Posts: Dave Chinn | Ugly Hedgehog

Winter is hard on butterflies.

l-fox wrote:

I prefer #1 just as it is. Colorful and so much to see.

Oct 29, 2023 10:55:07 #

I Promise This Is The Last One

Fstop12 wrote:

Have a safe and happy Halloween everyone.

I really enjoy seeing the variety of your animated GIF composites. The effects created are outstanding, however, I also enjoy seeing them just as a composite without the GIF animation. Nice work.

Oct 29, 2023 10:45:36 #

I was going through some old Kodachromes

I'm not up to speed on AI but do find the processing with this image to be very compelling. I really enjoyed the view.

Oct 29, 2023 10:40:58 #

Woodrow Wilson School

Good choice to invert this image Erich. I really like the lighting effects that has been created. Interesting dramatic image which screams composite down the road.

Oct 29, 2023 10:33:24 #

Linguini, Peaches, Bacon and Gorgonzola

Abstracts go way over my head most of the time. I still find them very interesting. While this one is enjoyable to view I still find it confusing to me and I'm sure it is only a me thing.

Oct 29, 2023 10:26:43 #

The Apple of My Eye

NJFrank wrote:

Over the last few days, I have been thinking what I could do with a single apple. The background are two different shots that I took on my morning walk. The leaves under the apple are from leaves that have fallen off the tree in front of my house. I used a single light under apple to give the base a bit of lighting. Combined all the layers and came up with this composite.

The apple sits in there pretty as you please. Very effective to my eye. What to do with a single apple ???? Eat it comes to mind, LOL. Creativity at its best Frank.

Oct 26, 2023 18:02:53 #

Happy Halloween

Fstop12 wrote:

It's very easy to do with simple Photoshop skills. Here's a video Tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REMWMMXt03Q

Thank you I find this to very useful

Oct 26, 2023 17:42:39 #

Evening Sails

magnetoman wrote:

The original shot was not in the evening but was rather dark, which lead me to make this composite from it. Quite a bit of fiddling to maintain the sail texture whilst allowing the bright areas to show through. Your critique is welcome.

You have success with the sails Dave. I'm curious, is that fog rising off the water? Love the concept. The lighting is wonderful and I always love your nautical images.

Oct 26, 2023 12:01:32 #

Happy Halloween

Fstop12 wrote:

This is an animated GIF composite that I created in Photoshop today. Click on download to see it in action

Absolutely stunning !!! Very cool, would love to know more about the creation.

Oct 26, 2023 11:19:38 #

magnetoman wrote:

Nicely done Dave, including the reflection. Great choice of background images. - and those specs are just so you!! Actually, they are a bit like mine!

Thanks Dave. Glad you enjoyed this side of me. Altho, I'm beginning to enjoy being in front of the camera rather than behind it. I don't know what that's all about, but I assure you it's short term.

I'm curious, show me/us your specs.

Oct 26, 2023 11:13:02 #

Fstop12 wrote:

I really enjoyed this image. Nice editing work!

Thank you very much, it's greatly appreciated.

Oct 26, 2023 11:11:06 #

NJFrank wrote:

Sometimes a composite doesn’t have to be over the top to be effective. I would say this is one of those times. Nicely done.
I hope you didn’t have to pay your models too much money to pose for their part of the composite.

Thanks Frank. I'll have to agree with you. It's tough to get over the top but we should enjoy them once we do. No payment have been promised to the models, but I'm sure a beer & a shot would be required ... minus the glasses.

Oct 26, 2023 11:05:50 #

Horseart wrote:

Fantastic work David!

Thank you very much.

Oct 26, 2023 11:04:20 #