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LPS4 Strawberries

padupadu Registered Users Posts: 191 Major grins
edited April 25, 2007 in The Dgrin Challenges
I spent the good part of yesterday playing with the idea, tell me what you think and which one works best?

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    SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    I'm liking #4
    May I suggest even going further? At least in my mind's eye.....selective coloring the one strawberry would nail it. I'd leave the colors of paint, paintbrush bowl, etc. but make all the strawberries black & white, then paint the single one as you've done here. Just an idea.
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    wildviperwildviper Registered Users Posts: 560 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    I agree...just selectively paint one...maybe all black?? or all White....now there is something I haven't seen. :)
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    padupadu Registered Users Posts: 191 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    I don't know... I thought about it, but lately selective color is kind of demode in my opinion.... I will try though.
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    urbanariesurbanaries Registered Users Posts: 2,690 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    padu wrote:
    I don't know... I thought about it, but lately selective color is kind of demode in my opinion.... I will try though.
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    i love the colored images, i tend to agree w/ you on the selective color lately.

    my fave is the last one. Really hits the message home. nicely done, very creative!
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    photogmommaphotogmomma Registered Users Posts: 1,644 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    LOVE the idea of selectively coloring like that! Definitely try it!!!
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    douglasdouglas Registered Users Posts: 696 Major grins
    edited April 24, 2007
    I like the idea of black and white with the paint in color, sounds like a great idea and worth a try.
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    heatherfeatherheatherfeather Registered Users Posts: 2,738 Major grins
    edited April 24, 2007
    FWIW, I like the last one too. I didn't really get what you were saying until I saw that one, and then... you got a standing ovation!thumb.gif
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    NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited April 24, 2007
    Swartzy wrote:
    May I suggest even going further? At least in my mind's eye.....selective coloring the one strawberry would nail it. I'd leave the colors of paint, paintbrush bowl, etc. but make all the strawberries black & white, then paint the single one as you've done here. Just an idea.

    15524779-Ti.gif with Swartzy and the gang: selective coloring can add a lot here! deal.gif
    Good idea! thumb.gif
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    tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited April 24, 2007
    padu wrote:
    I don't know... I thought about it, but lately selective color is kind of demode in my opinion.... I will try though.




    Maybe just desaturating a little, instead of "full" B&W? Just a thought. I like the last one the best..

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    Tessa HDTessa HD Registered Users Posts: 852 Major grins
    edited April 24, 2007
    strawberries
    Great idea! #4 totally caught my eye. Personally, I like it the way it is because I think it represents a little more reality - things in nature are fine, but add some fertilizer, hormones, etc. to make it even more appealing. The only thing I would change is your brush stroke. They way it goes across the top of the berry is too perfect for me. I'd like to see the brush stroke start a little farther down the berry.

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    padupadu Registered Users Posts: 191 Major grins
    edited April 24, 2007
    tlee wrote:
    Maybe just desaturating a little, instead of "full" B&W? Just a thought. I like the last one the best..

    That's what I did with the last one, but just a little. I'll try accentuating the saturation difference...
    Tessa wrote:
    Great idea! #4 totally caught my eye. Personally, I like it the way it is because I think it represents a little more reality - things in nature are fine, but add some fertilizer, hormones, etc. to make it even more appealing. The only thing I would change is your brush stroke. They way it goes across the top of the berry is too perfect for me. I'd like to see the brush stroke start a little farther down the berry.

    Yes, I know that... I'll try to make it look more natural.
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    evorywareevoryware Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited April 25, 2007
    I love #4.
    If you selective color did it, would you keep the paint color also, not just the one strawberry? headscratch.gif
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