Winners PP Challenge #6

SWEngineer · 10-05-2009, 10:35 PM

I want to thank everyone who commented and especially everyone who entered. As previous hosts have confessed, this was not an easy image to work with. But isn't that the nature of a challenge? My apologies to anyone who found it too daunting to give it a go, or who worked on it and gave up. That said, those that did enter took a wide variety of approaches. Each of these approaches had at least one outstanding result.

3rd Place: Silhouette - Fractal
"Bah"? I think not. I love the distortion of the window panes. It's all too easy to fixate on making them straight. [I'm guilty

] This has very appealing tonality as well. Silhouetting the bird makes a lot of sense given the backlighting and underexposure. And it works really well in this rendition.

2nd Place: PhotoArt - MRRiley
Very impressive use of the plastic wrap filter. Obviously lots of work went into fixing the tonality of the image as well. I'm amazed at the detail that you brought to life in the bird's head. This effort might have earned 1st place had the bird ended up with better separation from that ugly, wide divider in the middle of the window panes.

1st Place: Color Transformation - Ash
Great job as well to bring back some definition to the birds head. I love all the detail in the body and tail feathers. I especially admire how translucent they look, and thus how they mimic the panes in the background. The violet color works well - royal for a royal fowl - and it provides some much needed contrast between the bird and the dreamy background. Well done Ash. Have fun hosting the next challenge.

mithrandir · 10-05-2009, 10:40 PM

Good goes everyone.

**Ash** · 10-05-2009, 11:10 PM

Thanks for the vote Mark.
Much appreciated.
What did you do to that image Carl? The distortion added was wicked!

ozlizard · 10-06-2009, 04:20 AM

Well done Ash and all the participants. This was a toughy but had some very interesting interpretations. On to the next exciting challenge!

Good to see some new players, well done!

**Ash** · 10-06-2009, 04:47 AM

New challenge to be posted up tomorrow.
An action shot...

photolady95 · 10-06-2009, 05:54 AM

Great Job there Ash. Congrats!

To the other winners congrats also.

I'll try better in the next one. Mine I didn't even think about what I was doing that much. SW said he wanted more entries, so I obliged.

atupdate · 10-06-2009, 09:27 AM

Congratulations Ash! Very nicely done.

SWEngineer: It was a fun image to work on. Maybe not one to print and hang on the wall but fun! And that is what these challenges are all about.

Tim

**xs400** · 10-06-2009, 01:49 PM

Nicely done Ash. Congratulations on the good work.

fractal · 10-06-2009, 03:11 PM

Thanks for the positive comments Mark.

I really would have liked to explain the steps to my image but I got a little off track. I had almost given up on it and that was about 15 steps in. I think it was pinch that I used to distort the image.

Well done Ash & MRRiley.

**Ash** · 10-06-2009, 04:22 PM

New challenge now up... anyone for skateboarding?
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/mini-challenges-games-photo-stories/75668...tml#post766469

Thanks again all for the kind comments on this challenge.

10-05-2009, 10:35 PM	#1
SWEngineer Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Albuquerque, NM Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 308	Winners PP Challenge #6 I want to thank everyone who commented and especially everyone who entered. As previous hosts have confessed, this was not an easy image to work with. But isn't that the nature of a challenge? My apologies to anyone who found it too daunting to give it a go, or who worked on it and gave up. That said, those that did enter took a wide variety of approaches. Each of these approaches had at least one outstanding result. 3rd Place: Silhouette - Fractal "Bah"? I think not. I love the distortion of the window panes. It's all too easy to fixate on making them straight. [I'm guilty ] This has very appealing tonality as well. Silhouetting the bird makes a lot of sense given the backlighting and underexposure. And it works really well in this rendition. 2nd Place: PhotoArt - MRRiley Very impressive use of the plastic wrap filter. Obviously lots of work went into fixing the tonality of the image as well. I'm amazed at the detail that you brought to life in the bird's head. This effort might have earned 1st place had the bird ended up with better separation from that ugly, wide divider in the middle of the window panes. 1st Place: Color Transformation - Ash Great job as well to bring back some definition to the birds head. I love all the detail in the body and tail feathers. I especially admire how translucent they look, and thus how they mimic the panes in the background. The violet color works well - royal for a royal fowl - and it provides some much needed contrast between the bird and the dreamy background. Well done Ash. Have fun hosting the next challenge.

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10-05-2009, 10:40 PM	#2
mithrandir Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,895	Good goes everyone.

10-05-2009, 11:10 PM	#3
Ash Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toowoomba, Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,920	Thanks for the vote Mark. Much appreciated. What did you do to that image Carl? The distortion added was wicked!

10-06-2009, 04:20 AM	#4
ozlizard Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bridgetown West Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 903	Well done Ash and all the participants. This was a toughy but had some very interesting interpretations. On to the next exciting challenge! Good to see some new players, well done!

10-06-2009, 04:47 AM	#5
Ash Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toowoomba, Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,920	New challenge to be posted up tomorrow. An action shot...

10-06-2009, 05:54 AM	#6
photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712	Great Job there Ash. Congrats! To the other winners congrats also. I'll try better in the next one. Mine I didn't even think about what I was doing that much. SW said he wanted more entries, so I obliged.

10-06-2009, 09:27 AM	#7
atupdate Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dayton, OH Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,724	Congratulations Ash! Very nicely done. SWEngineer: It was a fun image to work on. Maybe not one to print and hang on the wall but fun! And that is what these challenges are all about. Tim

10-06-2009, 01:49 PM	#8
xs400 Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,939	Nicely done Ash. Congratulations on the good work.

10-06-2009, 03:11 PM	#9
fractal Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Melbourne Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,547	Thanks for the positive comments Mark. I really would have liked to explain the steps to my image but I got a little off track. I had almost given up on it and that was about 15 steps in. I think it was pinch that I used to distort the image. Well done Ash & MRRiley.

10-06-2009, 04:22 PM	#10
Ash Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toowoomba, Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,920	New challenge now up... anyone for skateboarding? https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/mini-challenges-games-photo-stories/75668...tml#post766469 Thanks again all for the kind comments on this challenge.