin look/glow like that?

I do a technique I coined called vector light shaping. I did a slight variation of it actually on this.

I slowly / delicately blurr the skin to remove the texture (something I would normally not do, but this is a pin-up so it is supposed to look that way), then for the large skin highlights, I bring a flatten'd copy of the picture into Illustrator and draw each light pattern onto the image; like the way it would cast on her arm, her legs, etc. Then I take those shapes, import as raster images in PS, set to overlay (or soft light depending on what they're covering) and then I guassian blurr the shapes until they have a nice skin wrapping effect. Then adjust opacity / fill to taste. I'm putting together a tutorial on this technique that I'll be posting soon.

 

[SoLucky]

Slate Run Living Historical Farm (1880's life)
Canal Winchester, OH

 

[matwest904q]

Here's mine.

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Clyde Jetty by Matthew West[/img]

 

[RufioPow]

The Old Red Barn by Grant Lechner Photography, on Flickr

 

[NavinSaeed]

Old Friday Mosque by NavinSaeed, on Flickr

 

[crystalreef]

These are taken at Tulum.

 

[crystalreef]

History:
The first track in the Agawa Canyon was laid during the winter of 1911. The Algoma Central Railway began development of the Agawa Canyon Wilderness Park in 1952 with the clearing of a picnic area. With increased service from Algoma Central's Agawa Canyon Tour Train, the area's natural beauty makes it a popular tourist stop. Since 1952, over three million people have visited Agawa Canyon. The word Agawa is native Ojibway for "shelter".